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Amid the ongoing nursing shortage, Connie White Delaney, dean and professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, believes nurses can help develop new technologies that fit better into their workflows and strengthen their bonds with patients.

Dr. Priscilla Frase, Ozarks Healthcare CMIO and 2024 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about how the small rural health system has successfully incorporated behavioral health data into its EMR without sacrificing patient confidentiality.

Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, program director, nursing informatics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses nurses' role as knowledge workers and how new technologies, including AI, should support nurses' decision-making and reduce bias to improve care access.

Leveraging AI in virtual nursing can elevate and transform the care experience to advance documentation automation while improving personalized, bedside care, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of healthcare AI technology company Artisight.  

Sumit Nagpal, CEO, cofounder and board director at Cherish Health, discusses how AI is accelerating healthcare innovation, as well as how using diverse datasets and other ethical practices can help develop new AI solutions rapidly but safely.

There are benefits to proactive cybersecurity strategies, says Philip Bradley, digital health strategist at HIMSS. He discusses how the INFRAM framework can guide organizations in maturing their infrastructure to protect data.

Dr. Will O'Connor, TigerConnect's CMIO, discusses how the TigerConnect clinical communication platform addresses gaps to prevent delays in treatment and possible medical errors, uplifting patient outcomes and clinician satisfaction.  

Sandra Johnson, SVP for client services at CliniComp, explains how CliniComp's system-as-a-service EHR solution can help clients lower costs, reduce interoperability challenges and make the EHR more accurate and easier to use for clinicians.

Michael Brandofino, president and COO of Caregility, discusses how Caregility deploys sensors, a specially designed audio system and AI within hospital rooms to help remote nurses observe patients and reduce onsite nurses' workload.

Isaiah Nathaniel, Delaware Valley Community Health's VP and CIO, explains how CIO Connect's small cohort setting emphasizes networking and collaboration, and shares success stories of alumni who are now CIOs.