Technology is changing the game in collaborative healthcare

Canto Mobile App for the Epic Electronic Record used
at Kaiser Permanente
 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-canto/id395395172?mt=8

I listened to an Intel Healthcare Innovation webinar yesterday where a panel of three healthcare experts discussed changes in collaborative care.

John Mattison, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer at Kaiser Permanente envisions a future where the patient record and healthcare itself will be transformed as we adopt a collaborative care model.  We are seeing early culture changes how physicians engage their patients moving towards a time where the patient accepts more responsibility in their own care.

Today, electronic records are focusing on mobile technology like the Canto app for Epic's electronic medical record used at Kaiser Permanente http://www.epic.com/.  The home page is a patient summary screen for the doctor.  Innovations are still needed to help filter the massive amount of information available and to individualize the display for the healthcare team based on the condition of the patient. But how is this collaborative?  How does the patient get involved?  Well, Kaiser's patient portal gives the patient access to his or her own health record anytime so they can stay informed.  But the collaboration comes with the secure messaging feature where the patient can have two-way communication with the healthcare team.  The panel also pushed for incorporating social networking and even gamification into the collaborative care model.  This is driving change in the way medicine is being delivered.  Culture changes don't happen overnight, but we can start with small changes that add value and pretty soon we will see visible changes.

Mattison is concerned over the rising cost of healthcare in America and is looking to technology to help reduce it.  Kaiser has already demonstrated cost reduction with a rise in virtual care outside the walls of the hospital or clinic, especially for the chronically ill population.  Mobile technology holds the promise to reduce the overall cost of healthcare.

Medicine may be changing to a different model and its innovators are looking to technology and social tools to shape a patient-centered collaborative model that will improve health outcomes and cut the overall costs of healthcare.

https://vshow.on24.com/event/35/09/25/rt/1/resources/care_coordination.html