Digital Health

Mike Reagin joined the health system senior leadership team last year in the newly created role of executive vice president, chief technology officer and has been implementing his vision for innovation in "small doses."

The app store model in healthcare will return to the former and more appropriate best-of-breed model when interoperability is solved and clinicians have access to solutions that are integrated into the EHR, says Red Rover Health CEO John Orosco.

AI is the great equalizer that along with health informatics will lead to tremendous benefits for healthcare building on the work of the last 25 years, says Prashant Natarajan, Velatura Public Benefit Corporation's chief AI officer, who attended HIMSS25, his 21st HIMSS global conference.

Kyruus Health's AI-powered tool simplifies the search for the 70% of patients who are looking online for care and the 50% who are deciding between three or more sources, says Senior Director of Clinical Services Gen Conlin.

Increasingly, payers are using AI and data analytics for member interactions and for provider networks based on outcomes and cost.

The main theme of a HIMSS25 panel was not around tech, but was about the culture of innovation making the difference, says Edward Marx, CEO of Marx Advisory who is part of the HIMSS CIO Connect program.

Maestro is a surgical assistance platform designed for minimally invasive soft-tissue procedures such as laparoscopic operations, says Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical.

Today it's conversational AI and in five years Mercy's Tracy Breece expects technology to be a seamless part of the workflow so that nurses can use skills to empower the patient and family.

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Provider performance intelligence is rapidly becoming a business lever, not just a compliance requirement.