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Dr. Stephen Dolter, chief medical information officer at Children's Hospital and Medical Center Omaha, discusses the pros and cons of the evolution of AI in health and where future applications of AI may be useful in the clinical setting.

ZeOmega's Associate VP of interoperability strategy, Michael Gould, and VP of advanced analytics, Pravin Pant, discuss how data can help payers and providers understand patients' social determinants of health and reduce disparities in care access.

Sam Glassenberg, founder and CEO of Level Ex, discusses Apple's new augmented reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro, and its possible use in healthcare, including training and educating providers and assisting with surgical procedures.

Carolina Nelson, LAC regional deputy director at Project HOPE, explains how the relief organization is improving global health, whether it's in a humanitarian setting or an emergency.

Sam Seering, product manager of Cheers by Epic, relays the benefits of the company's CRM platform, such as enabling providers to serve patients better by leveraging data points and health insights, and automating patient outreach.

Tami McMasters Gomez, director of Coding and Clinical Documentation Integrity Services at UC Davis Medical Center, sees automation and AI freeing clinicians from the burdens of coding and documentation.

Surescripts' focus is on lowering patient costs and improving both quality of care and patient safety, explains CMIO Dr. Andrew Mellin.

Melanie Rainer, Director of HHS' Office for Civil Rights, shares how OCR helps providers resume compliance by the August deadline under HIPAA rules when they deliver telehealth services.

ChatGPT has a lot of potential to improve healthcare, but it lacks the human touch and comes with ethical and legal issues, explains R. Ryan Sadeghian, CMIO of Hunterdon Healthcare System.

The first product from the health system's department of care transformation and innovation can predict the load of a hospital within 72 hours and then match that load with a clinical team, says Dr. John Doulis.