Digital Health

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.

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

The company's platform integrates systems to remove burdens on nurses and others, says symplr's Tony DiGiorgio.

The features are being made available in a phased rollout through myCigna's member portal. 

MedTech Innovator is a global accelerator for medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies that evaluates and chooses startups for scalable growth, says CEO Paul Grand.  

MetroHealth is finishing a years-long project to consolidate and archive images so that they are available to providers and patients who should have access, says Dr. David Kaelber, the health system's chief health informatics officer.  

Concord Technologies CEO William Cavanaugh said data is one of healthcare's primary challenges, as it generates roughly two-thirds of the world's data.