Patients, doctors, journalists and IBMers talk about the pivotal role of electronic health records in creating safer, smarter, more interconnected healthcare systems.
Having better medicines and more doctors does not by itself lead to improved patients' outcome. Healthcare organizations need to make smarter use of the massive data collected to improve quality of care and reduce cost.
By combining patient's history with real-time point-of-care data, medical professionals can have at their fingertips optimal treatment plans, dosing regimes, medical reference text and vital sign readings in a single, easy-to-read format that highlights what is relevant in a context-sensitive manner to prevent information overload and to improve safety and better patient’s outcome.
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