Stanford Children's Health CMIO Natalie Pageler described how the organization is doing everything from using VR to putting multiple screens in a patient room to cater to the needs of kids and their families.
They called it BERT, short for Bedside Entertainment Theater. It looks high-tech, but the whole thing costs about $900 to build. Lucile Packard now has 10 BERT units across the hospital. They’re using it in surgery, of course, but they’re also using it to calm kids getting radiation therapy and MRIs.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The two-day Health IT Summit in San Francisco yielded a great deal of interesting talks about the most intriguing challenges and opportunities confronting hospitals and providers, ranging from the incorporation of big data into EHRs, using technologies to improve outcomes and reimbursement rates. There was broad consensus that the industry has a long way’s to […]