CVS Health has appointed Brian Kane to the post of executive vice president and president of Aetna, effective September 1. become a member of the company’s executive leadership team and report to CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch. “Brian has a track record of bringing customer-driven innovations to the market and delivering strong […]
CHICAGO – Interoperability is about more than just having standards. Being able to exchange electronic health information between entities and individuals is all well and good, but the data needs to be modern and usable. Indeed, “data modernization” is a buzz phrase in the world of healthcare technology, but what does the term actually mean?
CHICAGO – As much as 95% of hospital data goes unused, according to healthcare IT experts. Eighty percent of data is in unstructured text, said John Halamaka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, speaking with other IT experts at the HIMSS23 Executive Summit session, “Putting Data to Work for Innovation in Healthcare.”
CHICAGO – To kick-off the HIMSS23 Executive Summit on Monday morning, HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf told a ballroom of C-suite leaders that healthcare is no longer happening inside the four walls of a hospital.
CHICAGO – Federal and state governments have made a number of investments in health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability infrastructure, exemplified by the ONC State HIE Cooperative Agreement and Medicaid HITECH 90/10 Federal Financial Participation. But many states have kept developing and remodeling their data governance and exchange services.
The technology uses the smart TV in an in-patient setting as a hub to deliver relevant, integrated clinical information, says Rebecca Stametz, VP of digital transformation at Geisinger’s Steele Institute for Health Innovation.
During a preview of his HIMSS23 keynote, Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, advises to focus on labor productivity in a tight workforce market.
Third parties are now directly tied into the pipeline of hospitals’ critical functions, says Erik Decker, VP and CISO for Intermountain Healthcare.
With little industry regulation and limited proof of effectiveness, tech innovation for behavioral healthcare is being scrutinized. Dr. Zenobia Brown, SVP of Population Health Care Management and associate CMO at Northwell Health, discusses further in a HIMSS23 session preview.