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Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, is among the top employers in the U.S., with more than 50,000 employees operating in 28 hospitals. To improve its recruitment process, Banner partnered with Mastek to build a Provider Pre-employment Made Easier (PPME) app, an online job board, a candidate portal and a stakeholder portal using the Salesforce platform.

Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, serves patients across six states. As part of its digital transformation process, Banner partnered with Mastek to modernize its IT infrastructure and develop a governance framework.

Learning from each other and the exchange of ideas happening in Rome during HIMSS24 Europe is "electrifying," says Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, who notes he is already looking forward to HIMSS25 in Paris.

Diana van Stijn, cofounder and chief medical officer at Lapsi Health, says that, while clinicians are natural innovators, they should be taught the business side of healthcare in medical school so they can understand healthcare IT market needs.

Craig Kwiatkowski is taking the FAVES approach: fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe. He says this also helps from an adoption perspective.  

Provider organizations first should do the basics, such as following HIPAA security rule compliance and conducting a security risk analysis, advises Carolyn Metnick, partner and Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity team member at Sheppard Mullin.  

Health systems outsource their revenue cycle management for many reasons, including reducing cost to collect and increasing yield, says Grant Veazy, CTO at Ensemble Health Partners.

All organizations need to define where their cybersecurity risks lie, and consider gaps in threat monitoring, says Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater. "It's not just the technology, but it's also the people and the process part of it," he said.  

Kendall Brown, sales director, Southeast at CenTrak and 2024 Changemaker, discusses the HIMSS mentorship program she started and urges young professionals to join HIMSS for networking and to help create change through advocacy.  

The Coalition of Health AI brings together more than 1,300 organizations, including government and industry leaders, to build consensus-driven best practices and standards for using AI in healthcare, explains Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of CHAI.