HEALTHCARE
designed to stimulate investment in digital health arenas which are under-utilised . In other areas , we ’ re creating technological infrastructures ourselves , paving the highways for digital health applications and innovation .”
One of Lev-Ami ’ s biggest recent projects has been reinventing the national health information exchange network , which she has put into place over the past few years . It is where all public healthcare organisations - providers and hospitals - are able to connect to one network which carries personal medical records . While it is simpler to build one database and fill it with information for all to view , for privacy reasons , it had to be designed in a way that had no central repository .
“ People get medical treatment in very many places , and the challenge lies in how we make sure all of these treatments are connected , and that crucial medical information can ’ t fall between the cracks . We took responsibility for providing the infrastructure , not just the regulation , and succeeded in tackling the continuity of care challenge . The next step is utilising the national health information exchange in a way that enables system-wide innovation .”
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