Transcript A Vision for the Future of Healthcare

John Teeter
What are we pursuing…….?
 Reduced health care costs
 Improved patient care
 Improved health outcomes
 Increased accessibility
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Changes in practice…….
 Electronic Health Record promulgation
 Home health care
 Telemedicine
 Increased interaction with patients
 Patient intimacy
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Supporting Change…..
 FCC involvement in advancing health care mobility
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New technology test beds
Modify Rural Health Care Program to allow for consortia to request
funding to boost broadband to support mobile health, telehealth and
the use of EHRs
International spectrum harmonization to support Medical Body Area
Networks (MBAN)
 Increased Data availability & ‘Big’ Data Management
 Identification of patterns that may affect wellness and care
 Administrative efficiency-reductions in fraud and improper payments
 Performance ratings for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug plans
(star ratings)
 Grants for states to develop cyber security strategy to share with other
state and local governments.
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Data
 Continued promulgation of EHR standards
 Migration to more consistent use of standard code
sets
 Enhanced data and standardized metadata
 International collaborations and data sharing
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Leveraging IT
 Mobile applications
 Advanced data analytics techniques and products
 Commoditized service oriented component
architectures
 Enhancing interoperability of health exchanges
 Unified communications
 Social Media
 Cloud Computing
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People……..
 Health Care Providers
 Technology workers
 Health Information & Telemedicine Professionals
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Projecting the Future
 Advancing the use of EHRs
 Increased use of social media
 Shift payment and practice models from treatment to
wellness and prevention
 Mobility and Telemedicine
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Will all of this provide…….?
 Reduced health care costs
 Improved patient care
 Improved health outcomes
 Increased accessibility
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What if……..??
The Federal government
 Took a functional view rather than an organizational
view to advance health care priorities
 Created a true public/private partnership
 Government programs were evaluated by the citizens
and communities they affected
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IT PARTNERSHIP FOR INNOVATION
Needed
Government
Service
Business Partnership
Federal
Government
Public &
Industry
Industry
Industry
Groups
Groups
Groups
Industry
Investments
Government
Published
Plans
Combined Perspective
Federal IT
Community
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Your perspectives……..??
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