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Medtech companies must make sure that AI algorithms reflect the patient population they're serving and know the clinical decisions these algorithms are making, says Peter Shen, North America head of digital and automation at Siemens Healthineers.
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Luis Belén, CEO of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved and a HIMSS25 Changemaker Award recipient, cofounded the HIMSS Latino Community in 2011 and says he has been working in collaboration with HIMSS to impact lives.
Build strong partnerships and cultivate diverse perspectives to solve complex challenges and integrate technology into workflows, says Mouneer Odeh, the new chief data and AI officer at Cedars-Sinai.
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Realizing digital health potential is about incorporating all of the tools of leadership, standards and innovation, says Changemaker Award recipient Dr. Tamara Sunbul, digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor in Saudi Arabia.
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For health IT professionals looking to grow their careers, accept AI as an opportunity and learn to use and adopt the technology, says Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services.
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AI, innovation and having everyone onboard to the health system's strategic roadmap to avoid competing priorities are central to a smart hospital, says Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health.
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The resulting training would be key to cybersecurity practices because the human factor is the most important, says Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for HIMSS and moderator for the HIMSS25 Global Leaders Exchange panel.
Chief AI officer, chief medical information officer and clinical AI implementation specialist are among the career titles that graduates can aspire to obtaining with a MD/MS in AI dual degree program, says Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, director of the program at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dr. Ronald Rodriquez, who is the program director of the nation's first MD/MS dual degree in AI from The University of Texas at San Antonio, says students want to focus on AI but also want clinical degree.
The steep cuts are largely attributable to new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took the agency's top post in February.