Professional Development

Cognito Therapeutics announced healthcare industry veteran Christian Howell joined its team as chief commercial officer.

Kidney-care company Monogram Health, digital diagnostics company ixlayer and direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers also announced appointments.

Pearly Chen, VP of business development and partnerships at HTC VIVE, relays the results of a report on extended reality use for training healthcare professionals, the feedback received after adoption of the tech and HTC's Accelerator X program.  

Quy Vo-Reinhard, dHealth Foundation director and cofounder, highlights the key challenges and applications for frontier technologies, such as immutable health records, the interoperability of health data exchange and the need for education.

Dr. Abdullah Ghazi relays how simulation learning, like augmented reality and 3D printing, prepares future healthcare professionals for real-world scenarios.

Osama El-Hassan of Dubai's Health Authority talks about Zimam and how the GCC region built a workforce by upskilling and promoting digital health implementation. The process helped with workforce retention and technological adoption.

Altering education methods and allowing employees to be innovative with career flexibility are crucial to ensuring retention and longevity in the healthcare workforce, says Dr Shafi Ahmed, chief medical officer at Medical Realities.

Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands, tells why involving all healthcare stakeholders in forming care's evolution is vital, especially regarding digitization and innovation.

HIMSS is the place to be if you are involved in transforming and improving healthcare, claims Ricardo Silva, who is a HIMSS volunteer.

Sepi Browning, IT director/business partner at Piedmont HealthCare, declares education, networking and volunteering opportunities as just a few of the benefits of becoming a member of a HIMSS Chapter.