Precision Medicine

As patient acceptance of virtual care has increased and social distancing concerns have demanded it, there are new ways that healthcare providers can leverage technology to bring patients, care givers and specialists together to deliver better, safer care at scale. Join this session to explore how to unlock value within the Microsoft platform in the following areas:   For clinicians:  Increase collaboration while social distancing through virtual rounding and virtual huddle boards. Spend less time on administrative tasks leveraging a virtual clinical assistant. For patients: Convenience and safety through virtual patient visits.  Virtual family visits help patients in hospital stay connected. For administrators:  Simplify functions and cut costs in booking appointments, scheduling and discharge planning. This lively conversation with our panel of healthcare advisors from Microsoft and Avanade will open your eyes to new possibilities leveraging technology you likely already own!

What are the issues that will make up the agenda over the next few years?

It's hard for me to believe, but I’ve been at Penn Medicine for 13 years. There has been a remarkable amount of change, growth, and learning that has occurred both within my organization and in myself during this time. Upon entering a new calendar decade, I thought I'd share a few reflections on past achievements, lessons learned – and thoughts to pave the way forward in setting new goals to keep trailblazing on the technology landscape. I find that it’s important as a leader to express gratitude. Doing so creates a high achieving mentality at work and builds connectedness, perhaps even solidarity, which can pay dividends and even transform the organization toward increased productivity. The Information Services achievements that I am most thankful for at my organization include these key items: First, I’m thankful that we successfully implemented our integrated electronic health record. This achievement significantly enabled the continuity of patient care and seamlessly unites our patients’ data in the ambulatory, inpatient and homecare settings. Second, I’m thankful for the high performing Information Services team that gives 100% each day - dedicated toward achieving our departmental mission aligned to support our enterprise goals. By building a strong team vision, culture, and establishing solidarity, we have achieved a 96% retention rate over the past seven years.   Next, I’m thankful for Penn Medicine’s leadership that participates in our information services governance, sets institutional priorities and provides our teams with the resources necessary to continue to be leaders in health care delivery.  I’m also thankful for our vendor partners whose employees develop some of the most functional and reliable technology and software solutions to assist our caregivers in their daily operations.  Lastly, I’m most thankful for all of my business partners in the healthcare IT industry that work collaboratively with me and members of the Information Services team to design, develop and implement solutions that meet the institution’s objective to deliver world class patient care, education and research.  Through these contributions and collaborations, my organization has changed in ways we never dreamed of at the beginning of this past decade. As we look forward to the next decade, I can only imagine the changes that will take place. I foresee significant advancements occurring in mobility, imaging, telemedicine, virtual reality, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, data privacy and security, genomic sequencing and translational research. From my perspective, these are just a few of the factors that will shape the next decade: In the near term, Penn Medicine’s Information Services team is focusing our efforts on driving more value out of the technology assets in which we have made investments. Further optimizing our electronic health record to be more intuitive and useful for our clinicians; Expanding efforts to further engage our patients in the management of their care; Delivering timely analytics to decision makers across the enterprise to improve on-the-ground decisions and drive desired behaviors; Integrating our research and patient care efforts to deliver personalized patient care solutions; Ensuring that we engage our most valuable assets, our employees, with the most up-to-date technologies to enhance their career opportunities.  The next decade is sure to bring an accelerated rate of change to the healthcare industry. Like the metamorphosis that has taken place in other industries, healthcare technology will be the catalyst for provider organizations to succeed in the ever changing world of healthcare. Mike Restuccia is the chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

Hospitals and health systems acknowledge the ability to provide personalized medicine is driven largely by a patient-centric culture supported by the right technology. To better understand how healthcare providers are approaching personalized medicine and leveraging subscription-based services to facilitate its delivery, HIMSS Media and GE Healthcare recently conducted a joint survey among healthcare leaders at U.S. hospitals and health systems.

The buzz around precision medicine is more than just noise. Oncology departments have cultivated its the value for years – and now their colleagues in other specialties are investigating how best to leverage genomics to improve care and patient wellbeing. 

Some organizations are moving beyond the preliminary stages of vendor neutral archive start-up. This session will highlight three recent enterprise imaging challenges - and solutions - at a large regional medical center.

Andrea Perry, Emergency Department Clinical Nurse Educator at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, will discuss how the Medical Center’s Emergency Department (ED) improved clinical communication and collaboration through the creation of a targeted response team and more streamlined processes and communication tools. 

When EHRs can learn – gather and remember – what works best for each user, they can attain maximum efficiency.

The vision of precision medicine is rapidly becoming a reality. Bringing together new data sets is unlocking new insights and enabling more personalized treatment strategies. However, effective analysis of new, large ‘omics data sets like genomics and radiomics challenges the ability of traditional analytics to scale. Artificial Intelligence is emerging as a critical tool in bringing ‘omics data into precision medicine at scale. This presentation will explore the current challenges that precision medicine addresses, and present a series of use cases where AI has been successfully applied today.

Actionable insights and intelligent health care experiences lead to personalized care and improved operations for providers.