Strategic Planning

Health IT falls short in not building solutions that are consumer oriented and make it easy for patients to engage, says Will Cantrell, InteliChart's director of product solutions.  

Cone Health will maintain its independence while gaining a financial model, resources and technology services.

Paul Contino, University Hospital CIO, says HIMSS has helped him in his career, and now he's giving back as a chapter leader for HIMSS in New Jersey by serving on the HIMSS Global Health Education Committee and as chair of that committee.

Mayo Clinic is using AI to make better predictions about disease and treatment and to improve administrative processes, says Dr. Alexander Ryu, vice chair of AI and innovation at Mayo Clinic.  

Artificial intelligence can define a population at risk and also help achieve better health outcomes, such as for medication adherence, says Pravin Pant, VP of advanced analytics, and Michael Gould, associate VP of interoperability strategy, both at ZeOmega.

KeyCare partners with other health systems to coordinate care, rather than compete, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, KeyCare CEO.  

Connected care allows patients to access care where they are through as mobile devices, telehealth visits, mobile scheduling and more, says Jesus Diaz, director, nursing informatics at Memorial Healthcare System.  

Mount Sinai Health System started using predictive AI for clinical care and has since expanded to streamline care to make it easier for patients, says CMIO Dr. Bruce Darrow.

The current hurricane season will require providers, manufacturers and distributors to make adequate supply chain preparations.

In traditional FFS, clinicians see one patient, but in value-based care, the provider is responsible for a population of patients and needs to know where else they have received care, which brings in the necessity for interoperability, says Dr. Harm Scherpbier, HealthShare Exchange CMIO.