CNUAS Wk 4 High Tech Meets Human Health Discussion

High Tech meets Human Health – Many venture capital and other tech investors say – move fast and break things. In contrast, healthcare culture says – first, do no harm. It is up to you as a healthcare leader to find the balance.

• • Where would you invest and advocate for accelerated adoption?
  • Identify several promising practices and emerging trends in applying information technology in healthcare.
  • Base your selections on the ideas shared in course readings, videos, and the www.healthtechdiscovey.com resources,
  • Consider the following list and prioritize among these stakeholder/application/focus areas – (or select a priority project not on this list and justify it.)
  • Review and consider and reference the laws, regulations,s and policy sections on ONC’s website.https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy

Budget less for all or invest more in a few.

Choose your top 3 priorities and rank all 12 on a list –

1. Public health – Connecting healthcare delivery and public health information systems, including social determinants of health
2. Care teams – Voice-enabling systems for the front-line care team
3. Patients/Access/Marketing – Digital front door to enrich telehealth/patient engagement
4. R&D/Insights/Data Science and more – AI/Analytics for research and management and more – find more insights
5. Personalized health – including a focus on genomic systems
6. Finance – Upgraded financial management suite and advanced consulting engagement to support it
7. Operations – Supply Chain operational system
8. Surgeons – Surgical Suite robots
9. Radiology/Imaging – Diagnostic imaging upgrade
10. Risks/Threats – Cybersecurity upgrade
11. Infrastructure – Move to Cloud/networking infrastructure upgrade
12. C-suite – Tech strategy consulting firm fees for strategic planning.