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Gosford Private Hospital CEO Matt Kelly and Director Jennifer McNamara discuss transforming the culture by tasking teams with sponsoring values to create awareness about the need to strengthen patient satisfaction.

Blockchain can help eliminate "redundant work, rework and reconciliation," says Tej Anand, professor of practice at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business.

The aim is to "die young, but as late as possible" by utilizing digital technology to remove barriers and offer patients new experiences to make healthcare delightful, says Healthskouts founder Koen Kas.

Regulatory agencies around the globe are mandating FHIR adoption and integeration within health systems, according to Charles Jaffe, CEO of HL7 International.

Identify super-users, communicate benefits to the staff and work together on the journey, says Rajakumari Ravikumar, director of nursing with Dubai Health Authority.

Expect greater adoption when taking a measured and "start small" approach to healthcare IT compared to a top-down, government approach, says Joe McDonald, director of Connected Health Cities in the UK.

Ronald Petru, CMIO at Radboudumc in the Netherlands, says that organizations need to change the workforce culture, while also ensuring that a proportional investment is made into security to ensure risks are mitigated.

We need to collaborate and work with organizations such as HL7 on developing tools to ensure greater interoperability on a global level, says UniversalDoctor CEO Jordi Serrano Pons.

The challenge is in the cultural maturity for people to realize what the data can do for them, says Chad Konchak, assistant vice president of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Three ways Microsoft is reimagining healthcare are enabling personalized care, empowering care collaboration and coordination with clinicians, and improving outcomes, says Elena Bonfiglioli, regional business leader of Health and Life Sciences at EMEA at Microsoft.