Data Warehousing
Comprehensive tools for aging populations are going to require broadband, IOT, cybersecurity and data aggregation among patients, family members and caregivers, says Jay Patel, clinical transformation officer at Seniorlink.
The application and data storage silos built during the last few years have effectively trapped data in systems so it cannot be of value, says Josh Gluck, VP of Global Healthcare Technology Strategy at Pure Storage.
Artificial intelligence can help support and guide care providers' decision-making processes in an era of increasing volume and complexity of data in clinical situations, says Dimitri Fane, director of product management of TrakCare at InterSystems.
Google Cloud identifies these as two important healthcare trends going into HIMSS19.
Joe Kvedar, vice president of Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, says that as the population ages and there are fewer young people to help with care, the need for effective automation and artificial intelligence in healthcare is more crucial than ever.
In working with MediBloc, MGH is said to be interested in the ledger technology's suitability for storage and exchange of patient data, supplementing its EHR.
Romanian Health Minister Sorina Pintea tells HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Charles Alessi about digitizing primary care, plans to reform the healthcare system and the concept of a digital hospital.
A billing vendor, AccuDoc Solutions, told the health system in October that a third-party had gained access to its data for about a week in September.
When taking on data governance projects, David Kho, Chief Medical Information and Chief Digital Officer of ChenMed, says it's critical to consider data quality, consistency, standards and lineage.