Quality and Safety

Benjamin Philippe, EMEA Healthcare Sales and Business Development Lead at HP Inc., says that reducing the rate of healthcare-associated infections, while securing patient information are focus areas in achieving high quality patient care.

Overall immunization process time at the hospital has dropped from about 48 hours per month to 2.5 hours. And four steps have been cut from the process.

Big things are coming to Thailand's medical tourism industry, says Dr. Tullawat Pacharapha of Vejthani Hospital.

To improve outcomes, management decision making and its implementation must be addressed on a global level, says Dr. John Sargent, co-founder and co-CEO at BroadReach.

MyChart places Alan Craig, a patient advocate from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, at the center of his own care.

With the number of connected devices steadily increasing, health systems and hospitals need a comprehensive plan to guard against cyber threats. At HIMSS20, one infosec pro will describe some best practices.

Dr. Simon Eccles, national CCIO and deputy CEO at NHSX, says to achieve this scale of change, it has to be part of the board agenda, with all departments, including technology and clinical, coming together.

The five-year project will focus on enabling faster medical research innovations, protecting against global health crises and improving access to care, the company says.

Improvements in patient outcomes and population health will be enabled as a culture of data-driven decisionmaking takes root and quality improvement processes mature.