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New Zealand has an "interesting way of procurement" that makes it difficult for vendors, says Taranaki District Health Board CIO Steven Parrish.
Dr. James Hellewell, medical director of Care Transformation Information Systems at Intermountain, says we need to look at other ways to treat patients’ pain without exposing them to high-risk medications.
The Dubai Health Authority's initiative integrates devices and informatics with the EHR to improve experience for pediatric patients, says DHA nurse Ashish Ann John.
EHR should be a useful tool as a "sidekick," not the be-all, for engaging physicians, says Rahul Goyal, MD, physician informatics lead at Mediclinic Middle East in the UAE.
Clinics and systems may self-register on Apple's website, which will allow patients with iPhones to download their records and search for their provider.
Health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, however, says the increasing pace of change is encouraging.
Pew's HIT project director Ben Moscovitch says biometrics can be used to foster interoperability, but questions about privacy and security need to be answered first.
TriHealth got all of its nursing and home care facilities documenting quality and utilization directly into its Epic EHR to give patients solutions to make care decisions.
IT is funneling various data sources such as EHRs and claims data into a treasure trove researchers can analyze, says Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder.