HIMSS TV

Dr. John Blair, CEO, MedAllies, discusses how TEFCA's interoperability framework can help bring social determinants of health data from community organizations like food pantries into patients’ records for a more complete view of their health.

Lee Kim, senior principal, cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, discusses the new NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, which offers specific implementation examples and granular guidance to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk.

Microsoft's chief nursing information officer, Kathleen McGrow, discusses the link between clinical workflow and information technology and how the HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group educates nurses to improve AI literacy and utilization.

Khue Tran, chief strategy officer at Azalea Health, shares how the company's products for rural health systems, including EHR and practice management software, RCM automation and touchless charting, drive efficiencies and boost reimbursement rates.

Carolyn Metnick, partner and Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity team member at Sheppard Mullin, recommends that healthcare organizations follow basics such as following HIPAA security rule compliance and doing a security risk analysis.  

Actress, writer, producer and fertility advocate Kellee Stewart discusses her work with Evite and family-building and fertility company Progyny, the black maternal health experience and conditions that hinder the family-building process.  

Dr. Hunter Cherwek, VP of clinical services and technologies at Orbis International, highlights the VR experience Orbis and FundamentalVR co-created to help students in low- and middle-income countries learn to perform surgery for cataracts.  

Increasing yield and reducing cost to collect are among the reasons hospitals outsource their RCM, says Ensemble Health Partners CTO Grant Veazy.  

Dr. Olga Kagan, consortial faculty and associate adjunct professor at CUNY School of Professional Studies and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient, believes nursing schools' greatest challenge is preparing nurses to master rapidly evolving technology.  

Both small and large organizations have risk challenges and threat-monitoring gaps, but executives are increasingly recognizing that cybersecurity in healthcare is a strategic imperative central to patient safety, says Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater.