Strategic Planning
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs achieved digital maturity in four categories for HIMSS stage 7 recognition, says IT Executive Director Raed Alhamze.
Mytonomy offers patient education and has expanded its offerings to move patients smoothly through pre- and post-procedure functions, says CEO and cofounder Anjali Kataria.
Staff members need flexibility, new challenges and time to be creative to aspire to go further in their careers, says Dr. Shafi Ahmed, CMO of Medical Realities.
With the expiration of the public health emergency ending waivers and flexibilities, providers are looking for answers, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare.
The Regional Digital Health Action Plan looks at IT, capacity, knowledge exchange and what works for e-health, says David Novillo Ortiz of WHO-Europe.
Deputy Secretary General Abigail Norville of the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport expects actionable goals to come out of the new HIMSS global headquarters in Rotterdam.
Technology can help dampen the noise by adding lab values, comorbidities and risk scores to patient information to refine the alert, says Anna Dover, director of product management at FDB (formerly First Databank).
Health equity requires that governments and institutions think not just about interoperability but internet connection in the protection and sharing of information, says Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS.
HIMSS23
Interoperability rulemaking thinks in terms of standards while AI can translate, says John Nebergall, COO of Consensus Cloud Solutions.
Doctors and nurses who use AI will replace those who don't, says Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka, adding that generative AI has potential to make clinicians better diagnosticians and be less burdened with some administrative tasks.