Digital Health
Rather than focusing on placing fixed assets in rooms, hospital leaders must create modular spaces that can adapt and change over time as new technologies are developed, says Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic CIO.
According to MaryAnn Connor, NYU adjunct informatics professor, and Olga Kagan, FANA CEO, healthcare leaders must reinforce core clinical skills alongside digital fluency to ensure nurses don't become dependent on AI tools.
Artisight Chief Nursing Officer Karie Ryan discusses her company's AI ambient intelligence offerings that combine audio and video, sensors and computer vision to create a smart hospital room that aims to improve patient safety and workflow efficiency.
A collaboration with DeepHealth broadens Breast Suite capabilities to GE HealthCare's mammography customers.
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.
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.
Through her work with the Health Sector Coordinating Council, McLaren Health Care's Samantha Jacques says she helps bridge public and private healthcare sectors with guidance on protecting connected clinical environments.
Interoperability improves care quality, but Dr. Hannah Galvin, Cambridge Health Alliance's chief health information officer, cautions that data overexposure can drive disengagement among historically stigmatized patient populations.
Wearables, IoT devices and home-based care can help minimize hospital stays and improve patients' quality of life as the Korean population ages, says Samsung Medical Center CMIO Dr. Meong Hi Son in Part 1 of our interview.
Elena Sini, HIMSS board chair and group CIO at GVM Care and Research, says national coordination and European Commission funding are enabling Italy's shift from fragmented regional healthcare to a single digital strategy.