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In the first episode of The Alessi Agenda, Kevin Fenton, director of public health and wellbeing at Southwark, talks about how new technologies can help healthcare both build upon its existing infrastructure and evolve as patient needs change.

The Houston ENT & Allergy Clinic saved $1.8 million by slashing its no-show rates and also increased its referral conversion by 35%, which translated to an additional $500,000 in annual revenue.

With the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition taking place in Orlando March 9-13, here's a look at some of the impressive logistics behind the biggest healthcare information and technology show of the year.

In the first edition of the HIMSS TV series "Assimilation," we take a tour of Inova Fairfax Hospital, where operative simulators and immersive 3D help residents in training and physicians sharpen their skills.

Here are the best ways to catch all the highlights from the HIMSS20 Global Health Conference & Exhibition.

Get some advice for successfully navigating HIMSS20, including some resource guides and webinars, from HIMSS Media Editor-in-Chief Jonah Comstock.

The rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree is expected in the future, says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons, says among the keys to effectively moving toward a national EHR is to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders.

JoAnn Difede, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses how her early work on a simulated digital therapy for PTSD patients led to her current work on VR therapeutics.

Yauheni Solad, medical director of digital health at Yale New Haven Health, says creating a robust API infrastructure - a living system where everything is connected so data is available for decision-making – is the current goal.