HIMSS TV

Hospitals can't wait for the perfect plan to prepare for a cyberattack or other kind of disruption, and should start with what they have, says Heather Costa, director of resilience for the Mayo Clinic.  

Insurance is verified through the central scheduling system that includes pre-registration and appointment confirmation for a more efficient RCM, says Yuriy Kotlyar, cofounder and CEO of American Health Connection.  

Seeing the direction cybersecurity is going allows Ian Mack to realize, at a high level, why the team does the work it does, says Ian Mack,  IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia, who is the communications chair for the HIMSS Virginia Chapter.  

The challenge is ensuring plan members have a direct connection to behavioral healthcare, says Shana Hoffman, CEO of Lucet.  

There are about 17 different medical devices in hospitals and those must travel and transmit information securely from a patient's home, says Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare.  

Achieving FHIR at scale will come about as other industry standards have done, through usage and/or government intervention, says Paul Wilder, director of CommonWell Health Alliance.  

FHIR at scale awaits trusted scale exchange, but the building blocks and capability are there, says Paul Wilder, director of CommonWell Health Alliance.  

Oklahoma Heart Hospital went digital 22 years ago, a move that coordinated the EHR between the hospitals and the clinics for unified care and a better patient experience, says Oklahoma Heart Hospital CIO David Miles.  

Oklahoma Heart Hospital, a two-hospital physician-owned cardiovascular system, went all digital in 2002 to focus on workflow, not paper shuffling, says CIO David Miles.  

Artificial intelligence makes efficient use of a massive amount of data, but it can also create deep fake technology, says Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor of radiology at the University of Montreal.