Data Warehousing

Dr. Deepti Pandita, CMIO & VP of Clinical Informatics at University of California Irvine Health, says AI is a "shiny object" right now, but finding success depends on getting the scut work of data management right.

One of the biggest hurdles in digital health adoption in the Philippines is the lack of interconnectivity, says Franklin Vibar, CIO of Metro Pacific's Asian Hospital and Medical Center.

Megan Zakrewsky, Veradigm's VP of product for clinical data exchange, says that in automating payer data exchange and reducing clinician desktop crowding, the EHR is also eliminating patient care gaps by up to 80%, based on larger provider groups.

A regular hospital can easily start digitalising vital signs monitoring, says EMC Healthcare IT director Wildan A. Djohany.

Samsung Medical Center CIO and professor Wonchul Cha emphasises that AI implementation is one part of an overall digital transformation.

The 1,600-bed teaching hospital is also expanding telemedicine access and piloting hospital-at-home service, says digital health head Dr Ong Tek Aik.

It has helped two big hospitals in Saudi Arabia to get their EMR system validated for Stage 7 of the HIMSS EMRAM.

Nearly 40% of participating healthcare organizations reported that most of their infrastructure is on premises, but accelerating cloud migration is a top priority over the next 12 to 24 months – perhaps second only to cybersecurity.

According to Philip Gribbon and Dr Christian Muehlendyck, Europe's IDERHA initiative, set to go live in 2026, will guide users to data sources so they can collaborate to safely test AI algorithms without moving the data.

The SheHer app, which enables women to find healthcare content and medical professionals, is being translated for global use. Cofounder Mariatheresa Kadushi says it will also collect data that can train AI to help reduce bias.