Clinical

After the Change Healthcare breach, healthcare organizations are diversifying their buying strategies and asking about vendors' cybersecurity policies, says Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon's provider business unit.  

Telehealth and other clinical digital tools can shift the burden from overburdened psychiatrists by performing some specialized tasks such as collecting symptoms or giving basic guidance to patients.

The five-year collaboration aims to develop and deploy more artificial intelligence tools for faster disease detection in public and private healthcare, and advance the university's leadership in digital pathology.

Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and transformation officer, offers her perspective on improving IT support for the clinician and patient experience, and insights on data informing decision making for operational processes.

Business school professor Joe Peppard penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed recently, making the case that many companies shouldn't necessarily be investing in AI – because many aren't well-positioned to succeed with it. What about healthcare providers?

Also, Victoria is piloting digital health training for public health workers. 

Healthcare security incidents in 2024 highlighted third-party vendor risk and the need to prepare business continuity plans and tabletop exercises in case of attack, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

Staying current with evolving healthcare technology helps Health Catalyst introduce proven, valuable digital tools, says the company's Cathy Menkiena, a HIMSS25 Changemaker awardee.

Also: Three partners will combine advanced analytics, social risk assessments and actuarial validation to measure the impacts of SDOH interventions.

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.