HIMSS19
Iris Frye, chair of the HIMSS African-American Special Interest Group, and Danielle Siarri, RN, discuss the power of coming together to effect change and adding their voices to boardrooms.
Adusso CEO Janne Pitkänen discusses considering cross-border interoperability between healthcare systems, which would also enable benchmarking – especially in the US and the Nordics.
As the patient moves into the consumer role in healthcare, more questions emerge around their role in data exchange.
Cloe Benz, senior physiotherapist at Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, shares how she is using telehealth to deliver better child care and treatment.
Grahame Grieve, FHIR product director for HL7 International, says FHIR is key to interoperability and better data access.
The interoperability discussion moves beyond technology to cover policy and process, says HIMSS Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Steve Wretling.
At Hoag Hospital in California, the same technology is paying dividends for patient engagement and surgical outcomes.
Mick Ebeling, founder of Not Impossible Labs, talked about his journey from video producer to healthcare innovator at HIMSS19.
Patient engagement and the consumerization of health also held court this week in Orlando.
Humana's chief medical officer said that healthcare already has the tools it needs to anticipate patients' needs and close gaps in care.