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Symplr's Tony DiGiorgio says that to address the struggle with entering and managing data across multiple digital tools, his company's platform integrates systems to reduce nurses' workload and give them more time for patient care.
Dr. Michael Kirchhoff, chief innovation officer at Cooper University Health Care, says the health system launched a social determinants of health hackathon to help solve systemic issues faced by its patient population.
The University of Chicago's Julie Johnson says she was recruited out of clinical nursing to become a "translator" between IT teams and clinicians to help turn data into actionable insights that improve patient care.
Baptist Health's Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq says the healthcare organization takes an outcomes-driven approach to lessening clinicians' burdens and enhancing patient care, which led to reaching the highest level of the HIMSS C-COMM maturity model.
After cancer patient Rahul Mahadevan saw other patients delaying or refusing treatment because of non-clinical obstacles, he founded The WiTT Group to create a platform for patients to ask for the help they need, which also generates SDOH data.
Dr. David Kaelber, the health system's chief health informatics officer, describes its imaging interoperability journey: breaking down silos and using VNA, universal viewers and patient portals to share imaging with providers and patients.
Dr. Mohammad Al Redha of the Dubai Health Authority says NABIDH, its unified health data platform, provides doctors with patients' full medical histories in seconds so they can make more informed decisions.
Jackie Rice, vice president and chief information officer at Frederick Health, talks about the health system's precision medicine program, which integrates patients' genetic data into clinicians' workflows to support decision-making.
Omar Ayesh, CEO of Electronic Health Solutions, discusses Jordan's national medical record, which was established in 2009 and now enables seamless care and access to patient records across the country for 70% of the population.
An API that flows Veterans Affairs' data enables doctors to identify more veterans, rectify medication lists and refer them for VA benefits and services, says Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System's veteran advocacy manager, and Epic's Brett Barker.
M42's Dr. Maaz Shaikh says the company "co-creates" its AI-powered technology with input from clinical users to ensure that the tools improve experiences for patients and clinicians.
Saad Alhuzami of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health discusses how the Kingdom is leveraging AI-powered screenings for chronic diseases and creating digital twins that reflect patients' medical histories and risk factors.