Quality and Safety

Dr. Meredith Makeham, chief medical adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency, says providing the healthcare workforce with resources to understand technology to deliver better care is an integral part of the national digital health strategy.

Peter Weston, healthcare sales manager at Hyland Healthcare, says interoperability with existing or new systems is a common concern for healthcare providers that Hyland's suite of vendor-agnostic solutions can address.

Monvalee Phathanothai Guachamin, managing director of Greenline Synergy, discusses why the healthcare sector is trailing the financial industry in IT adoption.

Omnipresent connectivity is having both a positive and negative impact on younger generations, says Margaret Law, president and CEO of HopeLab.

TPP Healthcare International's Togio Chayanuwat discusses how Thailand's healthcare informatics system is using lessons other countries learned the hard way, particularly in terms of data privacy.

Building a community and providing safe, consistent and reliable care are key to earning patients' trust, says Good Doctor Technology COO Dr. Chern Chet Yong.

Health Innovation Strategies CEO Naomi Fried discusses the innovation lifecycle and how the "operationalization gap" can be avoided by engaging all stakeholders early on.

What's more, 30-day mortality and readmission rates stayed largely the same at acquired facilities.

Lisa Suennen, chair of the strategic advisory board of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, details ways startups can apply for grants to help accelerate product development.

Ilker Köse, technology transfer office director at Istanbul Medipol University in Turkey, says EMRAM is used as a tool to manage healthcare, but it's important for all stakeholders to work collaboratively in order to improve outcomes.