Digital Health

AI, innovation and having everyone onboard to the health system's strategic roadmap to avoid competing priorities are central to a smart hospital, says Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health.

The resulting training would be key to cybersecurity practices because the human factor is the most important, says Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for HIMSS and moderator for the HIMSS25 Global Leaders Exchange panel.

Cherish Health's intelligent radar-based sensor platform detects emergencies so that seniors do not have to download an app, remember to wear things, or press a button, says CEO Sumit Nagpal.

Artificial intelligence is picking up where behavioral health via telehealth left off during the COVID-19 pandemic in mitigating staffing shortages by handling administrative tasks, medication management and even doing triage to assess the patient, says Dr. Colin Banas, DrFirst's chief medical officer.

Interoperability has come a long way, but information exchange between providers barely scratches the surface of what can be done and how data can be used more effectively, says 2025 Changemaker Award recipient Dr. Steven Lane, CMO at Health Gorilla and a physician who says he was the first to exchange patient data using the Carequality Interoperability Framework.

Cognixion uses non-invasive sensors to monitor brain waves to create apps for those with traumatic brain injury, stroke or ALS, says CEO and cofounder Andreas Forsland.

Remote patient monitoring powered by artificial intelligence can help VA clinicians keep veterans compliant at a low cost, says Kent Dicks, CEO of Life365.

First Databank provides medication decision support to provide guidance to physicians and safety for patients, says Virginia Halsey, SVP of strategy at the company.

Informatics is used for correlating studies for patient safety and outcomes, says 2025 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient and nursing informatics specialist at Lone Star Communications Elsie Gori.

Medicomp Systems links clinical data diagnostically and uses large language models to organize the data for clinicians at the point of care, says David Lareau, CEO and president.