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Investing in the workforce, in the professional development of nurses, and in rewards and recognition helps retain nurses, says Scott Estep, system vice president for nursing operations and capacity management at OhioHealth.
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Because healthcare IT requires an enormous amount of late hours, a lot of travel and in-person meetings, work-life balance is a major challenge for women working in IT, says Jeffery Daigrepont, SVP of Coker Group.
A Singaporean startup is set to introduce its doctor companion AI across Australia and Southeast Asia starting this year.
AI and genAI can reduce paperwork and errors by automating tasks prone to human error like data entry, clinical documentation and billing, says Aashima Gupta, Google Cloud's healthcare vertical lead.
A lot of things are moving healthcare interoperability forward. The amount of progress that's been made even in the past 18 months is amazing and a lot of people are paying attention to it, says Dan Torrens, eHealth Technologies CEO.
People in the workforce are increasingly looking for work-life harmony. Flex work is very much in demand, says Robert Crowe, EVP of per diem and local workforce strategies at Medical Solutions and founder of Matchwell.
It's important that Congress take action on the telehealth and remote patient monitoring extensions from the pandemic that officially expire on December 31, says Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS.
Pivoting from a healthcare administrator leader into chief health AI officer requires a substantial amount of health AI knowledge or a willingness to get that knowledge, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.
The demand for jobs in cybersecurity is good. Students need to look at where they want to land and consider some career options, says Laquan Black, assistant professor of Health Information Technology at Guttman Community College CUNY.
To ensure proper AI use in healthcare, chief AI officers must be proactive, reach out to colleagues, develop valuable relationships and set up informational sessions, says Dennis Chornenky, UC Davis Health chief AI advisor.