Mike Miliard
At HIMSS22, the medical director of the Boston health system's Digital Innovation Hub will offer tips for other providers who want to capitalize on their own internal innovators' bright ideas.
The go-forward prospects could be "very interesting overseas," and voice is a "huge frontier," says IDC Research Director Mutaz Shegewi. But ensuring the complex merger comes off cleanly is essential.
As risk levels increase, health systems have "significant challenges to overcome," according to the 13th annual report – including suboptimal security spending, vulnerable legacy tech and weak-link human factors.
Rohit Chandra arrives at the health system from Sunshine Products, a Palo Alto-based tech startup.
He'll be tasked with leading development of new technologies and partnerships focused on access to care, population health management and cost efficiencies for providers, payers and others.
In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, the health system's associate CMIO describes how it worked with the state HIE to bring patient end-of-life preferences into Epic.
The deal with the private equity firm is a "clear next step as IBM becomes even more focused on our platform-based hybrid cloud and AI strategy," said a Big Blue exec.
The agency this week also made the draft version 3 of United States Data for Core Interoperability available for public comment.
The network uses FHIR and distributed ledger technology for payer-to-payer interoperability, prior authorization and more.
Rémy Evard has also been named head of technology at the cancer center.