Cloud Computing

After a successful year-long telemedicine program, Children’s Mercy informatics director Richard Stroup seized the opportunity to open the cloud-based app up to other hospitals. Seattle Children’s is already using it and Cincinnati is next.

Christiana Care CISO Anahi Santiago demands cloud vendors show her ISO or HITRUST certification, a review of SOC II as well as policies and procedures, summaries of penetration and vulnerability assessment and more.

The technology, known as Hugo, empowers patients to compile data from multiple EHRs and synchronize them with a research database. 

The exhibit area will feature more than 60 companies demonstrating early tools with the potential to disrupt or change the healthcare industry. 

Building on its GE Health Cloud, the company is enabling care teams to store, view, analyze and share images in ways they could not before storage and compute power were available in the cloud.

Dignity Health chief information officer Deanna Wise was once hesitant of putting health data in the cloud. Now she’s an outspoken proponent. 

AI can be applied right now to ever-expanding health data sets. When will be the best time for healthcare entities to implement?

Inspira Health Network established a vendor-monitoring program that not only protects data but also improved the system’s ability to share it. Information security officer Francois Bodhuin’s advice: Keep it simple but thorough. 

Adrian Aoun said the emerging company will be built on beautiful hardware and software, and compared the vision to Tesla cars. 

The new network will be automated and, as such, capable of monitoring more prescriptions than it previously could. It will also provide a platform for Surecripts future plans, CEO Tom Skelton said.