Digital Health

<p>Smaller hospitals are having to make financial resource decisions between cybersecurity and investment in patient care devices such as CT scanners, says Wes Wright, chief healthcare officer of Ordr.<br />  </p>

Continuity of care is the top mentioned reason for health systems owning and operating ambulatory pharmacies.

<p>Identifying the right people who understand the correct process is critical, says Gajendira Sivajothi, group director of eHealth at Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Malaysia.</p>

<p>Engage clinicians and other stakeholders who need to own the project, says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of Clinical Informatics, who helped implement Epic at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.<br />  </p>

AI is not yet 100% accurate, with a tradeoff between risk and productivity for financial savings.

<p>Patient consent is a huge part of what South Western Sydney Primary Health network does, with 20,000 now connected through iRAD, says Nick McGhie, the organization's digital health and data manager.</p>

Studies show the acute care at home model lowers mortality rates, reduces hospital readmissions and decreases lengths of stay.

<p>The health system is focused on automation, such as having virtual nurse models to help overextended bedside nurses, says CIO Myra Davis.</p> <p> </p>

A final rule on nursing home minimum staffing levels is due out after the comment period closes on November 6.

OCR says the use of such tools violates HIPAA when the information collected includes protected health information.