Here’s exactly why some kind of patient ID system is so necessary
"Interoperability isn't an academic exercise," said HL7 CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe.
"Interoperability isn't an academic exercise," said HL7 CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe.
Dr. Robert Pearl, executive director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, said this at the World Health Care Congress, and we have it on video.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Leaders at Intermountain Healthcare believe that health systems can't manage population health without addressing lifestyle issues.
Dr. James Withers practices what he calls "street medicine," serving homeless people on the streets of Pittsburgh. It's a population that clearly has unmet health needs — and why he made the 2015 CNN Heroes list.
Intermountain Healthcare CIO Marc Probst dropped this news — but not the names of the other partners — Monday at the 13th annual World Health Care Congress in Washington.
"The chief information officer's job is to look toward the future," Hasib said Monday at the World Health Care Congress in Washington. That makes CIOs innovators and strategy people.
In an interview, Munich Re Specialty Senior Vice President Jim Craig talked about the risk that accompanies innovation and the important role that insurers play.
"It's hard to talk about quality and outcomes," admitted Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress.