Digital Checkup (552)

Josh Di Frances, vice president and head of incubation at LG NOVA, discusses the winners of the company's 2024 Startup Pitch Competition, its Mission for the Future Program and opportunities for startups at next year's InnoFest event.

The program is still rebounding from COVID-19 provisions, but CMS, in incentivizing quality improvements, is raising the bar to reach the top star ratings, says Cindy Henry, director of population health informatics at ZeOmega.

Forty percent of hospital revenue comes from the operating room, so backlogs have a huge impact on financials, says Rami Karjian, head of operating rooms business at LeanTaaS.

The need for robust coordination on cybersecurity threats will push both parties to cooperate in 2025 despite leadership changes, says Cliff Steinhauer, information security and engagement director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

When hiring nurses and other patient-facing staff, hospitals should know the fastest growing workforce segment wants work/life harmony, says Robert Crowe, founder and CEO of Matchwell and EVP at Medical Solutions.

UC San Diego Health is getting more than that using generative AI under the guidance of its new Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh. The physician details this and other AI projects and offers tips to execs looking to be a Chief AI Officer.

They must answer for all things artificial intelligence in a health system – and have clinical and AI knowledge, which does not need to be evenly balanced, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.

From images of patients' digitized pathology, AI gets a view of cells of the tumor for recommended therapy and long- term prognoses, says Andre Esteva CEO of Artera.

Eric Smith, the chief digital officer at the Houston-based health system discusses how it's using artificial intelligence tools to streamline operations and improve clinical outcomes, and how an AI Governance Council keeps focus on the human.

Sunny Virmani, group product manager of health AI at Google, discusses the tech giant's AI model for diabetic retinopathy, AI's potential to transform the healthcare industry and patient access to care, and Google's plans for AI in 2025.

Calls are answered quickly, keeping patients engaged in the central scheduling system, says Yuriy Kotlyar, cofounder and CEO of American Health Connection.

Oklahoma Heart Hospital CIO David Miles and his team achieved this Herculean task. Miles offers tips for those facing an EHR switch, discusses staff resistance, and talks what it takes to successfully work with a consulting firm.