HIMSS TV
When wearables detect disease risk factors, American College of Cardiology Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ami Bhatt says vendors must help guide users into care pathways so they're not left navigating healthcare alone.
HIMSS TV show floor interviews demonstrated that HIMSS events are great places to build and renew relationships. Conference-goers say that meeting colleagues and peers is one of the highlights of attending.
RISC Toolkit 2.0 includes a dedicated cybersecurity module to help health systems assess risks and benchmark readiness, say Brian Mazanec of HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and Jeff Butler of HPH Preparedness Consultants.
Interviewees at HIMSS26 agree that digital tools must serve people first, enhancing care and completing administrative tasks without invading patient privacy or adding to clinicians' cognitive burden.
AI technology has evolved so quickly that even healthcare staff with no technical expertise can now build custom agents to solve clinical or back-office challenges, explains Kenneth Harper, Dragon general manager at Microsoft.
After decades in healthcare IT and advocacy and starting a local HIMSS chapter, Helen Hill, SEMHIE VP and CIO, is still shaping policy as board member and interoperability task force chair at Michigan's health information exchange.
According to Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, aspiring healthcare IT professionals should think of themselves as public servants and build technology that is useful and user-friendly for patients.
John Paganini, Paguar Informatics president and former HIMSS employee, talks about how he proposed and helps lead the Northern Ohio HIMSS chapter's AI Center of Excellence, which currently has 140 members.
Leigh Burchell, Altera Digital Health VP for policy and public affairs, advises healthcare IT newcomers to find mentors and develop a network of contacts across multiple disciplines who can offer different perspectives on challenges.
No healthcare IT leader gets to their position alone; collaboration, mentorship and collective effort are the true engines behind career growth, according to HIMSS Changemaker awardee Julie Luengas, DNP, RN, Stony Brook Medicine CNIO.