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Virtual reality is gaining acceptance in healthcare today, but obstacles to mainstream use remain, says Aaron Gani, CEO of BehaVR, who predicts where the technology is headed in 2023.

Dr. Azmi Mohammad, specialist orthopedic surgeon at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in Brunei, explains how the nation's health systems are on a journey toward improving healthcare delivery. Their first step: an EMR system.

The World Health Organization's Digital Health and Innovation Department works with member states to help show where they should be investing in technology to strengthen their health systems. Professor Alain Labrique, director of the department, explains.

What is this information type, and how can it help interoperability efforts in the era of the 21st Century Cures Act, TEFCA and FHIR? David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, offers a useful primer.

Nioura Ghazni, partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, explains how hospital leaders are focused on improving and streamlining mission and operations, mitigating regulatory risk and building new revenue streams.

Ziad Nakshabandi, CEO of the National Center for Health Workforce Planning, describes how the group is aligning its efforts with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 objectives, including reskilling and upskilling of healthcare workers.

Federal policies and technologies can help with risk mitigations, says Robert Anderson, Jr., CEO of Cyber Defense Labs, who discusses those resources. He also sizes up the value of cyberinsurance as ransom payments get more frequent.

Jaja Okigwe, CEO of First Choice Health, explains how risk-based contracts can allow providers to think more holistically about patients, rather than focusing on billing for services.

Harmonizing HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and data usability are among the priorities this year for Rita Bowen, a member of the Sequoia Project board of directors and MRO vice president.

NLP can help providers make gains with social determinants of health, population health analytics, predictive analytics, real-time clinical decision support and precision medicine, says Dr. Calum Yacoubian, director of healthcare strategy at IQVIA.