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Technological development is too slow, says the USA's leading health researcher. According to Friedman, IT vendors need to increase the innovation rate. Today's technology is usable, but not good enough to finish a truly integrated health service where the patient is central, as an active participant and control of their own health.
There are four main areas the chief scientist believes we are lagging behind and need a strong commitment.
1. We need technology that tells us more about what happens in the data. We need a smart platform that enables the user interface more understandable. "You can say we need "health IT as Iphone". If we look at what Apple has done for the mobile phone, we need a similar development for IT in the health sector", said Friedman. 2. The systems should be space independent. As humans we are mobile, health resources are mobile, and so should health information. The systems must be able to obtain health information about us, whether we are in medical offices, hospitals, on holiday or at home. This information should also be accessible regardless of the place. 3. Clinical decision support, or systems that can provide healthcare professionals quick information to make decisions. Clinical decision-making should provide healthcare professionals, patients and others the knowledge and information they need. 4. The fourth and last innovation lies in the fact that health systems must be able to "learn". There must be some kind of "symstemness", an integration between the different and often separate systems. "Systemness" entails more coordination, collaboration, teamwork, shared learning and shared responsibility, all in a long term perspective and linked to economic incentives.
Read more at Computerworld