HIMSS19

The latest version of the platform aims to help with end-to-end management for high-risk and high-cost patients, said a company exec.

Stephen Wellman, vice president of content strategy at HIMSS Media, discusses what to look for and the best ways to stay informed of all the news and happenings at the massive HIMSS19 Global Conference.

The vendor will also show how its technology can help improve the patient experience, enable ease of use for the clinicians who interact with its EHRs and boost operating margins for health systems navigating value-based care.

The path to a 5G-enabled healthcare future.

Representatives from more than 80 countries will discuss the latest trends, opportunities and roadblocks in healthcare IT.

Pew’s director of HIT Ben Moscovitch says consumers prefer biometrics, notably fingerprinting, facial recognition and iris scans, for a unique identifier.

The health IT vendor also will discuss trends it sees on the horizon, including making EHRs more usable by expanding the availability of third-party applications.

“At HIMSS19, we’ll highlight the shifts from retrospective analytics to predictive analytics, a health system chart to a longitudinal record and plan, and population health to personalized health,” a top Cerner exec says.

The company will be demonstrating its new patient experience tool built in collaboration with Adobe and Microsoft in a partnership revealed last year.

Veteran HIMSS conference-goer and Healthcare IT News Editor-in-Chief Tom Sullivan offers tips on preparing for the massive event, what to look for and the best ways to keep pace with breaking news.