Scripps Health and HIMSS Share New Insights into IT-Driven Clinical Process Efficiencies

Consumers in healthcare are often forced to make healthcare decisions in an information vacuum. The information asymmetry in healthcare between patients and medical practitioners often translates to undue stress on patients, increased healthcare costs, and increased treatment complication and readmission rates. In this presentation, Grace Park, Co-founder and President of DocDoc will discuss how to build a patient-centric ecosystem that enables patients to find the right care at the right time.

Your surgical patient, your dialysis patient, your long-term care resident, in fact, all of your patients are at risk of developing a health care acquired infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that one in every 31 patients will develop an infection related to their care. As a health care worker, you too are at risk of exposure to infections. This topic will provide best practices to protect you and your patients from developing infections while in your facility.

Janet King and Leonard D’Avolio, Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women’s and Harvard Medical School, will convene to discuss the results of a recent HIMSS Media survey, which polled healthcare providers on their outlook for the future of healthcare IT, with a focus on disruptive technologies. The survey explores the importance of each aspect of the quadruple aim, the role of technology in advancing key goals, the use/adoption of technologies like cloud computing, AI/Machine Learning, IoT and blockchain, and the implications of those technologies for the future of healthcare. Leonard, a healthcare tech visionary, will provide commentary on the results, and how he sees technology shaping the future of healthcare.

The HIMSS Analytics Infrastructure Adoption Model is an international eight stage (0-7) model for technology infrastructure adoption and maturity. INFRAM services are designed to assist healthcare organizations in assessing and advancing capabilities and technology implementations as related to the organization's infrastructure. By utilizing INFRAM, healthcare provider organizations can help improve care delivery, reduce cyber and infrastructure risk, and create a pathway for infrastructure development tied to business and clinical outcomes.