Clinical

Romanian Health Minister Sorina Pintea discusses digitising primary care, plans to reform the healthcare system, and the concept of a digital hospital.

Wesley Madden, Vice President of Sales Support at NantHealth, explains why artificial intelligence is the ultimate tool for clinicians to look for early warnings and alerts and offers advice for CIOs and CTOs looking to standardize all of their data sets.

Adrian Byrne, CIO of the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, talks about his organization's journey toward developing an electronic patient record (EPR), which involved an integration engine and standard messaging.

With an aging population, disconnected health information systems and a rising consumer, Hal Wolf, HIMSS President and CEO, says that sharing of best practices across borders will result in delivery of better services, information and technology.

Dr. Shafi Ahmed, CMO, Medical Realities, says that clinicians can be inventors and embrace change by ensuring the patient voice remains prominent when developing innovative strategies at a leadership level.

Dzulkefly Ahmad, Malaysia's minister of health, says that even if an organization has a good program and system set up, digitizing healthcare will not succeed if there is no clinical buy-in underpinned by training.

Robin Frady, executive director, B&CI Information Services at Grady Health System, talks about her organization’s success with using AI and data to target at-risk patients with post-discharge EMS outreach. 

Addressing the three big themes at UK e-Health Week 2018 - Leadership, Global Lesson and Digital Advances, Adrian Byrne, CIO at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), shares the roadmap to UHS’ digital transformation journey, which has revolutionised its healthcare delivery.