Digital Checkup (553)

With digital streaming as well as AI, hospitals and health systems can improve their patient education materials, empowering patients at home and reducing the time nurses spend answering questions, says Anjali Kataria, Mytonomy CEO and cofounder.

Dr. Dustin Nowaskie, founder and president of OutCare Health, tells how their organization supports the LGBTQ+ healthcare journey by providing resources, support and education and conducting studies analyzing the community's care experience.

This week's announcement that Informa Markets will manage the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition is an opportunity to build, say leaders of both organizations.

One of the most prominent voices in health IT explains what artificial intelligence can and cannot do in healthcare, and reveals some of the AI work being done at Mayo.

Amir Bozorgzadeh, cofounder and CEO of Virtuleap, which offers gamified neuropsychological assessment in virtual reality for cognitive training, discusses the company's partnership with Roche to create a VR-based cognitive screening tool.

Niall O'Connor, chief technology officer at Cohere Health, shares strategies and insights on how payers and providers can prevent overwhelming administrative processes with automation.

Dr. Oscar C. Marroquin, chief healthcare data and analytics officer at the UPMC health system, talks about what it takes to create the clinical analytics infrastructure that makes technologies like AI and machine learning useful.

Edward Yurcisin, chief technology officer at the NCQA, says using the organization's open-source CQL engine to digitize HEDIS measures and others to improve the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and internationally with FHIR.

Dr. Joye Purser, field CISO for Veritas Technologies, explains high-impact cyber threats that healthcare organizations face, as well as how to build a security culture from the inside out to prevent and combat data breaches.

Payel Das, principal research staff member and manager in the Trusted AI department of IBM and IBM master inventor, relays the prospect of large language models filling gaps in data and generating insight based on what is missing.

The nursing shortage is not going away and will require creative solutions such as virtual care, says Caregility Chief Nursing Officer Wendy Deibert.

Naomi Fried, CEO and founder of PharmStars, discusses the 13 startups from its cohort on digital innovation for women's health and health equity and details of the accelerators' next cohort, Digital Innovations in Therapeutic Delivery.