UPMC CIO Dan Drawbaugh will discuss a model for tech product development, the role of tech in healthcare reform, and more during an InformationWeek.com radio chat on Tuesday.
Innovation in healthcare technology takes a load more than really helpful.
Consider telemedicine. Not just must a patient and doctor agree that a video session is fine to switch an in-person visit, but so must the insurance company that pays for the session, the federal government bodies that regulates it, and the hospital that supports it.
The complexity involved is a huge reason healthcare provider the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center thinks it could help create breakthrough IT products. And it’s why UPMC has install a greater than 120-person Technology Development Center to refine technology that UPMC can use in-house and market to other healthcare providers and payers. The goal is to make UPMC in-house IT a profit source.
“Almost everything I’m doing I’m thinking, ‘Can I make it right into a commercial product?'” says UPMC CIO Dan Drawbaugh.
I’ll be interviewing Drawbaugh survive InformationWeek.com on Tuesday (December 3) at 2:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. PST, and you’ll take heed to the on-site radio program and take part the discussion via text chat. We’ll discuss UPMC’s model for tech product development, Drawbaugh’s views on cloud computing in healthcare, the role of technology in healthcare reform, and more. I’ll also ask him about Healthcare.gov, and take questions from listeners via the on-site text chat. (UPMC is the No. 1 company on this year’s InformationWeek ranking of essentially the most innovative users of commercial technology.)
UPMC isn’t creating health tech products from scratch. It almost always partners with a technology vendor to develop something new. The tactic is for UPMC to bring its specific knowledge in regards to the healthcare industry, letting clinicians try emerging technology and offer their feedback to shape development. The seller brings technology and market expertise.
UPMC sometimes takes an equity stake in startup tech vendors it really works with, or it creates a three way partnership to develop a product if it’s working with a more established vendor.
Which technology areas does UPMC see because the most promising? Drawbaugh points to analytics, where UPMC has partnered with Oracle, IBM, and Informatica. Another is technology to control the dangers that healthcare providers tackle as portion of healthcare reform, since how much they receives a commission to do a surgery will depend partially on how well somebody does after that surgery.
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