I had the opportunity to chat with Group VP of IDC Public Sector Lynne Dunbrack about the digital transformation of #healthcare driven by the global pandemic. A nationally recognized thought leader in the application of IT to health industry business problems, Lynne shares her insights, observations and advice, as well as her opinion on the new #MicrosoftCloud4Healthcare. Today, we’re announcing that Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare (https://lnkd.in/gr_TgU5) will be generally available October 30 to make it faster and easier for healthcare organizations to provide connected, personalized care.
Kay S.
3y
Thanks David for sharing this. Certainly adds to food for thought. The pandemic catalyzes the process of research and development projects turning to commercial applications. Big kudos for MS Health care for continuously paving the way to provide some of the faster, clearer and leading paths for resolving challenges stemming known unknowns. It would be even more inspiring when solutions round up other regulatory, privacy, security, social (making it ultimately affordable to end users) and political issues in the U.S., and then, moving forward, those same factors that are global and localized. Some countries, including those technologically advanced, have stricter regulations preventing the growth of affordable and effective telemedicine, thereby limiting the evolution of ecosystems in healthcare and amalgamation of different technologies. Coming from ICT industry, seeing the convergence of technologies and its eco systems across, I believe cohesive (and practical) collaborations canvassing IT, telecom, healthcare and public sectors would be in the horizon shortly, if not now. It would be interesting to be part of the movement.
Chat bot triage to telemedicine is only the start. Chat bot as notification, reminders and for disease management programs is where we can eventually drive increased engagement and outcomes.
B S
3y
I'm curious to know what everyone feels of sustainability of this model post pandemic. Is it here to stay for ever? Is this end of human to human interaction. Sad
This intriguing to listen to.
This was really cool
Minerva B.
3y
Great discussion and an Important announcement from MSFT. Love the comment - "two years in two months". Hospital systems moved quickly and with agility during the peak COVID intensity. The key question - can they maintain the parts of their processes that allowed them to perform so well and simply "drop or remove" the parts of their processes that have been standing in their way. Looking forward to the future of healthcare.
MBA, MSI, MSN | Industry Thought leader | Digital Health Expert | Recovering Code Junkie | Remote Patient Monitoring; medical devices; AI enabled healthcare. Google. Microsoft
3yChat bot really helped the scale of patient census. The influx of patient calls to primary care or acute care providers for acute symptom tracking, management, and triage/dispo was so much better supported and helped not overload the clinicians. Lynne is spot on about cloud and securement of large amounts of patient data that can be accessed via any part of the care team. Amazing work David Rhew, M.D. . Such an exciting and informative piece as Microsoft looks to help better support healthcare deliver, access, interoperability, experience, and outcome.