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of how to work with partners like Emory ", she says . " One thing I ' m really passionate about is that there ' s so much work to do in healthcare , and what I don ' t want is for any of us to be reinventing solutions that have been solved elsewhere ."
" At Emory , I love the creativity and the dedication to developing better solutions , but somebody else will have that same problem Emory does , and so if we ' re going to build something for Emory , then let ' s take it to the rest of the sector to see if it solves their problems too , instead of having Cleveland Clinic or Mayo or someone else invest time and money in the same issue . That was really important to me with this partnership that we ' d create this product , but it should be commercialised so the larger market can take advantage of it ."
The Ortho and Deep Brain Stimulation apps are already in use at Emory and are commercially available to hospitals and health systems across the US . What sets them apart from other platforms is how fully integrated they are , Ide says . " There are some off-the-shelf apps in the Apple store you can find for tracking your symptoms or pain or medication . But we ' ve brought it all together in an enterprise app that meets all the security provisions that are integrated into the EHR and into clinicians ' full surgical schedule so the doctor can just pull it up on their phone and see their cases for that day ."
Equally important is connecting patients to clinicians across the continuum of care . Ide adds : " It ' s a really nice bi-directional interface , and hopefully , a really beautiful user experience ." healthcareglobal . com 55