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Greg O'Neill, ChristianaCare's director of patient education, says providers should use health literacy best practices to respond to patients' questions or risk them turning to other channels for answers.

Honest, sometimes uncomfortable feedback from the Healthcare Leadership Institute team through HIMSS Executive Connect helped him identify areas for improvement in leading his team, Zeb Elliott, UVA Health CTO, says.

Students from across the globe tackle real-world healthcare challenges and deliver measurable community outcomes through NHIT INSPIRED, explain HIMSS' Tom Leary and NHIT CEO Luis Belen.

In her role as a tribal liaison for the state of Nevada, HealtHIE Nevada's Brenda Hood says she advocates for Native communities and helps connect them to the needed resources for building digital infrastructures.

Tom Leary, HIMSS senior vice president and head of government relations, discusses the streamlined certification approach aimed at speeding digital healthcare innovation that ONC's Dr. Thomas Keane previewed at HIMSS26.

Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director for global communities at HIMSS, says that HIMSS' engaged committees, workgroups and task forces headed by thought leaders enact strategic plans that bring about real change.

University of Iowa Health Care AVP for information systems and CIDO Josh Wilda says connecting to TEFCA can help clinics in rural Iowa with limited IT resources to share data without costly custom connections.

AI-powered, "always-on" assistants can guide patients through navigating care and coverage questions to provide a seamless, personalized healthcare experience, according to Google's Aashima Gupta.

Risk-based contracts are complex, but AI helps weed through the data to show the direct financial impact, says Brian Overstreet, CEO of Arbital Health.

Mentorship and peer support can help shape healthcare IT careers, but Dr. Deepti Pandita, UCI Health VP of informatics and CMIO, also advises newcomers to take risks and reach out to professional societies.