Strategic Planning
Health systems' cybersecurity infrastructure is only as strong as its weakest third-party vendor, says chief healthcare officer at Ordr Wes Wright, and government should fund cybersecurity because it requires systems to have a digital footprint.
Gajendira Sivajothi, group director of eHealth at Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Malaysia, relays the state of digital transformation in the country and the process of successfully implementing digital tools through stakeholder engagement.
Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, advises healthcare organizations on successfully shifting to an EMR, policies on data governance and potentials in healthcare globally.
China Medical University Hospital won the HIMSS Davies Award for refining care delivery with AI. Professor Oscar Lee, the hospital's vice superintendent, discusses the case studies submitted for award consideration and ongoing digital growth.
National Taiwan University Hospital's vice superintendent, Dr I-Rue Lai, relays the health system's ambition to be a fully value-based, data-enabled care provider, which includes interoperability, internally and with external providers.
Gina Bertollini, partner at law firm K&L Gates, discusses the ways healthcare providers can safeguard health information from threat actors and the importance of preparing for an inevitable security breach.
Myra Davis, chief information innovation officer at Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses the new hospital the system is opening in Austin, Texas, and how it's leveraging existing technology to expand automation to ease workforce burden.
Systems need to deliver what healthcare workers want, utilize digital technologies to ease workforce burden and focus on lowering the burden of disease to face the challenges in healthcare today, says Dr Ricardo Leite, CEO of I-DAIR.
Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health, discusses the high costs of health inequities and the value of investing in independent primary care physicians, along with data to reach a more equitable system.
Dr. Michael Pfeffer, chief information officer at Stanford Health Care, discusses the valuable relationship between the CMIO and CIO in making technology implementation successful, and initiatives Stanford is working on moving into 2024.