Digital Health

At HIMSS23, Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, an otolaryngologist and AMA Board of Trustees member, will speak on the ways technology can grant access to improve equity in healthcare.  

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf shares his views on the greater themes in this increasingly global conference and exhibition. He reviews some innovations in healthcare information and technology he's eager to see in Chicago next week.

EMI Advisors CEO and founder Evelyn Gallego will discuss developing a standardized data exchange to better plan and coordinate maternal care, at her HIMSS23 panel.  

Accenture Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Cecil Lynch previews his HIMSS23 talk on genomics in healthcare, its worth in value-based care and how to make translational medicine available to clinicians.

MITRE's executive director of global health security and biotechnology, Monique Mansoura, will lead a talk at HIMSS23 about responding to new health threats with help from real-world data.  

Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) members Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel preview their panel at HIMSS23 on the ways biosurveillance helps public health officials during pandemics.

ROI and quality of care are realized through freeing up capacity for new patients and in being able to focus on more complex cases, says Dr. Anobel Odisho, associate professor of Urology at the University of California, San Francisco, who will be speaking at HIMSS23.  

Hamilton Health Sciences' director of digital health innovation, Jeremy Petch, highlights his HIMSS23 talk  on the responsible use of AI in healthcare in various clinical scenarios.  

AI algorithms can supplement the work of a hospital's operational and clinical teams to improve care quality. David Higginson, EVP and chief innovation officer at Phoenix Children's Hospital, previews his HIMSS23 discussion.

Patients are 61% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital and 53% less likely to visit an ER if their medical records are accessed by providers within 30 days of discharge, says Juan Nanez, RN, Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange director of Programs.