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Beth Landon, director of policy, New Mexico Hospital Association, said the organization is pushing data to clinicians so they have informed conversations with patients — rather than operating like TSA agents.
Likening the ongoing epidemic to cigarette smoking before cessation programs, Ochsner CMIO Dr. Todd Burstain says society as a whole must address this public health issue by creating tools patients need.
MDLive CEO Rich Berner discusses how doctors and patients alike can benefit from conducting visits on their own time.
VitalConnect CCO Joe Lynch describes how his company’s monitoring patches can transmit heart rate, SpO2, posture and more to an app-based clinician dashboard in real time.
Mobile technology allows the patient to be engaged, to "clear the red dots" on their phones to be prepared for surgery, says MobileSmith CEO and Chairman of the Board Randy Tomlin.
Deirdre Ruttle, vice president of strategy at InstaMed, says that as patients face increasing financial responsibility, they need to be given them a better experience.
His Excellency Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services at Ministry of Health & Prevention in the UAE, discusses the role of the government's AI strategy in improving outcome for patients and clinical staff.
Kari Hedges, SVP at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Laurent Rotival, SVP at Cambia Health Solutions, say the industry must put patients at the center, use standards like HL7 FHIR and get the entire ecosystem working together.
Tools exist to engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS.
Brian Eastwood, content strategist at ReviveHealth and a HIMSS19 social media ambassador, says hospitals are deploying the tools to handle low-priority tasks such as turning on the TV or closing shades so clinicians can focus on patient care.
(Sponsored) Michel Amous, regional managing director at InterSystems, discusses how enabling providers and regulators to focus on patients will improve the quality of care delivered and potentially reduce the number of adverse events.
Wende Hutton, general partner at Canaan Partners, says there’s room for improvement in transparency and patient identification but there's also the potential for blockchain to be corrupted.