Dell Medical School

UT Health Austin CIO Aaron Miri discusses overcoming the obstacles of vaccine distribution as well as privacy protections and patient engagement for post-pandemic population health.

Dr. Tim Mercer, director of global health of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, says don't take anything for granted when treating homeless and other underserved individuals.

Many hospitals are doing a heroic job with limited resources, but those are often not sustainable without major changes, says Aaron Miri, CIO of UT Health Austin and Dell Medical School. 

The former national coordinator and professor at Dell Medical School says consumers need to feel more like a person and less like a patient so the trend is to put all of a patient's data in one place so they can access it via smartphone.

At the World Innovation Summit for Healthcare in Doha, Qatar, design specialists discussed the importance of bringing the hospital staff into the design process.