The document discusses the ONC's vision for a future "Learning Healthcare System" that enables continuous learning and improved health through interconnected electronic health information. It argues that a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) provides the necessary foundation to build this system by allowing standardized and interoperable sharing of patient data across organizations. A VNA can aggregate clinical content from different sources to provide healthcare workers with suggestive access to patient information and improve outcomes. For the system to work, healthcare organizations must take ownership of patient data and focus on standards-based interoperability.
What in the world is a digital hospital? Global trends in digital healthcare ...MaRS Discovery District
The document discusses the concept of a "Digital Hospital" which is a network of interconnected components that leverage technologies like analytics, electronic medical records, telehealth, and mobile apps to improve patient care. It notes that digital hospitals aim to provide an "omnichannel experience" for patients across physical, mobile, social and web channels. It also discusses some of the complexities healthcare organizations face from factors like rising chronic diseases, technology advances, and changing consumer expectations. Leading organizations are adapting by reshaping customer relationships, building operating flexibility, and innovating through experimentation.
The Path to Clinical Groupware. by Vince KuraitisHealth 2.0
Presentation by Vince Kuraitis (Better Health Technologies) about Hitech & the path toe Clinical Groupware. Given at Health 2.0 in the Doctor's Office, in Jacksonville, FL, Apr 24, 2010
- Hospitals have made progress in electronically exchanging health information with outside providers, though challenges remain with integration following mergers and acquisitions.
- UnityPoint Health is working to consolidate multiple EHR systems following mergers onto a single Epic system, requiring its integration teams to connect disparate systems and move data between them.
- Interface engine software can streamline health systems' approaches to internal and external data integration and exchange, reducing development time for interfaces by an estimated 10-fold for some organizations.
Emerging Standards and the Disruption of HIE 1.0Jitin Asnaani
Emerging standards in health information exchange, driven by the ONC and others, are going to change what health IT customers (hospitals, physicians, labs, etc) are going to pay for. This is an overview of those new standards, and my perspective on the implications for health technology companies, particularly EHR and HIE vendors.
This document discusses contemporary health information technology opportunities and challenges. It describes how most healthcare organizations have implemented basic HIT like EHRs but must now adopt more transformational applications using technologies like AI, big data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing and more. However, technological issues around interoperability, costs and expertise remain challenges. Managerial challenges also exist regarding security, privacy, governance and demonstrating return on investment of HIT. Overall healthcare organizations need to address both technical and managerial challenges to successfully transform with HIT.
Contemporary Health Information Technology (HIT): Opportunities and Challenges
Wullianallur Raghupathi1, Viju Raghupathi2, Joseph Tan3*
1Professor, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, USA
2Associate Professor, Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
3Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
An Data Center Solution Architecture Architecture For Advanced Healthcare Mon...ijceronline
Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a digital record shared across different healthcare settings, by network-connected enterprise-wide information systems called EHR systems. Cloud computing paradigm is one of the popular Health Information Technology infrastructures for facilitating Electronic Health Record (EHR) sharing and EHR integration. Healthcare clouds offer new possibilities, such as easy and ubiquitous access to medical data, and opportunities for new business models. However, they also bear new risks and raise challenges with respect to security and privacy aspects. The global economic crisis has affected the health sector. The costs of healthcare services rise and healthcare professionals are becoming scarce and hard to find, it is imminent that healthcare organizations consider adopting health information technology (HIT) systems. Healthcare professionals must have all the information they require to make prompt patient-care decisions. The growing of mobility connections, people can access all the resources hosted in the cloud any time using any device. The adoption of Cloud Computing in healthcare system for delivering health information and services, driven by the fact that healthcare services in Jordan are almost provided manually from tools to technologies, the growth of inhabitants and refugees crisis, healthcare stakeholders ICT consciousness, and the technical challenges and delays faces the implementation e-Healthcare system. The different problems concerning the managerial, administrative and management aspects, to the concern of physician or researcher, that necessities the infrastructure to process, store, manage patient data, analysis, diagnosis, and so on. Cloud computing is a significant alternative to solve many of these problems providing several advantages in terms of resource management and computational capabilities. In this paper we propose a national cloud computing data centers architecture solution to host healthcare system services computing resources components, proposing building a national e-health cloud environment to overcome many of the challenges confronting the success of Hakeem the core of the National e-Health System (NHS) for the provision of e-Health as a Service.
Cloud computing provides benefits for healthcare organizations by enabling storage of large medical files and easy sharing of data. This can reduce costs for hospitals while improving speed and efficiency. However, concerns around patient privacy and security must be addressed given the sensitive nature of healthcare information. New models of cloud infrastructure that meet high standards for security and availability will be necessary for cloud computing solutions to gain widespread acceptance in the healthcare industry.
What in the world is a digital hospital? Global trends in digital healthcare ...MaRS Discovery District
The document discusses the concept of a "Digital Hospital" which is a network of interconnected components that leverage technologies like analytics, electronic medical records, telehealth, and mobile apps to improve patient care. It notes that digital hospitals aim to provide an "omnichannel experience" for patients across physical, mobile, social and web channels. It also discusses some of the complexities healthcare organizations face from factors like rising chronic diseases, technology advances, and changing consumer expectations. Leading organizations are adapting by reshaping customer relationships, building operating flexibility, and innovating through experimentation.
The Path to Clinical Groupware. by Vince KuraitisHealth 2.0
Presentation by Vince Kuraitis (Better Health Technologies) about Hitech & the path toe Clinical Groupware. Given at Health 2.0 in the Doctor's Office, in Jacksonville, FL, Apr 24, 2010
- Hospitals have made progress in electronically exchanging health information with outside providers, though challenges remain with integration following mergers and acquisitions.
- UnityPoint Health is working to consolidate multiple EHR systems following mergers onto a single Epic system, requiring its integration teams to connect disparate systems and move data between them.
- Interface engine software can streamline health systems' approaches to internal and external data integration and exchange, reducing development time for interfaces by an estimated 10-fold for some organizations.
Emerging Standards and the Disruption of HIE 1.0Jitin Asnaani
Emerging standards in health information exchange, driven by the ONC and others, are going to change what health IT customers (hospitals, physicians, labs, etc) are going to pay for. This is an overview of those new standards, and my perspective on the implications for health technology companies, particularly EHR and HIE vendors.
This document discusses contemporary health information technology opportunities and challenges. It describes how most healthcare organizations have implemented basic HIT like EHRs but must now adopt more transformational applications using technologies like AI, big data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing and more. However, technological issues around interoperability, costs and expertise remain challenges. Managerial challenges also exist regarding security, privacy, governance and demonstrating return on investment of HIT. Overall healthcare organizations need to address both technical and managerial challenges to successfully transform with HIT.
Contemporary Health Information Technology (HIT): Opportunities and Challenges
Wullianallur Raghupathi1, Viju Raghupathi2, Joseph Tan3*
1Professor, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, USA
2Associate Professor, Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
3Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
An Data Center Solution Architecture Architecture For Advanced Healthcare Mon...ijceronline
Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a digital record shared across different healthcare settings, by network-connected enterprise-wide information systems called EHR systems. Cloud computing paradigm is one of the popular Health Information Technology infrastructures for facilitating Electronic Health Record (EHR) sharing and EHR integration. Healthcare clouds offer new possibilities, such as easy and ubiquitous access to medical data, and opportunities for new business models. However, they also bear new risks and raise challenges with respect to security and privacy aspects. The global economic crisis has affected the health sector. The costs of healthcare services rise and healthcare professionals are becoming scarce and hard to find, it is imminent that healthcare organizations consider adopting health information technology (HIT) systems. Healthcare professionals must have all the information they require to make prompt patient-care decisions. The growing of mobility connections, people can access all the resources hosted in the cloud any time using any device. The adoption of Cloud Computing in healthcare system for delivering health information and services, driven by the fact that healthcare services in Jordan are almost provided manually from tools to technologies, the growth of inhabitants and refugees crisis, healthcare stakeholders ICT consciousness, and the technical challenges and delays faces the implementation e-Healthcare system. The different problems concerning the managerial, administrative and management aspects, to the concern of physician or researcher, that necessities the infrastructure to process, store, manage patient data, analysis, diagnosis, and so on. Cloud computing is a significant alternative to solve many of these problems providing several advantages in terms of resource management and computational capabilities. In this paper we propose a national cloud computing data centers architecture solution to host healthcare system services computing resources components, proposing building a national e-health cloud environment to overcome many of the challenges confronting the success of Hakeem the core of the National e-Health System (NHS) for the provision of e-Health as a Service.
Cloud computing provides benefits for healthcare organizations by enabling storage of large medical files and easy sharing of data. This can reduce costs for hospitals while improving speed and efficiency. However, concerns around patient privacy and security must be addressed given the sensitive nature of healthcare information. New models of cloud infrastructure that meet high standards for security and availability will be necessary for cloud computing solutions to gain widespread acceptance in the healthcare industry.
Aman Quadri - Future Trends with Health and Wellness.Dataconomy Media
About Aman: I would say that one particular industry cannot define my work or where my passion lie, but currently I am immersed in Blockchain, Healthcare, and Cryptocurrency.
The document discusses Kareo, a healthcare IT company that offers electronic health record (EHR) software. It began as a medical billing software company and now offers a free, web-based EHR product. Kareo's EHR operates on a "freemium" model where the software is free but additional premium products can be purchased. It discusses Kareo's services, investors, areas of focus like interoperability, and usage trends. Open standards are important to enable data sharing and interoperability between different healthcare IT systems.
Cloud computing has the potential to be a game changer for the Indian healthcare system. The adoption of cloud services can help address issues like the high cost of infrastructure for hospitals while improving scalability, access, and efficiency. One example is Rainbow Hospitals, a large pediatric hospital network, which overhauled its legacy IT systems by implementing a new electronic medical records and other software systems on the cloud. This allowed the hospitals to scale resources as needed, gave clinicians ubiquitous access to patient information, and led to improvements in turnaround times, documentation accuracy, and other operational metrics. Cloud computing can reduce costs for healthcare organizations while improving care delivery if implemented successfully.
The Hospital Digital Experience Index: Research AbstractDave Wieneke
Dave Wieneke is creating a patient experience benchmark for hospital systems to use to score how well their website serve patients in comparison to others and best practices.
Tomorrow’s doctors are undoubtedly considered with an inherent capacity and engagement for continuing professional learning and development, as well as, appropriate decision making. Thus, medical schools are exploring various ways in which technology can support the preparation of students for work-based learning as well as enhancing the work-based learning placements. Technological advances in healthcare focus on the prospects of offering ubiquitous and continuous measurements of patient/citizen activities for lifestyle management improvement (prevention), detection of early symptoms for any deterioration (prognosis), etc. This is changing the traditional ways of offering medical education. How can technology be used to address this need? In this talk we use examples of recent developments to demonstrate the issue of augmenting health professionals to tackle this new disruptive space of healthcare.
Year after year, technology has played a role in changing the way that health care is delivered. Now in 2014, as technology continues to advance, consumers are demanding more convenient and cost effective care through increased use of mHealth and Telehealth. The mHealth + Telehealth World 2014 is must attend event for health care executives interested in learning how to most efficiently utilize Telehealth programs and mHealth practices to improve patient outcomes by promoting interoperability, sustainability, provider interest, and consumer engagement. Hear case studies, understand the ROI, and discuss ways to address critical issues – including licensing and security issues – of digital health practices.
http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HL14028/
Digitalisation Of Healthcare - Towards A Better Future - Free Download E bookkevin brown
Digital health has been around for quite some
time. Advancements in technology, rising
demand for better care, and governments' focus
on improved health economy have contributed
to the digital transformation in the healthcare
sector. Healthcare providers and professionals
are continuously challenged to come up with
innovative and cost-effective ways of providing
effective care and better patient outcomes.
In the past few years, digital technologies
have changed the healthcare landscape into
becoming more patient-centric, with care givers
focusing on engaging patients and improving
their experiences.
According a Deloitte report, global healthcare
spending is estimated to cross US$10 trillion by
2022. As the global healthcare market embraces
digitalisation, innovation has a major role to
play. Healthcare companies have been investing
heavily in digital technologies to drive innovation
and value-based care, while making care giving
more accessible and efficient. Digitalisation results
in better usage of patient data by care givers
enabling them to offer personalised healthcare
to the patients.
Digital Healthcare Trends: Transformation Towards Better Care RelationshipKumaraguru Veerasamy
Digital health encompasses digital care programs, technologies with health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and to make medicine more personalized and precise. With the increasing adoption of telemedicine, wearable devices, mobile health apps (especially during the recent COVID-19 pandemic) and VR/AR; digital health is poised to take healthcare forward.
This whitepaper provides an assessment of the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) which has given “legs” to accelerate physician electronic health record (EHR) adoption via Stark Safe Harbor compliant programs for hospitals.
The combined Stark Safe Harbor and ARRA makes a clear case to move quickly with an EHR initiative.
Health Delivery Information Systems (HDIS) provide applications and software to record and manage healthcare data for every patient encounter. The document discusses designing a scalable and standards-based HDIS, including implementing it using a microservices architecture approach adhering to design principles from the National Digital Health Blueprint. Key elements include using interoperability standards, a mobile-first design, and building modules focused on core functionality for initial implementation.
Healthcare Digital Transformation - A primer for healthcare executives and te...Damo Consulting Inc.
The future of healthcare is in digitally reimagined experiences for patients and caregivers alike. Digitalization offers increased choice and convenience for patients, and improved outcomes for caregivers while reducing costs and workloads.
The document discusses various aspects of electronic health records (EHR), including:
1. EHR have become essential in healthcare to save time and money by digitizing patient records.
2. An EHR combines hardware, software, and networks to collect, create, and share patient information for improved care.
3. The document then breaks down eight key components of EHR and how they are used, such as health information, order entry, decision support, and administrative processes.
IRJET- Clinical Medical Knowledge Extraction using Crowdsourcing TechniquesIRJET Journal
This document proposes a system to extract medical knowledge from crowdsourced question answering websites using truth discovery techniques. It aims to determine the trustworthiness of answers provided by doctors on these sites. The system performs medical term extraction from user queries and responses using stemming. It then calculates answer trustworthiness based on factors like doctor expertise, ethnicity, and commitment level. The highest trustworthiness responses are selected as best opinions and stored in a medical blog. A chatbot is also developed to predict disease based on user-reported symptoms. The system aims to provide users with reliable medical information and diagnoses from these crowdsourced sites.
"Off-the-shelf technology can be put to better use with bespoke integrated software as hospitals rethink efficient patient care"
--Published in The Times and on Raconteur
Emerging technologies like smartphones, wearable devices, virtual reality, big data, and cloud computing are enabling a more connected global healthcare system. Smartphones provide personalized health information and tools like medical apps. Wearable devices allow for continuous, unobtrusive health monitoring. Virtual reality and 3D gaming can simulate real-world medical scenarios for education and training. Big data, machine learning, and cloud computing collectively support unlimited data storage, advanced analytics, and on-demand access and sharing of healthcare information on a global scale. These emerging technologies are helping to transition the world toward more informed, connected, and effective healthcare.
The document summarizes insights from panels at the Health 2.0 London conference on developing tools for physicians and hospitals. Key topics discussed included the need for interoperability between different hospital systems and tools, challenges of healthcare data workflow, and how to create mobile and wearable physician tools that integrate smoothly into the workflow without being too intrusive. Presentations on specific tools like TicTrac and Google Glass demonstrated approaches to help physicians better manage patient data and improve efficiency.
A Tale of Two Hospitals—How Dynamic Healthcare Economics in Belgium Hastens N...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how two Belgian hospitals are adjusting to dynamic healthcare economics by leveraging the multilevel benefits of composable infrastructure and pay-as-you-go buying options for data centers.
The Work Ahead in Healthcare: Digital Delivers at the Frontlines of CareCognizant
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital technologies in healthcare. Providers are using AI and intelligent machines to personalize care and change how care is delivered. A recent study found that the pandemic pushed many providers to significantly change their operations and embrace digital technologies like telehealth. While IT budgets are growing modestly, many providers expect to implement AI and see the role of intelligent machines in care delivery increasing over the next few years. This will change the skills needed and how work is allocated between employees and machines.
Evan Hughes is an IT Business Analyst with over 20 years of experience implementing technical solutions to meet evolving business needs. He has expertise in business process analysis, project management, technical integration, change management, and other areas. As an IT Business Analyst and Senior Security Engineer, Hughes has project managed infrastructure upgrades, redesigned processes to reduce costs, and implemented new services like global WiFi. He aims to communicate technical information clearly and solve problems to meet business goals.
Aman Quadri - Future Trends with Health and Wellness.Dataconomy Media
About Aman: I would say that one particular industry cannot define my work or where my passion lie, but currently I am immersed in Blockchain, Healthcare, and Cryptocurrency.
The document discusses Kareo, a healthcare IT company that offers electronic health record (EHR) software. It began as a medical billing software company and now offers a free, web-based EHR product. Kareo's EHR operates on a "freemium" model where the software is free but additional premium products can be purchased. It discusses Kareo's services, investors, areas of focus like interoperability, and usage trends. Open standards are important to enable data sharing and interoperability between different healthcare IT systems.
Cloud computing has the potential to be a game changer for the Indian healthcare system. The adoption of cloud services can help address issues like the high cost of infrastructure for hospitals while improving scalability, access, and efficiency. One example is Rainbow Hospitals, a large pediatric hospital network, which overhauled its legacy IT systems by implementing a new electronic medical records and other software systems on the cloud. This allowed the hospitals to scale resources as needed, gave clinicians ubiquitous access to patient information, and led to improvements in turnaround times, documentation accuracy, and other operational metrics. Cloud computing can reduce costs for healthcare organizations while improving care delivery if implemented successfully.
The Hospital Digital Experience Index: Research AbstractDave Wieneke
Dave Wieneke is creating a patient experience benchmark for hospital systems to use to score how well their website serve patients in comparison to others and best practices.
Tomorrow’s doctors are undoubtedly considered with an inherent capacity and engagement for continuing professional learning and development, as well as, appropriate decision making. Thus, medical schools are exploring various ways in which technology can support the preparation of students for work-based learning as well as enhancing the work-based learning placements. Technological advances in healthcare focus on the prospects of offering ubiquitous and continuous measurements of patient/citizen activities for lifestyle management improvement (prevention), detection of early symptoms for any deterioration (prognosis), etc. This is changing the traditional ways of offering medical education. How can technology be used to address this need? In this talk we use examples of recent developments to demonstrate the issue of augmenting health professionals to tackle this new disruptive space of healthcare.
Year after year, technology has played a role in changing the way that health care is delivered. Now in 2014, as technology continues to advance, consumers are demanding more convenient and cost effective care through increased use of mHealth and Telehealth. The mHealth + Telehealth World 2014 is must attend event for health care executives interested in learning how to most efficiently utilize Telehealth programs and mHealth practices to improve patient outcomes by promoting interoperability, sustainability, provider interest, and consumer engagement. Hear case studies, understand the ROI, and discuss ways to address critical issues – including licensing and security issues – of digital health practices.
http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HL14028/
Digitalisation Of Healthcare - Towards A Better Future - Free Download E bookkevin brown
Digital health has been around for quite some
time. Advancements in technology, rising
demand for better care, and governments' focus
on improved health economy have contributed
to the digital transformation in the healthcare
sector. Healthcare providers and professionals
are continuously challenged to come up with
innovative and cost-effective ways of providing
effective care and better patient outcomes.
In the past few years, digital technologies
have changed the healthcare landscape into
becoming more patient-centric, with care givers
focusing on engaging patients and improving
their experiences.
According a Deloitte report, global healthcare
spending is estimated to cross US$10 trillion by
2022. As the global healthcare market embraces
digitalisation, innovation has a major role to
play. Healthcare companies have been investing
heavily in digital technologies to drive innovation
and value-based care, while making care giving
more accessible and efficient. Digitalisation results
in better usage of patient data by care givers
enabling them to offer personalised healthcare
to the patients.
Digital Healthcare Trends: Transformation Towards Better Care RelationshipKumaraguru Veerasamy
Digital health encompasses digital care programs, technologies with health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and to make medicine more personalized and precise. With the increasing adoption of telemedicine, wearable devices, mobile health apps (especially during the recent COVID-19 pandemic) and VR/AR; digital health is poised to take healthcare forward.
This whitepaper provides an assessment of the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) which has given “legs” to accelerate physician electronic health record (EHR) adoption via Stark Safe Harbor compliant programs for hospitals.
The combined Stark Safe Harbor and ARRA makes a clear case to move quickly with an EHR initiative.
Health Delivery Information Systems (HDIS) provide applications and software to record and manage healthcare data for every patient encounter. The document discusses designing a scalable and standards-based HDIS, including implementing it using a microservices architecture approach adhering to design principles from the National Digital Health Blueprint. Key elements include using interoperability standards, a mobile-first design, and building modules focused on core functionality for initial implementation.
Healthcare Digital Transformation - A primer for healthcare executives and te...Damo Consulting Inc.
The future of healthcare is in digitally reimagined experiences for patients and caregivers alike. Digitalization offers increased choice and convenience for patients, and improved outcomes for caregivers while reducing costs and workloads.
The document discusses various aspects of electronic health records (EHR), including:
1. EHR have become essential in healthcare to save time and money by digitizing patient records.
2. An EHR combines hardware, software, and networks to collect, create, and share patient information for improved care.
3. The document then breaks down eight key components of EHR and how they are used, such as health information, order entry, decision support, and administrative processes.
IRJET- Clinical Medical Knowledge Extraction using Crowdsourcing TechniquesIRJET Journal
This document proposes a system to extract medical knowledge from crowdsourced question answering websites using truth discovery techniques. It aims to determine the trustworthiness of answers provided by doctors on these sites. The system performs medical term extraction from user queries and responses using stemming. It then calculates answer trustworthiness based on factors like doctor expertise, ethnicity, and commitment level. The highest trustworthiness responses are selected as best opinions and stored in a medical blog. A chatbot is also developed to predict disease based on user-reported symptoms. The system aims to provide users with reliable medical information and diagnoses from these crowdsourced sites.
"Off-the-shelf technology can be put to better use with bespoke integrated software as hospitals rethink efficient patient care"
--Published in The Times and on Raconteur
Emerging technologies like smartphones, wearable devices, virtual reality, big data, and cloud computing are enabling a more connected global healthcare system. Smartphones provide personalized health information and tools like medical apps. Wearable devices allow for continuous, unobtrusive health monitoring. Virtual reality and 3D gaming can simulate real-world medical scenarios for education and training. Big data, machine learning, and cloud computing collectively support unlimited data storage, advanced analytics, and on-demand access and sharing of healthcare information on a global scale. These emerging technologies are helping to transition the world toward more informed, connected, and effective healthcare.
The document summarizes insights from panels at the Health 2.0 London conference on developing tools for physicians and hospitals. Key topics discussed included the need for interoperability between different hospital systems and tools, challenges of healthcare data workflow, and how to create mobile and wearable physician tools that integrate smoothly into the workflow without being too intrusive. Presentations on specific tools like TicTrac and Google Glass demonstrated approaches to help physicians better manage patient data and improve efficiency.
A Tale of Two Hospitals—How Dynamic Healthcare Economics in Belgium Hastens N...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how two Belgian hospitals are adjusting to dynamic healthcare economics by leveraging the multilevel benefits of composable infrastructure and pay-as-you-go buying options for data centers.
The Work Ahead in Healthcare: Digital Delivers at the Frontlines of CareCognizant
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital technologies in healthcare. Providers are using AI and intelligent machines to personalize care and change how care is delivered. A recent study found that the pandemic pushed many providers to significantly change their operations and embrace digital technologies like telehealth. While IT budgets are growing modestly, many providers expect to implement AI and see the role of intelligent machines in care delivery increasing over the next few years. This will change the skills needed and how work is allocated between employees and machines.
Evan Hughes is an IT Business Analyst with over 20 years of experience implementing technical solutions to meet evolving business needs. He has expertise in business process analysis, project management, technical integration, change management, and other areas. As an IT Business Analyst and Senior Security Engineer, Hughes has project managed infrastructure upgrades, redesigned processes to reduce costs, and implemented new services like global WiFi. He aims to communicate technical information clearly and solve problems to meet business goals.
Explode! your information product catalog with ProducTorrent, the most efficient way to create over 30 information products from a single product idea.
This document discusses methods for accurately measuring noise figure using the Y-factor technique. It describes the fundamentals of noise figure and noise temperature measurements. The Y-factor method involves measuring the noise power ratio (Y-factor) with and without a noise source to determine the device under test's (DUT) noise figure. The document outlines sources of measurement errors and provides guidance on avoiding errors related to interfering signals, noise source selection, mismatch uncertainties, and other factors. It also discusses calculating measurement uncertainties and the effects of losses and temperature corrections.
This document discusses how Irish companies can increase their effectiveness in the Japanese market. It first examines Japanese demographics and consumer behavior, such as an aging population, internet usage, and preference for quality. It then analyzes the marketing mix used in Japan, including tailored products, higher priority on quality over price, online marketplaces and retail locations. The document recommends Irish companies design products for Japanese consumers, locate in special economic zones for tax benefits and support, and integrate into the culture through promotional examples used locally. In conclusion, companies should consider Japanese consumer behavior and marketing practices to better position themselves in the Japanese market.
Healthcare Interoperability: New Tactics and TechnologyHealth Catalyst
Every provider agrees on the need for healthcare interoperability to achieve clinical data insights at the point of care. The question is how to get there from the myriad technologies and the volumes of data that comprise electronic medical records. It’s been difficult to organize among participants that have had little incentive to cooperate. And standards for sending and receiving data have been slow to develop. This is changing, but the key components that are still vital to realizing insights are closed-loop analytics and its accompanying tools, an enterprise data warehouse and analytics applications. This article defines the problems and explores the solutions to optimizing clinical decision making where it’s needed most.
CMS Proposed Interoperability Rule: Where is it at?Inferscience
At Inferscience, we provide different tools to facilitate HCC Coding and Clinical Decision Support for provider organizations. We constantly strive to facilitate documentation for healthcare providers while contributing to better patient care. We want to help provider organizations receive proper credit for the value of care provided.
Cloud Compliance with Encrypted Data – Health Recordsijtsrd
several tending organizations area unit mistreatment electronic health record EHRS area unit period, patient centered records that create data accessible instantly and firmly to approved users. so information storage becomes associate evoking interest for developing EHRS systems. this can not price an excellent deal however it additionally provides the adjustable giant space mobile access more and more required within the gift world, however, before cloud based EHRSs system will become associate beingness, problems with information security, personal details of patients and overall performance should be shown. As normal cryptography techniques for EHRSs cause hyperbolic access management and performance overhead, this paper proposes the employment of Cipher text Policy Attribute Based cryptography CPABE to encrypted information is unbroken confidential although the storage server is untrusted EHRSs supported health care suppliers credentials to decipher EHRSs it ought to contain these several attributes required for correct access . the planning and usage of cloud related EHRS system supported CP ABE area unit galvanized and bestowed, beside introductory experiments to research the flexibleness and measurability of the planned approach. Mohan Prakash | Nachappa S "Cloud Compliance with Encrypted Data – Health Records" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30773.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/computer-security/30773/cloud-compliance-with-encrypted-data-%E2%80%93-health-records/mohan-prakash
Healthcare and AWS: The Power of Cloud in Patient Care and Data ManagementSuccessiveDigital
1. The document discusses how cloud platforms like AWS can help healthcare organizations better manage patient data and deliver advanced patient care. It provides examples of how moving to the cloud improves data accessibility, analytics, mobility and enables telehealth solutions.
2. Key benefits of cloud-based healthcare data management include dismantling data silos, facilitating data sharing and integration, providing scalability, and allowing data to be easily accessible anywhere to support new care delivery models.
3. The cloud empowers patient engagement through tools that collect health data from devices. It also improves care management by enabling real-time communication and collaboration between healthcare providers.
Connected Health Interoperability Platform_White Paper_Cisco UCSF_2016Wernhard Berger
The document discusses the Connected Health Interoperability Platform (CHIP) being developed by UC San Francisco's Center for Digital Health Innovation and Cisco. The CHIP aims to break down barriers to digital health innovation by creating a platform that connects digital health applications to dispersed patient data through a secure, cloud-hosted system with API services. This will allow applications to access and share data across EHRs, devices, and apps to improve referral management, care collaboration and the patient experience. The platform will include a health applications marketplace, core data and security services, and tools for application development.
Evolution Of Health Care Information SystemsLana Sorrels
The Defense Health Agency is a multi-service agency that enables the Army, Navy, and Air Force to provide medical services to members of the Department of Defense. It ensures the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high-quality healthcare to beneficiaries of the Military Health System. The Defense Health Agency drives greater integration of clinical and business processes across the system. It accomplishes this mission by implementing shared services with common functions and standards.
ONC Releases 10-Year Vision To Achieve Interoperability in Health ITViSolve, Inc.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology recently released a vision document to achieve Interoperability in Health IT. Spread over 3, 6 and 10 years, the vision document highlights the pressing need to achieve interoperability among different Health IT systems.
1. The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system to replace a paper-based system.
2. A key disadvantage is the high cost of implementation, with the cost of Alberta's new clinical information system estimated at $1.6 billion over 10 years.
3. Another disadvantage is a lack of interoperability between existing EHR systems, which prevents patient information from being shared and understood across health settings.
Health systems recognize the potential of digital health but e-health programs have had modest returns. Ambitious initiatives focus on providing clinicians information but struggle with legacy systems that impede data integration. The solution is a digital services platform that holds healthcare data and optimizes access through APIs and services for identity, access and consent management. This platform could serve as an innovation ecosystem for third-party digital health services and advanced by health systems. It could revolutionize health services and help bend the cost curve through contextualized information, ushering in an era of "Healthcare 3.0."
Verizon has outlined 11 tips for healthcare providers transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs enable faster and more accurate exchange of patient information while improving access and storage. Tips include putting patients first, maintaining security, complying with HIPAA, evaluating workflow integration, communicating goals to staff, embracing new technologies, acting urgently to receive incentives, thinking long-term to meet future requirements, learning about EHR incentives, and seeking necessary certifications. The transition requires a strategic, compliant approach with a focus on patients and communication.
The document provides guidelines for the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) Sandbox (NS), which allows technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment before being integrated into the National Digital Health Ecosystem. The NS aims to foster responsible innovation, promote efficiency, and benefit consumers by enabling testing of products using NDHM building blocks. Eligible applicants include healthcare providers and technology companies. Products are tested for up to 6 months to evaluate compliance, consumer response, and integration with NDHM standards before potential broader adoption. The NS framework provides a structured way for NDHM to engage partners and support useful health technologies while managing risks.
This document discusses how cloud computing can benefit healthcare services. It begins with an introduction noting how large amounts of healthcare data are generated daily and how cloud computing allows for real-time data collection, storage, and sharing between organizations in a cost-effective way. It then provides examples of how cloud computing has been used in healthcare, including a clinical information management system and enabling electronic health records. The document also discusses how cloud computing can facilitate technologies like the Internet of Medical Things, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine. It provides an example of how Apollo Hospitals in India utilizes technologies like electronic health records, analytics, and a hybrid cloud model. The document concludes by noting challenges of cloud computing in healthcare and providing suggestions to address security risks.
The document discusses questions regarding a healthcare system's vendor selection process for an IT project. It recommends the types of information an organization should provide to vendors in a Request for Information (RFI) and gather from vendors in the early planning stages. This includes vendor background, technical requirements, functionality, implementation processes, and training. An RFP with more specific details is issued to a select few vendors.
This document discusses the potential for using mobile technology in healthcare. It argues that healthcare, like other industries, can benefit from new technologies that increase efficiency. For example, Bluetooth sensors could allow vital signs to be continuously monitored and shared instantly between doctors and nurses. However, there are also privacy and cost concerns to consider. While mobile access could improve data sharing, it also increases the risk of sensitive patient information being compromised. And updating equipment for new technologies requires financial investment. Overall, the document concludes that the technology may increase efficiency but a healthcare organization's top priority should be patient well-being and privacy.
A framework for secure healthcare systems based on big data analytics in mobi...ijasa
In this paper we introduce a framework for Healthcare Information Systems (HISs) based on big data
analytics in mobile cloud computing environments. This framework provides a high level of integration,
interoperability, availability and sharing of healthcare data among healthcare providers, patients, and
practitioners. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) of patients dispersed among different Care Delivery
Organizations (CDOs) are integrated and stored in the Cloud storage area, this creates an Electronic
Health Records (EHRs) for each patient. Mobile Cloud allows fast Internet access and provision of EHRs
from anywhere and at any time via different platforms. Due to the massive size of healthcare data, the
exponential increase in the speed in which this data is generated and the complexity of healthcare data
type, the proposed framework employs big data analytics to find useful insights that help practitioners take
critical decisions in the right time. In addition, our proposed framework applies a set of security
constraints and access control that guarantee integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of medical information.
We believe that the proposed framework paves the way for a new generation of lower cost, more efficient
healthcare systems.
The document discusses the concept of a "Hospital Without Walls" which envisions a more integrated model of healthcare delivery that extends beyond traditional hospital walls. A key part of this vision is a Clinical Coordination Centre that would use software and displays to provide a unified view of patient information and flows across acute, community, social, and other care services. Realizing this level of integration across a healthcare system poses challenges for software providers to develop new ways of seamlessly sharing data and presenting information to support coordinated patient care in this vision of the future hospital.
The document discusses technology challenges and opportunities for California's Whole Person Care pilots. It finds that common data sharing needs include care coordination platforms, data quality monitoring, analytics and reporting tools, and identity management. Challenges include building consensus on technology approaches, aggregating diverse data, ensuring technology complies with privacy policies, and overcoming partner skepticism. The document presents case studies of Contra Costa and Marin counties' approaches. It concludes that pilots have made progress establishing infrastructure for integrated care but continued work is needed, and technology can help but not solve organizational challenges alone.
Mobile health, or mHealth, utilizes consumer electronic technologies to improve healthcare delivery by increasing transparency and convenience. As mHealth grows, protecting sensitive patient information transmitted across devices becomes more important. Whether an mHealth company is regulated by HIPAA depends on its relationship to covered entities. If an mHealth app directly interacts with a provider or health system, transmitting patient data to electronic health records, the company is likely a business associate subject to HIPAA. Ensuring strong cybersecurity is key to protecting patient privacy and avoiding costly HIPAA breaches for companies involved in mHealth.
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VN-Enablement is a Learning Healthcare System
1. The Learning Healthcare System Starts with the VNA
Larry R. Sitka
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology commonly referred
to as ONC released its initial draft of “ Connecting Health and Care for the Nation, A Shared
Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap DRAFT” framework document. Inside the 166 page
framework description ONC introduces the need for a platform called “A Learning Healthcare
System “, which the ONC defines as, “ an environment that links the care delivery system with
communities and societal supports in ‘closed loops’ of electronic health information flow, at
many different levels, to enable continuous learning and improved health.” The document is
designed to be a ten-year roadmap that describes barriers to interoperability across the current
health IT landscape. Within, is a description and proposal for a desired future state of
healthcare IT. Inside this document the ONC introduces an architecture overview for the next
10 years called The Learning Healthcare System and what is required of such a system.
In the report, the ONC states “by 2024, individuals, care providers, communities and
researchers should have an array of interoperable health IT products and services that support
continuous learning and improved health. This ‘learning health system’ should also result in
lower health care costs (by identifying and reducing waste and preventable events), improved
population health, empowered consumers and ongoing technological innovation through
coordinated care plans.
In the future, “Individuals, their families and health care providers should be able to send,
receive, find and use electronic health information in a manner that is appropriate, secure,
2. timely and reliable. Individuals should be able to securely share electronic health information
with care providers and make use of the electronic health information to support their own
health and wellness through informed, shared decision-making.”
While the vision and future state of the ONC is sound, we need to ask ourselves as healthcare
professionals, “Where do I begin? What can we do today to start reaping some of the benefits
of interoperability and provide us the foundation for the next ten years?” As with any
technology revolution, certain technologies mature faster than other and begin to drive the
landscape of the future. In the case of interoperability, vendor neutral archive (VNA) is that
mature technology that will lead in evolving the current healthcare ecosystem to a learning
healthcare system and providing a means for real time healthcare delivery. The foundation for
a Learning Healthcare System is the basis of what a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) provides
today. Leveraging and thinking of a VNA as just an imaging storage tool would be shortsighted,
why not think of a VNA as providing the pathway and functionality for a healthcare patient
centered discovery tool? VNA is the foundation of the Learning Healthcare System and a
foundation for building a healthcare IT interoperability framework whereby many applications
can work in unison learning the context of a patient, in-or-out of the current healthcare
organization. By leveraging a VNA in this context, a VNA provides suggestive results to the
healthcare organization’s user base. Leveraging a VNA is a means to improve patient outcomes
through interoperability and moves away from the traditional product sell. “Consumers are
increasingly expecting their electronic health data to be available when and where it matters to
them, just as their data is in other sectors. And new technology is allowing for a more
accessible, affordable and innovative approach. However, barriers remain to the seamless
sharing and use of electronic health information”, per the ONC architects.
A Foundation for a Learning Healthcare System starts with data ownership.
In the construction of a building, every project starts at the foundation. A foundation is critical
and must be well thought out with significant planning involved. The foundation is the most
difficult structure to change. The foundation of a Learning Healthcare System is built around
two key components, patient context and the healthcare organization (HCO) context. Taking
ownership of the data and focusing on interoperability across the HCO through standards are
pillars cemented into this foundation.
From the HCO perspective, ownership of clinical content on behalf of the patient is a
mandatory requirement. An assumed role inside the HCO, on behalf of the patient is the
holding of collected patient content for future use as a continuum of care for the patient. The
HCO must define and build a foundation by which secure sharing of patient content is inherent.
This environment must be capable of not just storing content, but also dynamically finding,
moving and distributing content in real time. This content is linked and possibly moved into a
Learning Healthcare System independent of the organizations affiliation. The content is either
3. linked on demand or linked covertly as the information is discovered further extending the
patient longitudinal record. The goal of content aggregation is to provide suggestive access to
patient information for the healthcare worker who is responsible for delivering that better
patient outcome. The patient outcome is the evidence by which the HCO shall be paid.
From the patient perspective, ownership of the data by the patient is now something we, as
vendors must enable and HCO providers are legally bound to steward. HIPAA for example,
appears to vendors as restricting and controlling. It attempts to define who and what content
can be accessed along with the purpose of accessing that content. However, it is actually HIPAA
that finally gives ownership of the content back to the patient. It’s the first piece of legislation
actually directing the HCO and its vendors true ownership of results and supporting
documentation belongs to the patient and not the healthcare organization, insurance
companies, or the product vendors.
Framing a Learning Healthcare System through the use of standards and blueprints
Once the foundation of a Learning Healthcare System is created the framing is next. Framing
comes with exact measurements and sizing using standards based products, but with the
cutting and coercion of the materials comes a custom fit per the requirements in a blue print.
Such is the case of a Learning Healthcare System. The HCO, in effort to create a Learning
Healthcare System, must start by demanding standardization of not only structured content but
unstructured content. Standardization not only to assure interoperability, but standardization
as a canonical data model based on industry standards and not proprietary vendor specifics.
Standardization or canonicalization of the meta-data to be used and exchanged in a Learning
Healthcare System is exactly what a true VNA platform provides. Simple problems come with
very complex solutions in these cases. For example, patient names, IDs or study descriptions
have become as complex to the HCO as the year 2000 problem. Imagine an IT infrastructure
without being based on wireless or Ethernet standards for physical connectivity, what chaos
would exists. Simply put what if we all drove down an interstate without those painted lines
and the map we used to guide us didn’t have a legend in place. Such is the case for the HCO
when it comes to delivering a standards based form of patient content. The DICOM and HL7
standards exists and we have the XDS framework, but without the connect-a-thons and HCO
demanding that vendors not only participate in these but also demand the vendors actually
support and utilize those standards. More importantly the HCO must contractually demand
interoperability following those exact standards. In short HCOs must stop purchasing custom
solutions unique to only its organization.
The deployment of the EMR to capture and attempt to hold unstructured content at least
inside a data warehouse application is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately the EMR only
solves half the problem by providing a collection point. As a next step try and share the
4. unstructured content between EMRs and between organizations. This has become a next to an
impossible task. Those EMRs that claim to be able to share come up far short of expectations.
The idea of sharing an electronic record is what drove EMR adoption. Now we have all this
unstructured content that must feed the Learning Healthcare System. The VNA is capable and
is the platform for doing so.
Adding the roof, connecting the plumbing and utilities to a Learning Healthcare System by
allowing a multi-vendor best of breed solution.
The final steps in a construction process are completed by picking the best products with the
best look and feel meeting the needs of the owner. Such is the case of a Learning Healthcare
System. A Learning Healthcare System demands the ability to select the best products with the
best functionality that delivers the best patient outcomes. Different departments and
healthcare settings, much like different physicians, have different needs and requirements.
Why be limited with just one selection? More importantly don’t be forced into a one size fits all
in selection of applications. Let the HCO users pick their applications to deliver better patient
outcomes. For example a radiology centric viewer does not work for wound care or treatment
planning very efficiently.
When connecting the building to the outside world each location typically has its own utilities
companies which are part of a grid. The same is true for a Learning Healthcare System. The
existing Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIE’s) are the on-ramps for the Learning Healthcare
System. The HIE and image or content exchange will evolve into much more than we know
today. Today HIEs are not profitable and even more difficulties arise when seeking cooperation
5. amongst the different unaffiliated organizations for patient informational access. Vendors of
course find it difficult to build any product today around what isn’t profitable and a very hard to
sell to HCO executive teams. However, tomorrow HIE technology inside the Learning
Healthcare System will not only be the necessity but be integral parts of any HCO, thus make
sure image and content exchange is included in your VNA as an embedded feature. Sharing
the patient content across the private sector, across HIEs, and across government organizations
will be common place in the next decade all driven by patient outcomes. Today these HIE are
laying the ground work for what is required not only from the technology perspective but more
importantly the business and legal perspective. The VNA selected should support an HIE
inherently. An image/content exchange is mandatory requirement of a VNA and is the basis of
a Learning Healthcare System for moving released content in a secure manner. More
importantly inside a Learning Healthcare System an image/content exchange must provide the
business process and verification steps. Steps like BAA approval and appropriate patient
release form access and approval are automated.
Turing on the power and utilities inside a Learning Healthcare System and let the information
flow.
The data demands of a Learning Healthcare System will far exceed anything an HCO has seen to
date. Typically the sizing of a VNA is done by traffic volumes requested by concurrent users or
study volumes. However the oncoming big data analytics applications which are a necessity
inside a Learning Healthcare System will far exceed any current traffic volumes requested by
mere humans. A Learning Healthcare System is in a mode of continuously finding, aggregating,
and coercing information relevant to the patient in context, again a necessity to building out
the patient record. Once found, the information is persisted in the Learning Healthcare System
whereby the analytics and other applications such as Natural Language Processing (NLP)
systems will access the information giving the data context around the patient allowing the
healthcare worker better informational access and decision process through new clinical
support applications. Support for these demanding applications require an infrastructure that
can scale on demand both horizontally and vertically. Leverage your VNA for more than just
basement storage where things become cluttered and inefficient while never being used again.
Conclusion The Smart House is a Learning Healthcare System all built on a VNA platform.
The Learning Healthcare System will be an integral part of improving the way the healthcare
ecosystem works and how patients, providers and payers interact within that ecosystem. It will
be a gradual process to achieve the complete vision of the Learning Healthcare Systems and
lessons will be learned along the journey. However, there are things that we can do today to
begin to build the necessary foundation for this vision. Adoption of VNA technology is one of
6. these cornerstones that is mature enough today to begin to solve some of the greatest
challenges and remove some of the obstacles to a fully interoperable healthcare system.