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Honest, sometimes uncomfortable feedback from the Healthcare Leadership Institute team through HIMSS Executive Connect helped him identify areas for improvement in leading his team, Zeb Elliott, UVA Health CTO, says.
Students from across the globe tackle real-world healthcare challenges and deliver measurable community outcomes through NHIT INSPIRED, explain HIMSS' Tom Leary and NHIT CEO Luis Belen.
Tom Leary, HIMSS senior vice president and head of government relations, discusses the streamlined certification approach aimed at speeding digital healthcare innovation that ONC's Dr. Thomas Keane previewed at HIMSS26.
Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director for global communities at HIMSS, says that HIMSS' engaged committees, workgroups and task forces headed by thought leaders enact strategic plans that bring about real change.
AI-powered, "always-on" assistants can guide patients through navigating care and coverage questions to provide a seamless, personalized healthcare experience, according to Google's Aashima Gupta.
Mentorship and peer support can help shape healthcare IT careers, but Dr. Deepti Pandita, UCI Health VP of informatics and CMIO, also advises newcomers to take risks and reach out to professional societies.
When wearables detect disease risk factors, American College of Cardiology Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ami Bhatt says vendors must help guide users into care pathways so they're not left navigating healthcare alone.
HIMSS TV show floor interviews demonstrated that HIMSS events are great places to build and renew relationships. Conference-goers say that meeting colleagues and peers is one of the highlights of attending.
Interviewees at HIMSS26 agree that digital tools must serve people first, enhancing care and completing administrative tasks without invading patient privacy or adding to clinicians' cognitive burden.
According to Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, aspiring healthcare IT professionals should think of themselves as public servants and build technology that is useful and user-friendly for patients.