Precision Medicine

In this webinar, Nazneen Aziz will explain the vital role that biobanks are playing to facilitate innovative research through cooperative exchanges of knowledge.

In this webinar, Dr. Marina DiStefano will discuss the current standards in place for exchanging gene-disease records, and the advantages of different databanks. The presentation will help healthcare IT managers be better prepared to support the integration of genomic data within clinical environments.

Allowing patients to become partners with practitioners in their care is where an effective wellness plan and prevention starts.

Early work in precision medicine is showing great promise. A number of projects are showing real benefits and hold promise for improvements in patient care. Many healthcare systems are evaluating the need for investment in time and resources in precision medicine as a research area and for clinical applications. HIMSS Analytics has been researching the healthcare community to help provide guidance on which areas are showing promise and merit further investment. This webinar will share the results of their latest Essentials Brief on Precision Medicine.  Speakers Brendan FitzGerald, Director of Research, and Matt Schuchardt, Director of Market Intelligence Solution Sales, will provide a high level review of the latest findings.   Additionally, they will provide additional detail and analysis based upon data from LOGIC, the HIMSS Analytics market intelligence tool, on how recent and future adoption of certain technologies will help organizations capitalize and benefit from the work being done in the precision medicine arena.  

Cancer care is one area of clinical care being transformed by advances in genomic research. In this session, Mark Lewis will share the progress being made at Intermountain Healthcare, a pioneer in both IT innovation and precision medicine. The session will report on how Intermountain is developing an IT platform that provides an architecture to enable the latest advances in research to be shared with clinicians. Among the topics covered are the evolution of the EMR and the creation of a robust data warehouse.

The annual HIMSS (Health Information Management Systems Society) conference is the key event for the health IT industry, providing a comprehensive overview of the state of the market from the perspectives of various stakeholders, including health IT vendors, healthcare providers, and government regulators. The topics and tone of the HIMSS annual meeting can be leveraged as a reliable harbinger for what’s in store for the health IT industry for the coming year. This webinar will include a summary of important highlights, opinions, and market predictions emerging from this signature industry event as well as Frost & Sullivan’s take on the top ten trends and key vendors to watch for 2017. 

The EHR vendor’s chief executive weighs in on the industry's most exciting opportunities to improve care ahead of HIMSS17 and into the future.

Penn Medicine’s Brian Wells puts out a call to technology companies to incorporate new functionalities that could vastly improve how physicians personalize care and eradicate killer diseases.