Operational and medical device challenges that follow health system consolidations can be mitigated by creating a zero trust footprint, says Cletis Earle, healthcare field chief technology officer at Citrix.

Peter Kolarov, Crayonic CEO, says the company is bringing digital identity tags to hospitals that use biometrics to authenticate clinicians seamlessly and automatically log them in and out of workstations based on proximity.

Leaders from the Lombardy, Tuscany and Lazio regions of Italy discuss using HIMSS' EMRAM maturity model to measure the impact of digital health projects funded by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

Sebastien Doyen, Twinskin CEO, says the company's app analyzes 20-second videos that clinicians take with a mobile device to determine how wounds change over the course of treatment.

Amy Chacko, IT portfolio manager at Hackensack Meridian Health, says the HIMSS chapter members she's spoken with are implementing AI slowly and carefully due to concerns about patient safety and achieving strategic goals.

Nicole Ramage, HIMSS' senior global market insights manager, says her department's focus is expanding to help healthcare leaders better understand AI adoption, market trends and regional differences across North America, EMEA and APAC.

Baxter Lee, president of Clearwater, says building organizational resilience in an AI-driven threat landscape is a must despite critical national coordination efforts to patch healthcare vulnerabilities swiftly.

Pothik Chatterjee says Houston Methodist & Rice University's Digital Health Institute combines AI algorithms with data from disparate sources including clinical images to uncover patterns that can inform patient care.