Dr. Chia-Ying Liu, head of Physician Hospitalist Inpatient Division at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, says the hospital has learned from HIMSS maturity model validation to define measurable goals first, then deploy tools to achieve them.

Michael Cohen and Chanie Suttner, Discovery Health actuaries, discuss their research, which demonstrated that very high and low temperatures drive spikes in doctor visits, emergency care and hospital utilization.

Miquel Bru Angelats, Genomcore cofounder and CBDO, talks about the SiGenES project, a national library of shared Spanish genomic variants to help clinicians deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses.

A volunteer review team from the HIMSS Global Health Education Committee evaluates more than 500 proposals to determine the direction for each year's conference, says Paul Brian Contino, Healthcare Strategy Advisor CIO.