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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.
Sophia Brown, RN, Strategic Informatics Solutions' founder and CEO, recommends that health systems allow clinicians to test new AI tools before implementation to ensure they work well and are useful.
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.
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.
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.
According to Arcadia SVP Anna Basevich, the Rural Health Transformation Program will give $50 billion to hospitals to help them expand their workforces and shift to care models that will enhance outcomes and reduce costs.
HIMSS Life Fellow and National University professor Linda Travis Macomber, RN, talks about her career in AI and how data continuity, AI-powered decision support and virtual care can drive the next wave of healthcare transformation.
Kerri Webster, RN, Children's Hospital Colorado VP and chief analytics officer, says the hospital prioritizes training staff in AI literacy to ensure that outputs are validated and the technology is used ethically.