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Pharmas are becoming more interested in patients' personal experiences and their input, says Kevin Freiert, principal of Salem Oaks Consulting.

The technology envisioned by psychologist B.F. Skinner decades ago is now here with AI and is improving exponentially, says Whole Brain Foundation President and founder Charles Atkinson.

Advancements in EHR technologies should be exciting the health industry, says Dr. Larry Allen, the medical director of advanced heart failure at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Deep Dive: While the number of women in leadership roles in the health industry continues to grow, equal representation in the field is still a far way off.

Older adults live in a world where they are invisible, so it's time to create one that enables them to thrive, says Dr. Louise Aronson, professor of geriatrics at UCSF. 

Michael Coates, co-founder and CEO of Altitude Networks, says we have to rethink the controls, technology and tools we use and then scale into workflows to optimize for accuracy.

John Sharp, Personal Connected Health Alliance at HIMSS, says if consumers trust the healthcare source, conveying compassion, or "digital empathy," is possible through such innovative technologies as virtual coaching and chatbots.

To minimize risk, there are certain features and offerings that third-party vendors need to have, according to Jigar Kadakia, chief information security and privacy officer at Partners HealthCare, and Ed Gaudet, CEO at Censinet.

Joseph Dorocak, manager of population health analytics at Cleveland Clinic, describes some of the staffing and process strategies the health system uses as it puts AI to work to improve patient outcomes and financial return.

Motive Medical Intelligence's Director of Solution Development Bette Jane Reese says the first step of helping patients take part in their care is recognizing the difficulty of behavior change.