Sun.Sep 23, 2018

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The EHR is autistic

KevinMD

Ironically, the same electronic health records (EHRs) initially designed as a tool to help physicians diagnose diseases have largely evaded diagnostic scrutiny. Talk to physicians who utilize them on a daily basis, however, and it becomes abundantly clear that today’s EHRs are ailing. They are adding hours to the physicians’ workday, siphoning attention from patient care, and sowing the seeds of demoralization across the profession of medicine.

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IoT and Blockchain: Unique Opportunities for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Leading healthcare organisations are leveraging the game-changing power of the Internet of Things and blockchain to improve patient outcomes and optimise internal operations. Individually, and more importantly when combined, IoT and blockchain — especially when paired with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — provide even more possibilities for healthcare.

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Vision for a federated digital Health eco-system in Australia

Health Intersections

A reader asked me to describe what I think a federated system for digital health in Australia would look like. So here’s a vision for the system, from 3 different perspectives: services, governance, and user experience. Services. I imagine a federated set of systems – that is, an eco-system of services run by multiple organizations that have common governance, policy and interoperability standards.