The Cyber Patient

"""Evolving technology and a shift to consumer-driven healthcare will continue to transform the industry. The Cyber Patient is a comprehensive exploration into the current and future innovations that leverage cloud-based technology to breakdown information system and database silos. True patient-centric care begins and ends with seamless access to these data. Similar to disruptions in other industries (e.g., Blockbuster vs. Netflix), technology and consumer demands for access and convenience will push organizations to innovate and collaborate in new ways. This book is a must read for healthcare informaticist professionals and health systems leaders looking to position themselves for success in an ever-changing market."" Dennis R. Delisle, Sc.D, FACHE, Jefferson Health Senior Director, Operations- South Philadelphia President & CEO, Methodist Hospital Foundation Assistant Program Director, Operational Excellence | TJU College of Population Health ""The Cyber Patient"" describes how technology is reorganizing health care toward a new level of interconnectivity. But more importantly, it explains how we can ride these changes to optimize patient-provider relationships, giving us tools and time to effectively listen to patients and individualize care. This book guides us toward the conscious use of e-health to enhance, not replace, the care in healthcare."" Fran London, MS, RN Author of No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Health Care Providers ""The Cyber Patient is another component of the evolution of utilizing technology within healthcare. It demonstrates how providers can now manage patients via virtual visits all within the revenue cycle. Without a doubt it’s definitely the future with IoT but most importantly how we in IT should start preparing for new roles within cyber healthcare environment."" Donna Hart, former CIO at Cook County Health, 2015 Award recipient of HIMSS HIT award for enhancing patient care through health IT and achieved HIMSS 7 EMR recognition for 2017/2018 ""The Cyber Patient represents a vision and necessary roadmap for healthcare as it transforms into a digital industry. The virtual connection has the promise for connecting and delivering services with a much greater value proposition than traditional models and consistent with other industries. Rebecca hits the nail on the head with the promotion of self-service as the patient becomes the provider through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence and also becomes the destination center for health and services utilizing technology as the primary channel. A must read for those looking to enter into the healthcare field and for those within the industry that want to lead and accelerate the advancement of health."" Craig Richardville, MBA, FACHE, FHIMSS former Senior Vice President and CIO Carolinas HealthCare System (now called Atrium Health); award recipient CIO of the Year from InspireCIO (2017); HIMSS (2015); Charlotte Business Journal (2013); Most Wired designation (14 years); HIMSS EMR adoption Model Stage 7 (2017) ""If you find yourself struggling to build a strategy that recognizes the upheavals brought about by the use of information and technology in healthcare, The Cyber Patient digs into the implications for case management, staff roles, payment cycles, organizational efficiency and more. This book unlocks a way of approaching a future in which data is an asset with the power to guide any strategy focused on better care and performance."" Rod Piechowski, MA, CPHIMS Senior Director, HIS HIMSS North America"