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Alex Diaconu, CEO of AiGIA Health, shares the story of how his chronic illness inspired him to start the company to help patients improve their health by practicing preventative care.  

Susan Conover, Piction Health CEO and cofounder, discusses the company's collaborations with dermatologists in 20 countries to build its AI to ensure accuracy across skin tones and the organization's objectives thanks to recent funding.  

Anatomy IT CEO Frank Forte says that redundant systems and practice drills, as well as partnering with vendors to prepare for inevitable cyberattacks, are key to building cyber resilience of healthcare organizations.  

Dr. Andrew Mellin, VP and CMIO at Surescripts, and Dr. Nele Jessel, CMO at athenahealth, discuss integrating real-time prescription benefits into provider workflows to remove sticker shock and improving adherence and the benefits to value-based care.    

According to Will Cantrell, InteliChart's director of product solutions, the company’s unified platform makes it easy for patients to schedule appointments and message clinicians without downloading an app or logging in to an account.  

Paul Contino, University Hospital CIO, highlights how HIMSS conference presentations are selected by the global health education committee, not by vendors, to offer information about how healthcare organizations are solving real-world problems.  

Mayo Clinic vice chair of AI and innovation Dr. Alexander Ryu discusses building frameworks for AI fairly and equitably through collaboration - and how the organization decides to partner with companies with already established models.  

SVP of advanced analytics Pravin Pant and associate VP of interoperability strategy Michael Gould, both at ZeOmega, discuss how providers should adopt FHIR standards to achieve TEFCA compliance and enable easier data sharing with payers.  

Aytan Dahukey, partner and private equity team leader, and healthcare team member at Sheppard Mullin, says that growth areas in private equity are opportunistic and discusses some challenges ahead.  

Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare, discusses the coordinated care company's partnerships with healthcare systems using Epic and how it efficiently coordinates virtual care delivery for urgent care, primary care and beyond using technology.