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Sumit Sajnani, health information technology officer at the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy, says one challenge is identifying a patient's social needs in order to provide early intervention.
Dr. Andrew Mellin, CMIO at Surescripts, explains how his company is bringing medication price transparency to the provider at the point of care, saving patients an average of $61 every time on their prescriptions.
Anna Schoenbaum, VP of information services applications at Penn Medicine, relates how technology can help improve health equity by improving care access and empowering patients to collect and transmit their own data via wearables.
Tom Kiesau, chief innovation officer and digital leader at The Chartis Group, outlines ways that providers can use technology to acquire new patients and to serve existing patients more effectively.
Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director of clinical informatics at HIMSS, summarizes some of the results of the HIMSS nursing informatics workforce survey and talks about how technology can improve patient outcomes.
Toby Eadelman, CTO at AvaSure, talks about the benefits of virtual nursing and virtual sitting to address labor-related challenges in the acute care hospital setting by allowing the monitoring of multiple patients remotely.
Anna Dover, director of product management at First Databank, outlines the significance of targeted alerts for specific drugs to assist clinicians in making the right treatment decisions for their patients.
Josh Rubel, MDClone's chief commercial officer, discusses how health systems are providing clinicians with easier access to data-driven insights at the point of care while preserving patient privacy.
Health systems continue to be exposed to ransomware attacks, which can affect patient safety. Jay Mervis, Fortinet's major account director for healthcare East, discusses the security challenges healthcare providers face.
Dan Ferris, chief marketing officer at Iris Telehealth, discusses the behavioral health provider shortage and how telehealth could connect patients to care in underserved areas.
Lynda Rowe, senior advisor for value-based markets at InterSystems, discusses key findings from a recent HIMSS Market Insights provider data management survey and the importance of accurate data for patient care and claims processing.
Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor at HIMSS, explains the impact of documentation burden on patient care and how automation may help.