HIT Breakdown

HIT Breakdown


The value of data infrastructure modernization for the health system

April 06, 2022

In this podcast, Nordic’s Director of Performance Improvement Kelly Krulisky sat down with Nordic’s Managing Director of Digital Health Kevin Erdal and Chief Medical Officer Craig Joseph, along with Emory Healthcare’s Corporate Director Matt Robuck and Texas Children’s Hospital’s VP of IT John Hamm, to discuss the positive effects a new data strategy can have on a health system’s ability to manage their patient population and business operations and how it might improve the overall patient experience.


Show Notes

[00:00] Intros

[01:06] Where the market is headed and why cloud

[02:03] Difference between innovating and modernizing

[03:11] How TCH and Emory are approaching data modernization

[07:45] Criteria that helps organization decide whether data modernization is right for them

[09:00] Where to start and how to prioritize projects

[11:31] What end users want to see with data transformation

[13:05] The innovations and value that data modernization will bring long term

[20:06] Cost and ROI of data modernization – an established platform is key

[27:29] A clinician’s perspective on the financial implications of data modernization

[29:14] The cost of data silos

[31:00] What does this look like for clinical users and health consumers?

[37:24] What is most exciting about data modernization in 2022 and beyond?