HIMSS25
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.
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.
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.
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.
A digital health literacy maturity model could aid in training and inspiring staff to adopt new tools and cybersecurity practices, says Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for HIMSS and moderator for the HIMSS25 Global Leaders Exchange panel.
Cherish Health's tool can help monitor patients who may not want to, or remember how to, enter their own data into a health app, says Sumit Nagpal, the company's CEO.
Global awardees reflected on their transformation journeys as HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf emphasized how achieving Stage 6 and 7 validations helps advance healthcare quality and accessibility.
Attendees and panelists discuss what they've learned from the health systems and innovators piloting and implementing leading-edge healthcare technologies at the recent forum.