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Look for creative and curious people who like to solve problems and want to know that what they’ve done is actually working, says Neil Gomes, Chief Digital Officer at Jefferson Health.
Dr. Anthony Chang, medical director at CHOC Children’s, says artificial intelligence won’t replace the empathy doctors can provide to patients but smart machines can reduce the time clinicians spend on computers.
Even though machine learning has great potential, James Weese, system vice president at Aurora Healthcare, says most of the trials he's seen have not been successful.
Advancements in healthcare technology are necessary, but they can’t take away the human element, says Tammy Kwiatkoski, director of clinical informatics for the HIMSS Office of the CTIO.
Hee Hwang, CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, says promising opportunities for transformation exist, especially in Asia and Middle East.
Robin Tenenbaum, IT director, El Rio Community Health Center, shares the importance of earlier screenings for detection of eye disease.
Harvard University’s Stan Shaw and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s John Halamka detail a new executive education joint venture between Harvard Medical School and HIMSS.
Nick Knowlton, VP of strategic initiatives at Brightree, discusses working with the CommonWell Health Alliance to enable patient-centric interoperability across the spectrum of care.
The focus should be on wellcare not healthcare, because finding a condition early results in better outcomes and better costs, says Nick van Terheyden, managing director of Incremental Healthcare.
There are different types of innovation disrupting the healthcare industry, from technology to value-based care and population health to state-based healthcare experimentation, says Lisa Simpson, CEO of AcademyHealth.