Applications:
- Interactive Video
- Health Info Warehouse in Hawaii
- Patient Management Software Development (Data Conversion)
- Electronic Medical Records
- Voice Recognition -> Transcription
- Uniform Billing in Industry
- Universal Insurance Eligibility/Adjudication
- Consumer Data Base
- Nonredundant Patient Info.
- Community Health - Info Network Infrastructure open
- Minimize PUC Bottleneck in Tech Development
- Virtual Medical Record Electronic; Paperless
- Geographical Info System
- Electronic Epidemiology System - AI system, Geographical Info
- Online Patient - Pharmacy Link
- Transport CT Scans, MRI's, etc.
- Smart Card Medical History
- Expert-Based Clinical Pathways
- Patient Health Educational System - Interactive
- Interactive Health Education to Home
- Operational Patient Care Systems
- Tele-Medicine Connection - Patient, Physician, Medical Centers
- System to take Patient Medical History and Create Health Education Plan - used by Patient
- Interactive Public Access to Health Education Info and services
- Intelligent Physician Work Station
- Virtual Health Info Library Available; Standard Workstation
- Dial-A-DOE - Care Delivery
- AI system to Guide Healthcare Policy Based on Healthcare Records
- Electronic Signature for Remote Authorization, including Voice Recognition
- Wireless Active Stored Forward Communications
- Paperless Environment
Thoughts:
- Assumption Charges DS3 services at $30.00/month - Generally available to anyone
- Competition may not be at assumed level unless PUC gets out of way
- Software will lag behind infrastructure
- Distinguish applications - quick operational application vs. Guests Information
- Capture applications - e.g. Telemedicine (video) for doctors and patients consultations at distance
- Problem with current software is lack of EDI standards.
Hospitals began with "Reimbursement" system now moving into "Patient-focus" systems poses difficult problems for clinicians
Health business paradigm shift from reimbursement based to Patient based.
- Management Info.
- Consumers Info.
- Treatment Info.
12 votes -> Virtual Medical Record
- Eliminate redundancy in lower health care cost
- Effective Info Mgmt. > improve Patient care
- Provide easy access to Patient record
- Provide measures - quality of care and treatment
- Improve providers quality of life
- No exceptions
8 votes -> Tele & Medicine Connection
- Improve accessibility - early intervention
- Improve efficiency
- Improve patient outcomes
7 votes -> Patient Health Education System Interactive Create
- Improve Prevention - wellness focus
- Cost - effective
- Fosters self-responsibility
- Raises need for collaboration with other discipline