HIMSS25

"We're all gonna feel a little stupid sometimes if we wanna get this right," says forum co-emcee Brian Spisak.

Healthcare problems are not on the medical side, but in the healthcare delivery system, says HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Elizabeth Regan, a professor at the University of South Carolina who teaches informatics.

Students may know they want to go into healthcare but often don't see health information as a possibility because they don't see these professionals on TV, says HIMSS25 Changemaker Award recipient and Texas State University associate professor David Gibbs.

Monae Haskins, senior application analyst, Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, won the award teaching low-income urban students at community colleges and says, "It's never too late to start a second career."

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.

Dylan Tête, director of business development for Red Duke Strategies and HIMSS Changemaker award recipient, built from the ground up an international living neighborhood for those with traumatic brain injuries, worked with veterans in Ukraine and now has the VA as a primary client.

The nonprofit ZIMAM, the International Digital Health Workforce Development Collaborative, has expanded since it began as a small initiative in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and has a focus on AI, synthetic data and information exchange, says cofounder and chair Osama El Hassan.

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

Scott Mattila, Intraprise Health's COO, says artificial intelligence is being utilized by cybercriminals who are increasingly targeting healthcare institutions.

Smaller, rural hospitals in Kansas want to move forward with technology upgrades but concerns about paying for it and reimbursement complicate efforts, says Shawn Weldin, Changemaker Award recipient and IT director at Sabetha Community Hospital.