Connected Health
HIMSS Executive Director of Health Innovation Kerry Amato discusses the value of Health 2.0, the Personal Connected Health Alliance and other initiatives whose goal is to make leading-edge technology work for patients.
MITRE Lead Clinical Informaticist Sharon Sebastian discusses efforts to share clinical decision support across domains.
Audacious Inquiry President Scott Afzal says his company created an encounter notification service for physicians that has become the starting point for using triggered events for a health information exchange.
Transparency with fair data usage is being explored in Finland, while the country's general outlook is that data should be shared and used to improve services where possible, says Jaana Sinipuro, project director at Sitra.
Steve Wretling, HIMSS CTIO, says sometimes technologies can be a hindrance if personal impact and realistic processes aren’t taken into account.
Toni Suihko, CIO at South Karelia Social and Health Care District, says integrating data is at the heart of digital transformation in healthcare.
Joe McDonald, director of Connected Health Cities in the UK, says taking a measured and "start small" approach to healthcare IT usually results in greater adoption compared to a top-down, government approach.
Dr. Yuuri Ueda, director of Health 2.0 in Japan, discusses the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry health tech innovation hub launched to support startups.
Ana Prado, CMIO at Hospital de Cascais in Portugal, says EMRAM emphasized the need for leadership to drive digital transformation and engage clinical champions across the team to ensure data is used effectively to improve patient care.
Patient-generated data from apps, devices and digital therapeutics will make personal health dashboards that manage wellness possible, says HIMSS Personal Connected Health Alliance Director of Thought Advisory John Sharp.