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Keeping focused on why they do their work can help health IT professionals serve patient populations more effectively, says Luis Belén, CEO of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved and a HIMSS25 Changemaker.

Cedars-Sinai Chief Data and AI Officer Mouneer Odeh offers some of the best ways the Chief AI Officer can work with the C-suite to get AI done right and gives some tips to health IT executives seeking the chief AI officer position.

Dr. Tamara Sunbul, digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor in Saudi Arabia and a HIMSS25 Changemaker, says clinicians can blend clinical and IT expertise to help patients improve their wellness.

Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security, explains how the new HIPAA security rule requires healthcare organizations to use specific technical controls, but it can also help to better position third-party risk management.

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, artificial intelligence extracts important information from data that can help inform care or drive operational efficiencies, says Kathy Bailey, the health system's principal data intelligence analyst.

CareEvolution's asthma management tool creates a baseline of data and notifies patients of significant changes, helping them better manage their condition, explains Dr. Bronwyn Harris, chief transformation officer.

Healthcare needs its workforce to be skilled in AI, says Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services, who encourages IT professionals to use artificial intelligence tools to help solve their organizations' challenges.

Ethical and equitable use of open data is a critical challenge for AI development in healthcare, requiring global collaboration to balance innovation with privacy and security, says Antoine Tesnière, professor at George Pompidou European Hospital.  

With its Nursing Research and Innovation Council fostering the use of digital tools and the hospital training staff in employing artificial intelligence, it is improving tech adoption, says Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health.