Leadership
Lavonia Thomas, nursing informatics officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how integrating frontline nurse feedback into digital transformation efforts is enhancing patient care.
Digital strategy should include an understanding of basic IT infrastructure and the application layer. Applications should be reliable, accessible and secure, says Lisa Stump, Mount Sinai Health System Chief Digital Information Officer.
Strong relationships and engaging with clinical team members is essential in assuring that AI projects are grounded in the real-world needs of their department, says Alda Mizaku, chief data and AI officer at Children's National Hospital.
Chief AI officers can help organizations address clinical issues, such as C. diff inspections and sepsis, and broader needs like scheduling, resources and improving the backend, says Zachary Durst, IT practice consultant at WittKieffer.
The chronic care management and remote patient monitoring company will be led by veteran healthcare executive Asif Ahmad.
Pivoting from a healthcare administrator leader into chief health AI officer requires a substantial amount of health AI knowledge or a willingness to get that knowledge, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.
The chief AI officer should understand basic principles about AI, have a computing background and know the ultimate clinical use case, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.
Marjorie Rosen, HIMSS Chapter Advocacy vice chair, discusses unifying advocacy work between HIMSS chapters for health equity, providing mentorship for local community leaders and working directly with state legislatures to ensure neutrality.
To ensure proper AI use in healthcare, chief AI officers must be proactive, reach out to colleagues, develop valuable relationships and set up informational sessions, says Dennis Chornenky, UC Davis Health chief AI advisor.
Tom Stanis, CEO and cofounder of Story Health, relays how the company's technology has helped it establish partnerships with health systems to improve access to care and ease virtual specialty-care delivery and provider workload.