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Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic CIO, explains that her team is evolving to not only offer technical support, but to help address adoption challenges and secure staff buy-in for new tools.
AI policy is unfolding in real time on the local and national levels, and HIMSS' Robert Havasy says HIMSS26 provided a venue to hear about these changes from federal and state legislators.
Despite progress in using advanced analytics, Jill Seys, senior director for North America analytics at HIMSS, says that many healthcare organizations are still challenged with tailoring communications for patients.
Leaders new to healthcare IT should evaluate their organization's level of readiness, governance and infrastructure to determine what technology will work best and how to move forward, says Sepi Browning, HIMSS Changemaker awardee for veterans' health.
As a recently appointed HIMSS board member Dr. Meong Hi Son, Samsung Medical Center CMIO, says she is excited to elevate previously unheard voices and inspire young innovators who can help build the future of healthcare.
Patrick Bizeau, Swiss Medical Network CIO and Senior Executive Changemaker Awardee, advises healthcare IT newcomers to spend time with clinicians and patients to understand the friction that digital tools must help alleviate.
HIMSS26 kicked off Tuesday in Las Vegas with informative keynotes and discussions on healthcare's hottest topics. Hear from HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf and catch some of the insights that leaders shared at the HIMSS TV Insider news booth.
Kaiser Permanente's Surya Shenoy and Jerri Westphal say that intelligent AI agents can help provide patient education and post-discharge support, but stress that nurses must guide content creation to avoid misinformation.
Anne Snowdon, HIMSS' chief scientific research officer, cautions that AI tools won't improve operations or care delivery unless the technology fits into existing workflows; clinicians and staff must also be trained in their use.
When a small practice suffers a cyberattack, recovery costs may force closures that leave communities without local care options, according to All Covered's Danielle Morrison.