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According to Darren Batara, nursing innovation and informatics manager at Stanford Healthcare, ambient listening can help nurses balance documentation and patient care amid constant interruptions.

Dan Shields, CEO of digital medicine at Ochsner Health, says the health system has succeeded in engaging populations often considered resistant to technology by providing patients with simple tools and education on how to use them.

Surya Shenoy, regional clinical informatics consultant at Kaiser Permanente and Changemaker Award recipient, recommends that newcomers to the field follow their passion and be willing to pivot when necessary.

Generative AI tools can aid non-analyst healthcare staff in gleaning insights from data, but Bruno Lempernesse, MDClone's president, recommends defining guardrails for these tools' use to build trust and protect patient privacy.

Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association, says monitoring vaccine data lets states determine where more vaccines are needed when diseases spread through populations.

Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon's provider business unit, talks about how vendor support and partnership can keep organizations running and serving patients when cyber incidents like the Change Healthcare attack happen.

Ilir Kullolli from Stanford Medicine Children's Health says his 20 years of HIMSS membership and his attendance at HIMSS conferences have connected him with visionary leaders who inspired his career journey.

Keisuke Nakagawa, UC San Diego Health's director of strategic impact, discusses his journey from startup entrepreneur to healthcare IT leader and says newcomers can bring diverse backgrounds and interests to the field.

Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says she believes strong governance and psychology-based training can help healthcare organizations combat social engineering cyberattacks that exploit workers' instinct to help.

Health Catalyst's Cathy Menkiena says that serving on HIMSS committees at the state and national levels let her learn from and network with other professionals as she transitioned from nurse to healthcare IT leader.