Perot Systems' Healthcare Tech and The World

Perot Systems' Healthcare Tech and The World

"Healthcare Tech and the World" brings you the perspectives of health care industry leaders from across the globe. The monthly series explores technology innovations in the industry and sheds light on the major issues facing health care providers -- cost, quality and safety. Guests will share their opinions on the future of health care in the US and in regard to technology adoption.

Episodes

April 30, 2009
A Podcast From Perot Systems On The Role Of Information Technology In Improving Healthcare
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A Continuing Series Of Podcasts From Perot Systems On The Impact Of Technology On Healthcare
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Perot Systems (NYSE:PER) continues its series of podcasts with a look on the ideological changes in the United Kingdom's National Health Service leadership over the past 10 years, and how those changes will affect the industry’s future.
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A Continuing Series of Podcasts from Perot Systems on the Impact of Technology on Healthcare
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A Podcast from Perot Systems on the Role of Information Technology in Improving Healthcare
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Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. David Pryor some very effective techniques that have improved the quality of care at Ascension Health.
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Healthcare Tech and the World: A Macro Perspective on How Technology Will Impact Healthcare in the Future
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Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. Jack Lord the innovations taking place across the healthcare industry, as well as what the future holds for healthcare providers.
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Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. Elliot Sternberg how changes in technology will impact healthcare quality and patient safety.
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Country boundaries or even oceans rarely change the complexities involved in automating and improving the delivery of care. Political and social variations between cultures certainly change the landscape, but there are a wide array challenges that remain consistent throughout the global healthcare technology industry. Tim Lankes, international managing director for Perot Systems' healthcare group, joins Healthcare Tech and the Wor...
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From patient services to information technology the landscape of healthcare is changing. As investments in the business of healthcare increase, how will investors mitigate risk? Health Evolution Partners chairman, Dr. David Brailer joins Healthcare Tech and the World to explore the world of healthcare investment.
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Natural disasters such as Katrina illustrate the importance of sharing critical medical information across dissimilar infrastructures, while at the same time, protecting individual privacy. New information systems can achieve both goals, but high cost and public mistrust present hurdles to adoption of these technologies.

Dr. Carol Diamond, MPH, managing director of the Health Program for the Markle Foundation, and chairper...
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Staff productivity is often a major variablein healthcare efficiency and cost control. To achieve higher quality care for more patients at a lower cost, providers must consider methodsto improve staff productivity across the care setting.

For Empath President and CEO Dr. Michael Hill, improved productivity requires the application of technology and process redesign to impact quality and safety, while increasing staff reten...
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Staffing shortages, rising costs, and the slow pace of technology adoption are just a few of the issues that are pressuring the US healthcare industry. Add in globalization, medical tourism, and the aging population, and the picture of an increasingly challenged industry becomes clear.

Peter Altabef, president and CEO of Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) talks with Healthcare Tech and the World host Dr. Kevin Fickensc...
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Medicare's pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives are fast becoming a fact of life for physicians. Already, 34 percent of internists, 29 percent of family physicians, and 44 percent of physicians in large practice groups are being impacted by P4P according industry studies. In November's "Healthcare Tech and the World," Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) looks at P4P, and whether or not it is a major driver for physicians to widely adopt tec...
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While doctors may not like the idea of technology interfering with personalized patient care, the pressure to treat more and more patients is prompting many to find new ways to balance multiple duties. Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) looks into the advantages and drawbacks of the use of robotics in care delivery in its sixth episode of Healthcare Tech and The World.

"The Doctor Is On" explores how robotics give doctors greater ...
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In the fifth of its podcast series, "Healthcare Tech and the World," Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) examines the evolution of technology in the healthcare industry, and its impact on people and processes.

Rapidly evolving technology is redefining the delivery of care, and the roles of physicians and clinicians. As the pace of innovation accelerates, how will providers balance resource constraints, along with the far-reaching im...
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As healthcare moves toward evidence-based medicine, a physician's success will increasingly be dependent on how well advanced clinical decision support is applied to the practice of medicine. What measures are providers taking to deliver meaningful decision support that improves both the quality of care for patients and the quality of life for clinicians? Listen now to explore the challenges of establishing methods to manage this ...
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Through its federal charter, the American Health Information Community was formed to provide input and recommendations on how to best address the key concerns that would impede the widespread adoption of an electronic health record for all Americans: standards, privacy, system certification and a national health information network. Dr. John Glaser, CIO of Partners Healthcare System and AHIC member, discusses the group’s mission an...
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"Healthcare Tech and the World: The Operating Room of the Future," examines innovations in the operating room (OR) that have occurred as a result of real-time data integration.

While better, more accurate information translates into high quality patient care, providers must find new strategies to help clinicians bridge the gap between traditional workflows and the new level of responsiveness required for an information-ri...
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