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Marc Fiume, CEO of DNAStack, discusses partnering with Google to unlock massive potential in terms of generating discoveries and medical breakthroughs.

The hospital transformed the culture by tasking teams with sponsoring values to create awareness about the need to strengthen patient satisfaction, according to CEO Matt Kelly and Director Jennifer McNamara.

The most promising use case for blockchain in healthcare is the elimination of "redundant work, rework and reconciliation," says Tej Anand, professor of practice at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business.

Koen Kas, founder of Healthskouts, says the aim is to "die young, but as late as possible" by utilizing digital technology to remove barriers and offer patients new experiences to make healthcare delightful.

Charles Jaffe, CEO of HL7 International, says FHIR has been remarkable in its ability to scale, while resonating across communities of interest such as patient access and genomics.

Rajakumari Ravikumar, director of nursing with Dubai Health Authority, discusses the need to identify super-users, communicate benefits to the staff and work together on the journey.

Joe McDonald, director of Connected Health Cities in the UK, says taking a measured and "start small" approach to healthcare IT usually results in greater adoption compared to a top-down, government approach.

Organizations need to inform their workforce about cybersecurity risks as well as ensure that a proportional investment is made into security to ensure risks are mitigated, says Ronald Petru, CMIO at Radboudumc in the Netherlands.

Jordi Serrano Pons, CEO of UniversalDoctor, says we need to collaborate and work with organizations such as HL7 on developing tools to ensure greater interoperability, while also learning from each other.

Chad Konchak, assistant vice president of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem, says the challenge is not so much in the technology development but in the cultural maturity for people to realize what the data can do for them.