Shifting Toward Preventive Medicine with Health Information and Technology
Historically, healthcare has generally looked at the people they serve as patients. However, these models are evolving quickly as we move to value-based reimbursement with a focus on preventive medicine, shares our digital influencer.
A New Patient Journey Imperative: COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Digital Health
Amid COVID-19, HIMSS Digital Influencers address key imperatives to improve and democratize the patient journey with digital health tools, services and policy.
Connected Health Ecosystems Reduce Patients' Uncertainty and Enhance Co-Decision Making
Since new technologies have removed many information gaps, individuals are now becoming co-designers of their health and partners in disease prevention.
Health Information and Technology: Once a Barrier, Now a Bridge
Whether it comes to fighting COVID-19 head-on, communicating with patients and their families, or broadening research capabilities to find cures—using technology is still a human endeavor.
How Blockchain Capabilities Advance Data Sharing and Benefit Virtual Care
The integration of blockchain-enabled virtual care technology offers opportunities to further improve the impact of telehealth on care delivery through the use of distributed ledger enhancements like smart contracts, digital patient identity and tokenization.
Maintaining Healthcare Quality During COVID-19 and the Future of Care
Using technology for clinical care delivery during COVID-19 has demonstrated that digital care can be an effective tool for providing quality healthcare.
COVID-19 Health Technology: What Works, What Needs Work
A survey on health technology priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that for technology to transform healthcare, both now and in the future, there is work to do.
COVID-19 and the Digital Health Policy Impact
While nations have diverse health policy environments and responses to COVID-19, one commonality is an expanded appreciation for and reliance on digital health.
2020: Emerging Technology in Global Nursing Care
Today, the global healthcare ecosystem begs for new processes, models, systems, and products that achieve the Quadruple Aim–to better manage populations, lower costs, and improve the patient and clinician experience (Bodenheimer & Sinsky, 2014). The nursing profession is enabling the achiev...
Nurse Entrepreneurs and How to Make an Innovative Idea Reality
Pulling from her own experience as a nurse entrepreneur, our guest writer and winner of NursePitch, shares five key components to implementing a successful innovation.
AI in Health: Innovating with Intent
Like all impactful forms of innovation, to work effectively, AI in health requires a well-balanced ratio of people, processes and technology.
Five Blockchain in Healthcare Trends You Should Know
Our Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force member shares five trends in blockchain to be on the lookout for.