Tom Sullivan
Quality & Safety
The hospital deployed an alert system that not only reduces care costs and lengths-of-stay but also saves three lives every month.
Mobile Health IT
New software hints at the potential to better understand and avoid adverse health events by tapping into weather data.
Workforce
But don’t expect artificial intelligence to replace nurses or care managers in our lifetime.
Electronic Health Records
But experts at Monday’s National Committee for Quality Assurance event say cutting costs without compromising quality is the hardest part.
Hospitals are beginning to think big about patient experience, which starts in people’s homes, communities and even workplaces.
Electronic Health Records
Cerner, athenahealth and eClinicalWorks said they are incorporating new data types, such as social determinants, population health and precision medicine to make EHRs more “comprehensive.”
Workforce
Cerner President Zane Burke has posted a music playlist to get pumped up for the company’s user group meeting.
Electronic Health Records
Improved interoperability requires integrating exchange frameworks, improving usability, earning the engagement of caregivers and patients, and more.
Analytics
The potential to harness this data to both make people healthier and help hospitals and payers save money is enormous.
Privacy & Security
Telehealth, infrastructure modernization and a cyber exec for HHS. They’re all on this year’s list.