Strategic Planning

To ease concerns that are continuing post-COVID-19, hospitals should invest in a single workforce platform to replace fragmented systems, says Rich Miller, chief innovation officer at QGenda.  

No Barrier AI offers a point-of-care solution that translates languages and is trained specifically on medical jargon, says Clinical Advisor Dr. Jeffrey Chen.  

Patient access to medical records is law, and now apps give patients access to their own data in a way they’ve never had before, says patient advocate Dave deBronkart.  

This real-world data from clinical-grade AI has helped to reduce medication safety events by 25%, says Dr. Colin Banas, CMO at DrFirst.  

Hold training sessions such as "code dark," have redundant systems and practice, practice, practice, says Frank Forte, CEO of Anatomy IT.  

Athenahealth and Surescripts' integration of prescription benefits into provider workflows gives clinicians real-time benefits information, says Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO.  

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.