Data management

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.

Kathy Bailey, principal data intelligence analyst at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how she and her team used generative AI to identify pickleball injuries from patients' chart notes with 80% accuracy.

Data modernization, transformation, interoperability, the use of the digital health indicator, the importance of collaboration and policy, were on the minds of health leaders at the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.

Getting care information from clinicians can be intimidating, says Daymond John, The Shark Group CEO. His Health Shark initiative will offer simple explanations of how people can take control of their data and their health.  

This comes five years after Advent Partners and Geoffrey Sayer, who became its CEO, bought the company.  

Van Steel, shareholder in LBMC's cybersecurity division, discusses his role at HIMSS Tennessee chapter - and why private healthcare data, including financial information, medications and other personal information, sells for a premium.  

The Joint Commission's Responsible Use of Health Data certification creates a standard that helps assure that data is used in a meaningful, appropriate and safe way, says Matt Kull, chief information and digital strategy officer for Inova Health System.   

The "game-changer" acquisition will integrate the Auckland-based company's healthcare data capabilities with AI.

Paul Wilder, executive director at CommonWell Health Alliance, says voluminous amounts of data need to be replaced by discrete data that allows for better workflows that meet the needs of clinicians and patients.  

Richard Staynings, a University of Denver professor, highlights the drawbacks and benefits of AI in patient care and precision medicine, advancing cybersecurity in healthcare, and malicious use of the technology to get past malware defenses.