Clinical

James Freed, CIO, Health Education England, says that the NHS must ensure that it takes advantage of the opportunity that technology bestows upon it by ensuring that all stakeholders are prepared and willing to embrace innovation.

Dr. William Ibbotson, a medical officer with the Royal Flying Doctors Service, discusses rolling out a light, mobile and agile EMR system in 2019 to better serve patients in rural Australia, where there may not be Internet or satellite coverage.

Those living with diabetes and other chronic health conditions should be acknowledged and respected as the experts in managing their own care, says Renza Scibilia, Manager, Type 1 Diabetes and Consumer Voice, Diabetes Australia.

Partners HealthCare researchers show how they mine override comments to detect areas where clinical decision support systems could be improved.

Zhigang Liang, CIO, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, talks about what hospitals need to understand before embarking on a journey toward Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).

Telemedicine technology has reduced patient no-shows by 50 percent, limited new patient wait times to less than 48 hours, and saved $150,000 in overhead in six months.