Interoperability in a Combat Zone?

Israel Defense Forces using a remote electronic health record (EHR) in the combat field

Interoperability in combat zones?
EHR in the field on a handheld?
NFC cards to transfer acute health information in real-time from the location of the trauma to treating inpatient doctors?

Wait, what? Is this science fiction? Another case of flagrant false <mis>information?

Nope. This is Israeli healthcare.

Recently, I had the honor of interviewing Professor Michael Halberthal at Rambam Health Care Campus I was astounded to see firsthand how home and community patient data flows seamlessly between the patient, community care and the acute system AND physician dashboard (!!) with total interoperability in the entire country for both in and outpatients. (Let that sink in…)

Check out my experience and learn more about the amazing private tour of Rambam here: https://lnkd.in/eAkiry4c

What you see in the video below is interoperability of patient data as it is occurring in the field:

“For the first time, the IDF has launched an application that allows medical teams to transfer information about injured soldiers being evacuated from the battlefield to hospitals

Since the beginning of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Medical Corps of the Technological and Logistics Directorate J4 has been supporting combat forces on the battlefield. Each platoon is accompanied by a senior medic, a doctor, or a paramedic.

Until now, medical records for injured soldiers in the field were manually entered on a hand-written form. In November, during the war, a unique application was developed, installed on a tablet held by the various treatment personnel in the field. The medical information on the injured soldier's condition and the treatment provided in the field is put into the application. This information is transferred via NFC cards between the medical personnel on the way to the hospital in Israel to which the injured will be evacuated.

This method allows for the complete and accurate transfer of information between the different medical caregivers, enabling more efficient prioritization of the injured, understanding their condition on the way to the hospital, and the treatment they received in the field until reaching medical teams in hospitals.

Attached is footage of the application's operation use in combat by soldiers of the Medical Corps in the Technological and Logistics Directorate”
#interoperability #healthcare #digitalhealth #innovation

This reminds me of Casey’s QR code brought to life! Imagine what is possible now via a portable transfer of real time patient data!!!