Accountable Care

A new website with a new look is only part of the larger transformation, as the information and technology leader aims to help a growing healthcare ecosystem build better health worldwide.

The Ascom Myco 3 is a purpose-built device which provides clinicians and caregivers with instant access to applicable patient information to help streamline care delivery.

Kyruus' new Patient Access Journey Report, which polled patients about their healthcare preferences, finds an appetite for streamlined, digitally mature scheduling experience.

Smartphones and tablets are among the mobile technologies in focus, which can be combined with telehealth video conferencing and healthcare wearables, as well as the deployment of electronic health record-based patient portals.

Winners of awards for EMRAM, the best IT solutions and innovation talk about their organizations and the larger mission of healthcare transformation of the region.

The more than two-dozen participants chosen to move on to Stage 1 of the challenge include Accenture, Geisinger, IBM, Mayo Clinic, Merck, Northrop Grumman and others.

Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS, says using AI infused into clinical decision support can provide healthcare professionals and patients/consumers with the right information pathways and treatment plans to enable better care outcomes.

Among other successes, the health system surpassed its first-year revenue goals ($3.6 million versus $3.1 million) through a combination of quality improvements and shared savings.

As the most recent health IT vendor to partner with a rideshare company, Cerner will embed access to Uber's non-emergency transport within the EHR workflow.

Longtime telemedicine pioneers from the provider and vendor sides see a near-term future of more efficient care, and describe a longer-term view of "virtualist centers in what were formerly known as hospitals."