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MaryAnn Connor, NYU adjunct informatics professor, and Olga Kagan, FANA CEO, recommend that healthcare organizations hold recurring cyberattack and outage drills to prevent care disruption when digital tools are not available.
Joseph Brown, Davenport University chair for allied health and HIM, advises tailoring assignments to students' abilities and strengths rather than using traditional exams in multigenerational learning environments.
In the HIMSS Executive Connect program, UVA Health CTO Zeb Elliott learned to engage his teams more effectively to boost their output and get better results without overextending them.
According to HIMSS' Tom Leary and Luis Belen, CEO of NHIT, NHIT INSPIRED connects college students with HIMSS mentors and industry partners. The program has shown early success in helping students find industry jobs.
According to Tom Leary, HIMSS Foundation executive director, the foundation assists with costs associated with earning digital healthcare certifications to remove barriers for students from underserved communities.
While AI tools can help patients interpret their medical records, Altera Digital Health's Leigh Burchell, Policy Influencer Changemaker Award recipient, cautions patients against uploading data to non-HIPAA-compliant tools.
Julie Luengas, DNP, RN, Stony Brook Medicine CNIO and HIMSS Changemaker awardee, recommends that healthcare IT newcomers stay flexible and "take on every role possible" to learn about different processes and understand best practices.
Cedric Truss, Georgia State University educator and HIMSS Changemaker awardee, says that partnerships between healthcare organizations and academic institutions can ensure that students are better prepared to enter the industry post-graduation.
HIMSS-ACCE Changemaker Awardee Samantha Jacques, vice president of clinical engineering at McLaren Health Care, recommends that aspiring clinical engineers embrace technological change and continue to learn throughout their careers.
Damon Lanphear, Artera's new CTO and former Amazon leader, shares his vision for advancing the company's technology.