article thumbnail

Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with Patients

HIT Consultant

As a result, food insecurity can exacerbate medical conditions driving up hospital/health systems patient care costs. One of the issues with electronic medical records is that these types of questions when they are asked of people, become part of the day-to-day paperwork and don’t get the attention they truly deserve.

article thumbnail

Connecting the Dots – Building Data Bridges for a Better Healthcare Future

HIT Consultant

For healthcare consumers, it provides a holistic and comprehensive medical history that is not specific to any healthcare organization or technology and that follows them wherever they go – at a hospital while on vacation, across town to a new provider, or at various specialists. It becomes a tangled web of data points.