Self-Actualizing Big Tech’s Healthcare Vision

As healthcare costs continue to rise, providers are faced with the difficult task of choosing the most effective, affordable treatment at the point of prescribing. In most cases, however, providers do not have enough information to fully understand patients' insurance coverage and out-of-pocket costs. Now that more and more patients are sharing in the cost of their care, this can lead to confusion, dissatisfaction and even non-adherence to prescribed medications. During this webinar, you will hear how leading health systems are enabling providers to make data-driven and evidence-based decisions that help patients get the care they need at prices they can afford.

As patient financial responsibility rises and technology puts healthcare information in patients' hands, healthcare is becoming much more consumer-focused. Extending a patient-focused strategy to the healthcare revenue cycle is key to boosting the bottom line, retaining and attracting patients, collecting patient financial responsibility, and improving patient satisfaction. In this webinar, experts will expose the manual, legacy processes in patient registration, scheduling, billing, and collections to respond to healthcare consumerism and implement a paperless healthcare environment.

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.

In this webinar, we’ll speak with Dr. Mohsen Saidinejad, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Saidinejad, who is also director of the patient experience at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and chair of the Pediatric Committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians, will speak about his clinical and research experience using mobile and connected health tools to provide hospital aftercare for patients who have been discharged from the emergency department. He'll also discuss potential technology strategies to help engage patients with their ongoing chronic care.