Strategic Planning

The initiative includes addressing microplastic pollution as a potential contributor to rising cancer rates.

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

Orlando Health describes the project as one of its largest-ever capital investments, with the facility set to open in 2026.

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.  

Initiative will eliminate up to 25% of all reauthorizations, or 10% of overall prior authorizations, PBM says.

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.  

Medicomp Systems links clinical data diagnostically and uses large language models to organize the data for clinicians at the point of care, says David Lareau, CEO and president.  

Innovation needs better payer and provider alignment, panelists say.

Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.

Combining agentic AI to robotic process automation allows clinicians to go after more complex use cases, says Dr. Jonah Feldman of NYU Langone Health System.