One of the most significant challenges in healthcare delivery is the sharing of clinical datasets across multiple services and disparate systems. In this episode, Sandy talks with executive vice president of the dbMotion business unit of Altera Digital Health, Richard Strong and Kristen Short, the Director of Partnerships and Innovation for the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network, about how they are addressing interoperability and how they are working on addressing the issue of scattered patient health information.
In this episode, they talk about:

What is new with the dbMotion Solution

What South Western Sydney PHN does for its members

The importance of interoperability (specifically in Australia)

Connecting iRAD to hospital data

What SWSPHN is doing to enable interoperability

The vision for Altera to continue to support dbMotion’s global clients 

How Altera is handling the differences in workflow and streamlining for everyone


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About our Guests:
Kristen Short
With nearly 25 years of experience in leadership roles—ranging across industries including health, financial services and technology—Kristen was appointed Director of Innovation and Partnerships at SWSPHN in early 2018. Leading the Service Support, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement and Digital and Data teams, Kristen specializes in strategic planning, which leads to data-driven outcomes. She steers general practice transformation and quality improvement through innovation, process improvement and the adoption of technology. With a Master of Business and Technology, Kristen is also a proud member of the Institute of Company Directors.
Richard Strong
The Executive Vice President for the dbMotion™ business unit at Altera Digital Health, Richard Strong has been with the company since 2016 and has supported various roles in international business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has more than 40 years of experience working in healthcare and healthcare IT, as well as a strong track record of successfully managing Healthcare and Life Sciences businesses. Richard has lived and worked in multiple countries, specializing in the implementation of comprehensive clinical solutions—regionally and nationally—as well as the delivery of consulting and strategy projects. Richard holds an MSc in Intelligent Systems and is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences.

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