From the January/February 2019 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Toward the creation of patient radar systems
The integration of a PMS with an EHR has allowed clinicians to interact with and report clinical and financial information as other than disparate, disconnected data sets. Looking toward the future, these tools must be transformed into a “patient radar system” with new levels of connectivity, tracking, engagement, education and decision support likely beyond the core competency of legacy PMS and EHR vendors. Hence, the medical practice of the future will be reliant upon technologies that emerge from new forms of collaborations between legacy EHR and PMS vendors, and best of breed solution providers that deploy cloud-based solutions that can easily integrate and seamlessly exchange information with existing systems.
In a value-based healthcare market, technology that sustains a network of interconnected clinicians that track and manage a patient’s health status, automate the development and distribution of care plans and monitor patient compliance with treatment protocols will be as commonplace as air traffic control systems. Clinicians and administrators will demand these capabilities in order to “clear patients for satisfactory outcomes” as they pursue their healthcare journey.
About the author: Mr. Tomaino is an Operating Partner and focuses on investments in the healthcare information technology industry, having joined WCAS in 2010. Mr. Tomaino was previously Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at The TriZetto Group. Prior to joining The TriZetto Group, Mr. Tomaino worked at Bausch & Lomb Incorporated in a variety of legal, strategy, and business development roles.
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