HIMSS25

With federal direction still unclear, Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, chief strategy officer at DirectTrust, recommends that healthcare organizations collaborate to advance trust and security policies.

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.

In choosing speakers for HIMSS25, the Global Health Conference Education Committee looked for a provider affiliation and sessions that aligned with chosen topics such as AI and emerging technologies, says committee chair Paul Contino, CIO of University Hospital.

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.

Jackie Rice, vice president and chief information officer at Frederick Health, said incorporating discreet data into the EHR was worth the challenge.

Harmony Healthcare IT CEO Tom Liddell said automating clinical registry workflows was a natural step for the company due to its deep experience with artificial intelligence.

HIMSS digital health strategist Philip Bradley said INFRAM stages six and seven have advanced expectations for healthcare organizations, and most have yet to achieve the designation.

Innovaccer cofounder and CEO Abhinav Shashank said modern IT systems would benefit from a single layer of data that payers and providers can connect to in order to support population health.

Sandra Johnson, senior vice president of client services at CliniComp, said artificial intelligence is being used to boost administrative functions and make billing faster and easier.

Rebecca Woods, Marissa Maldonado and Roz Cordini spoke at HIMSS25 about the importance of women self-promoting and building their personal brands in order to advance in the health IT space.