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Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS, says 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.
The industry must put patients at the center, use standards like HL7 FHIR and get the entire ecosystem working together, say Kari Hedges, SVP at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Laurent Rotival, SVP at Cambia Health Solutions.
HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf discusses with a panel of luminaries in the field of healthcare the interoperability rule that gives people full access to their clinical records.
A price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the clinical and economic best interests of the patient, says Andrew Mellin, VP and medical informatics physician at Surescripts.
By using data, analytics and outreach to get to know its consumer, Renown Health increased Medicare Advantage membership 4 percent.
Jim Douglas, former Vermont governor and co-chair of HIMSS State Advisory Roundtable, and Cynthia Green-Edwards, chief compliance officer with the state of Michigan, discuss the challenges and progress of digital health on the state level.
Ursula Hübner with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and Beth Elias with University of Scranton discuss the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform and strategic approaches to seamlessly delivering health informatics education.
Kaiser looks at innovations that align with its focus on high-value care, putting patients first and thinking about clinicians, according to Liz Rockett, director at Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
Revenue cycle management, patient and physician engagement, business intelligence and analytics, pop health and a clinically oriented supply chain are key pieces to patient-centered care, says KLAS VP of Business Development Doug Tolley.
Anne Snowdon, with the World Health Innovation Network, and Blain Newton with HIMSS, discuss H-SIMM – the new maturity model for supply chain – and how it can help improve patient safety as well as potentially save health systems billions of dollars.