Digital Health

Work that used to be done by 200 people can now be done by 20 as AI becomes a digital workforce for such administrative tasks as claims appeal letters, says Anurag Mehta, CEO of Omega Healthcare.

Training staff to take advantage of AI and other technologies that will help supplement the workforce is important, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Helping patients and health systems understand how to use technology delivers health benefits for everyone, says Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos, medical director of health informatics at Trinity Health and a 2025 Changemaker Award recipient.

Scan guidance knows what it's seeing and guides the user using step-by-step instructions for cardiac assessment, says Vaishali Kamat, GE HealthCare's general manager of new ventures for ultrasound digital solutions.

Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan, digital health division director at Malaysia's Ministry of Health and a HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, has been given the task to use digital health maturity to transform the public health system and to better serve its population.

Patients have many reasons why they don't take their medications, says Melissa Robinson, who as Piedmont Healthcare's population health pharmacy program manager, prioritizes those who aren't adherent for outreach and prevention.

Combining machine learning with video technology, along with AI automation, can improve both outcomes and surgical insights, say Transform Health Partners' Dr. Peter Billing and Medtronic's George Murgatroyd.

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The proposed updates are more specific around required technical controls, challenging security leaders when it comes to implementation, says Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security.

For health IT professionals looking to grow their careers, accept AI as an opportunity and learn to use and adopt the technology, says Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services.