Healthcare DIVE October 3, 2017
Dive Brief:
- Former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Brailer took the stage at Health 2.0 earlier this week, stating that digital health has failed health information.
- Clinical transformation is hugely dependent on health IT and is not sustainable without it, according to Brailer.
- He stated third generation data — data that are continuous, ubiquitous and physiological — will allow critical care to be delivered in near real-time and drive consumer engagement. Noting third generation data are not fully being generated or adopted, such data raise important policy questions, Brailer said.
Dive Insight:
The power of data will help drive clinical transformation, according to Brailer.
The former ONC chief began his address by framing the problem...