Professional Development

Dr. Hunter Cherwek, VP of clinical services and technologies at Orbis International, highlights the VR experience Orbis and FundamentalVR co-created to help students in low- and middle-income countries learn to perform surgery for cataracts.  

Also, Clanwilliam has formally established its ANZ division.

Christopher Falkner, 2024 Changemaker and Sodexo's senior director of digital strategy and cybersecurity, offers tips for healthcare success: participating in projects outside your comfort zone, seeking mentors and mentoring others.  

Emily Barey, chief nurse evangelist at Epic and 2024 Changemaker, discusses how building new healthcare technology requires observing the problems users face and gathering a diverse team to help solve them.

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.

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.  

Residents and medical students hesitate to use AI, said University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine's director of digital innovation in pediatric surgery, Dr. Patrick Thomas. Still, many acknowledge that positives may exist.

The combined entity will offer primary care, mental health, occupational health, and pharmacy and musculoskeletal services to a combined base of 630 clients.

Healthcare technology company athenahealth announced a new general manager of the company's digital clinical decision support subsidiary epocrates.

Also, researchers from India have developed an AI model that can detect indications of carpal tunnel syndrome in ultrasound videos.