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But Vik Bajaj, cofounder and CEO of Foresite Labs, says the NIH and associated research-focused programs in the U.S. will always remain a leading funding vehicle for biomedical innovation and training worldwide.

Evvy is expanding into fertility care by analyzing the vaginal microbiome’s composition to uncover predictive insights into potential fertility outcomes, explains Priyanka Jain, the company's cofounder and CEO.

UC San Diego Health works with clinicians, patients, designers and IT teams to develop digital tools that improve patient experience, says Keisuke Nakagawa, director of strategic impact at UCSD and a HIMSS25 Changemaker.

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.

Sameer Sethi, SVP and chief AI and insights officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, offers tips for IT execs looking to become a Chief AI Officer and ways a CAIO can work with the C-suite to ensure AI gets done right.

Peter Shen, North America head of digital and automation at Siemens Healthineers, says that as the use of AI tools in healthcare advances, companies must train algorithms on data that reflects the patient populations they will serve.

Catalonia has successfully deployed an AI-driven risk stratification system since 2015, but for broader AI adoption, implementation hesitancy needs to be removed and data capture improve, says Catalan Health Service's Xabier Michelena Vegas.

Sara Luisa Mintrone, chief marketing officer for the Dedalus Group, believes that, since the pandemic, patients want to participate in their own care rather than passively waiting for treatment decisions to be made for them.

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.