Workforce

The HIMSS nursing informatics workforce survey shows a significant shift from pre-COVID-19 and a new focus on AI for the field, says Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director of clinical informatics at HIMSS.  

HIMSS clinical informatics advisor Whende Carroll discusses how automation can help with documentation burden and its effects on patient care.

Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer, talks about how digital technology can help health systems address economic and workforce issues post-pandemic.

On Day 2 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, our roving reporters and thought leaders deliver news and views from the show floor.

During a preview of his HIMSS23 keynote, Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics chief economist, advises to focus on labor productivity in a tight workforce market. 

Collaboration across teams creates better healthcare design. Jonathan Letourneau, innovation and operations analyst with Brigham and Women's Hospital, previews his HIMSS23 presentation.

In a preview, Nate Lesser, CISO of Children's National Hospital, highlights his HIMSS23 session where he will go into his "force multiplier" strategy for cybersecurity and cost reduction.  

Stesha Selsky and Meg Furukawa, nurse informaticists for the UCLA Health System, preview their talk at HIMSS23 explaining how algorithms can use patient data to distribute the nursing workload.  

The silver lining of the pandemic has been a drive toward empowering patients for such care as in-home tests, says HIMSS23 keynote panel moderator Dr. Vin Gupta, who is CMO of Amazon Pharmacy and an NBC News medical analyst.

Healthcare leaders and team members can use practical ways to connect more intelligently, says Erica Dhawan, a best-selling author who is delivering a keynote on the topic at HIMSS23.