A top Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official in charge of preparedness and response said today that the agency is interested in the development of automated patient reporting technologies to boost the government’s ability to improve diagnosis and treatment.
Nikki Bratcher-Bowman, who is the principal deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response and chief operating officer for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at HHS, talked about the potential of automating the reporting of patient data at AFCEA Bethesda’s 15th Annual Health IT Event…
Looking forward from the COVID-19 focus, she said “we must also anticipate sustained and continued evolution and enhancements so that large data management efforts can be relevant for all hazards of the government that we need to address.”
“With that in mind on a clinical basis, we would like … to see support for the expanded use of health IT for safer clinical practices to prevent and address adverse events,” Bratcher-Bowman said, “by building automated patient safety and rapid reporting features into the health IT infrastructure.” … Read the full article here.