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Real-time prescription-benefit data has had a dramatic impact, with patients notably saving money on medication and picking up 8% more scripts, say Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO.

Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird, says revised interoperability rules that may drop in June could shed light on reasonable fees and exceptions, details on sensitive information sharing and public health IT certification requirements.

There’s a lot of cash ready to deploy but private equity buyers need sellers who have realistic value expectations, says Aytan Dahukey, partner and leader of Sheppard Mullin’s private equity team.

Cole Wiser, executive creative director and partner at The Virtual Wild, and Srini Iyer, SVP and chief technology officer for Leidos' health and civil sector, discuss using holograms and extended reality for patient engagement and training.

CIO Craig Kwiatkowski offers a look at the AI tools at the famous health system, how its AI-powered primary care app is training AI on data sets that reflect diverse populations, and how he measures the success of AI-enabled initiative.

Craig Kwiatkowski also discusses whether to build or buy AI, and how patients and clinicians are responding to these tools.

MA plans will need to measure performance ahead of 2027 when CMS will start rewarding plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities, says Anna Basevich, SVP of Enterprise Partnerships and Customer Enablement at Arcadia.

The model allows for a gradual approach to risk for more conservative and less experienced ACOs, in comparison to ACO REACH, which requires a greater tolerance for risk but has more rewards, says David Morris, EVP at Cedar Gate Technologies.

Combining clinical data and mathematical models can increase precision and expedite treatment plans. Thierry Marchal of Ansys and researcher María Angeles Pérez discuss its use in pediatric abdominal cancer and across specialties.

Scott Doolittle, Quantum Health CFO, discusses how his company allows visibility into the entire care journey for all stakeholders.

First-step recommendations are: Do the basics, as in following HIPAA security-rule compliance and doing a security-risk analysis, says Carolyn Metnick, partner at Sheppard Mullin and member of their Healthcare and privacy and cybersecurity team.

Kellee Stewart, actress, writer, producer and fertility advocate, discusses her fertility journey and subsequent association with evite and family building and fertility company Progeny to expand cognizance around fertility health.