Cloud Computing

In a HIMSS21 Digital session, Thomas Kurian highlighted three big ways IT transformation is powering more effective care delivery.

New Salesforce "care from anywhere" innovations designed to improve patient access. Vivify Health offers new telemedicine automated CPT codes and video visit clinician scheduling.

With application programming interfaces, "insights can be delivered in a form that best engages their value: directly into another application or its own application and UI," says a Change Healthcare leader in advance of HIMSS21.

The cloud IT company's research VP previews its plans for the conference – spotlighting best practices to combat clinician burnout and giving providers actionable insights at the point of care.

Healthcare Data Engine, which builds on the Google Cloud Healthcare API, is designed to enable a more interoperable and longitudinal patient record, using FHIR to harmonize data from an array of sources.

Smart data integration can make a major contribution and help to increase the quality of decision-making, especially in healthcare where clinical decision-makers face multiple barriers and challenges along the patient pathway.

A survey of nearly 2,000 technology execs found they expected to see a boost in funding for digital infrastructure – as well as a continuation of work-from-home policies. 

The announcement came alongside the news that Amazon HealthLake, the company's HIPAA-eligible data management service, is now available in select regions.

In advance of his appearance at HIMSS21, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, who also served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, says the government and private sector must work more closely and collaboratively.