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NantHealth®, B. Braun Australia, GE Healthcare and iProcedures Join Forces to Bridge Connectivity Gap Between Patient Devices, Data and Medical Records at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Asia Pacific ConferenceNantHealth (NASDAQ: NH), a leader in breakthrough cancer research and solutions to improve patient care and lower healthcare costs, today announced a collaboration with B. Braun Australia, GE Healthcare and iProcedures to demonstrate the exchange of data between devices and patient electronic medical records (EMRs). The demonstration is taking place at the HIMSS Asia Pacific Conference, on November 5-8 in Brisbane, Australia, and illustrates how clinicians can spend less time on documentation and more time analyzing data in near real-time to improve patient outcomes. The companies' connectivity solutions are featured as part of the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase™. NantHealth's Connected Care solutions, including its expanded DeviceConX functionality, helps ensure critical information is readily available in EMRs. In a study of more than 500 registered nurses, 60 percent said medical errors could significantly decrease if hospital medical devices were coordinated and interoperable(1). Live demonstrations and use cases showcased how healthcare organizations can overcome this challenge using real-world examples:
For more information, visit NantHealth inside the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase™ at HIMSS AsiaPac '18 in booth #307 or at https://info.nanthealth.com/himssapac-2018. (1) "Missed Connections: A Nurses Survey on Interoperability and Improved Patient Care," 526 nurses surveyed January 7-16, 2015, commissioned by West Health Institute. About NantHealth NantHealth, Inc., a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, is a next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company enabling improved patient outcomes and more effective treatment decisions for critical illnesses. NantHealth's focused portfolio exemplifies its unique systems-based approach to personalized healthcare and integrates novel diagnostics with large-scale, biometric and phenotypic data to track patient outcomes and deliver precision medicine. For more information, please visit www.nanthealth.com. About HIMSS HIMSS is a global advisor and thought leading organization supporting the transformation of health through the application of information and technology. As a mission driven non-profit, HIMSS provides thought leadership, community building, public policy, professional/workforce development and engaging events to bring forward the voice of their members. HIMSS encompasses more than 70,000 global individual members, 630 corporate members, and over 450 non-profit organizations. Thousands of volunteers work through HIMSS to leverage the innovation of digital health to improve both the health of individuals and populations, as well as the quality, cost-effectiveness and access of healthcare. For more information, visit https://www.himss.org/. © 2018 NantHealth, Inc.
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