Connected Health

UK organizations must look beyond their borders to collaborate more effectively with other systems, says Hassan Chaudhury, digital health lead at Healthcare UK.

Di Jiang, team lead for connected health at National Research Council Canada, says remote patient monitoring and digital cognitive health tools are two big areas of interest as Canada seeks improvements to its nationwide health system.

Rashmi Patel, Fulbright Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, says active monitoring can ask questions while sensors can go deeper into mood and anxiety levels.

C-suite leaders in healthcare shared on the fundamentals, challenges and potential of connected care at the HIMSS Australia Digital Health Summit.

Breaking down care silos can make chronic care management easier for patients, says Dr. Bimal Shah, Livongo's CMO.

It's been an eventful year for health IT, with many health systems investing in AI and machine learning, exploring advanced pop health analytics, deploying leading-edge cybersecurity tools, expanding telehealth programs of all shapes and sizes, and embrac

Grace Cordovano, board-certified patient advocate and CEO of Enlightening Results, says patient autonomy is revolutionized by access to their data.

Seqster's technology can collect users' EHR, DNA and wearables data, giving its customers the ability to share their health information on their terms, says founder and CEO Ardy Arianpour.

Teva Pharmaceuticals' new ProAir Digihaler detects when the inhaler is used and measures inspiratory flow, giving the patient and provider valuable insight, says EVP Sven Dethlefs.

The clinical IT professionals of the future are becoming more attuned to the needs of patients, says Jay Spitulnik, associate director of the health informatics graduate program at Northeastern University.