HIMSS19

Kaiser looks at innovations that align with its focus on high-value care, putting patients first and thinking about clinicians, according to Liz Rockett, director at Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

Revenue cycle management, patient and physician engagement, business intelligence and analytics, pop health and a clinically oriented supply chain are key pieces to patient-centered care, says KLAS VP of Business Development Doug Tolley.

The research firm's big takeaway from Orlando this past month: Newly empowered patients and the proliferation of data they bring will boost the business case for exchange – and have "cascading effects" for cloud, AI and more.

Anne Snowdon, with the World Health Innovation Network, and Blain Newton with HIMSS, discuss H-SIMM – the new maturity model for supply chain – and how it can help improve patient safety as well as potentially save health systems billions of dollars.

The pharmaceutical industry’s biggest barrier? Data, of course.

Surescripts’ product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives, says CEO Tom Skelton.

A lot of attention is focused on network access security; it can be easy to overlook the vulnerability of data at the edge.

Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS, talks about a HIMSS19 showcase dealing with topics including data sharing, patient engagement and social determinants of health that intersect with interoperability.

HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf sums up what stood out at the global conference, including trends emerging during the reformation of healthcare across the entire ecosystem.

Rebecca Kaul, Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses using technology to give your patients your best, rather than leading with innovative tech that doesn't always solve the big problems.