Operations

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.  

Senior leaders feel pressure to evolve AI but cite a lack of internal resources to develop in-house AI tools.

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.

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

The American Public Health Association and others challenged the cancellation of the research grants that funded biomedical research.

Intraoperative 3D scans can be projected to the surgeon's eyes to align to pre-op imaging, says Nissan Elimelech, founder of Augmedics.  

One breakthrough that has helped is the ability of ambient AI to document what’s happening in the room, says Regina Wysocki, senior informatics program manager at Lone Star Communications.  

The Medicaid State Plan Amendments allow care to be delivered in hard-to-reach and remote areas, CMS says.

The maturity model optimizes scheduling, reduces wait times, lessens administrative burden and looks at patient health indicators, says Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health.  

Twelve teams participated in the competition held by Cooper University Health Care – which has in its inner-city DNA an awareness of SDOH issues such as exposure to violence, access to healthy food and stable housing – to create care in communities, says Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Michael Kirchhoff.