Lifepoint Health is Using Modern Technology to Make Patient Data Actionable

We recently had a chance to sit down with Jessica Beegle, Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer at Lifepoint Health, who shared with us that her past experience has given her a unique view in crafting the patient experience. Prior to Lifepoint Health, Beegle worked at Amazon AWS and Google, companies that are known for creating and using cutting- edge technology to deliver results. At Lifepoint Health, she was faced with many of the health IT “realities” that multiple hospitals and health systems across the nation are dealing with. The main issue being legacy technologies that don’t easily communicate with each other and don’t allow for easy access to clinical data.  How could she tap into that wealth of data and provide great patient experiences using modern technology? She shares that experienced partners like Clinical Architecture helped to streamline the process. A Fresh Perspective on the Care Delivery System The other reality that Beegle and those of us in healthcare face is the changing expectations of patients.  While patients of the past were more passive with their care provider, healthcare delivery systems are now faced with patients who want to play a proactive role in their own care. They expect a consumer experience that looks more like what they experience in the rest of their lives. For Lifepoint Health, this meant approaching the problem with a fresh perspective. They sought to bridge the gap between what could be done with legac...
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