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Tristan van Doormaal, a neurosurgeon at UMC Utrecht in the Netherlands, details how augmented reality and virtual reality can help patients understand their condition better and train residents in different approaches to surgery.
To foster a culture where patient experience is valued and prioritized, hospitals and health systems must first improve the experience for caregivers, says Sue Murphy, chief experience officer at UChicago Medicine.
Intermountain is looking at data, prescribing habits and EHR defaults to help curtail the issue, says Dr. James Hellewell, medical director of Care Transformation Information Systems at the healthcare provider.
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When developing a digital health system, it's crucial that the workforce be involved in the design process, says Kaija Saranto, professor in Health and Human Services Informatics at the University of Eastern Finland.
Norway Health Tech CEO Kathrine Myhre, winner of the HIMSS Europe Future50 award, says lessons from oil and gas industry successes along with Norway's pioneering culture help fuel the drive to maximize the healthcare system's potential.
Nearly 20% of Estonia's citizens are gene donors, which is useful when it comes to implementing precision medicine, says Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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.
Organizations need to inform their workforce about cybersecurity risks as well as ensure that a proportional investment is made into security to ensure risks are mitigated, says Ronald Petru, CMIO at Radboudumc in the Netherlands.
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Chad Konchak, assistant vice president of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem, says the challenge is not so much in the technology development but in the cultural maturity for people to realize what the data can do for them.
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Putting an infosec program into place is a balancing act, requiring a very careful approach and significant involvement from a wide array of stakeholders, says Penn Medicine CISO Dan Costantino.