It's still early days for integrating digital therapeutics into clinical care, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. But they have a role to play when developers consider the different needs of all healthcare stakeholders, including patients, hospitals, clinicians and payers.
Santosh Mohan, vice president of digital at Moffitt Cancer Center, said there are...
CHICAGO – Implementing precision medicine programs could allow health systems to diagnose disease more quickly or predict a patient's response to a specific mediation, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.
But there are challenges to putting together an effective genomics program, said Jackie Rice, vice president for information technology and chief...
CHICAGO – During Venture Connect at HIMSS23 on Wednesday, Holly Maloney, managing director of General Catalyst, discussed responsible AI use in healthcare and what the company looks for in a startup when considering an investment.
"Over the last three to four years, we've put pen to paper of defining truly what is our thesis," Maloney said. "And it is all around this concept of Health Assurances...
Health systems are facing a difficult financial future as labor costs soar and the population ages, increasing demand just as hospitals have less resources to serve them, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.
Kaveh Safavi, senior managing director of healthcare at Accenture, is concerned access is going to become a much bigger issue. Though he's hopeful that...
CHICAGO — At the HIMSS23 Venture Connect event on Wednesday, panelists how their investment strategies are changing in a slowed funding landscape.
"It is certainly an investor-friendly environment. And it's not to say that we'll take advantage of that, per se, but I think the entire reset brings us to more rational levels," said Milind Parate, managing director of ventures at Northwell Holdings...
After years of slow movement advancing telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health technologies, the landscape changed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jodi Daniel, managing director of Crowell Health Solutions.
At HIMSS23, Daniel, who previously served as the founding director of the Office of Policy in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
CHICAGO — During the Venture Connect panel on demystifying digital therapeutics at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here on Tuesday, panelists provided insights into the state of investments in digital therapeutics, the barriers to adoption, challenging existing standards of care and how success in the sector requires patience and persistence.
"Very recently [investment]...
CHICAGO – At a panel discussion at the HIMSS Global Conference on Tuesday, panelists highlighted the importance of minority and historically marginalized populations having a seat at the table during any decision-making process to improve health equity by using technology.
"Some have said technology can be the great equalizer in medicine by improving access to care for some historically...
One of the key tenets of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's remote patient monitoring program is choosing easy-to-use devices that don't require extra technology on the patient's end, said Cathleen Mathew, director of condition management and population health.
The program, which went live in 2020, is largely focused on hypertension, but the health system also includes monitoring for...
Healthcare organizations sometimes choose technology that makes sense for the system, but doesn't always work for the end user, often the patient. That leaves patients — and the often providers who care for them — frustrated and confused.
Julie Rish, associate chief improvement officer of design at the Cleveland Clinic, joined HIMSSCast to discuss how using human-centered design could help...
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