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Caroline Zago, healthcare informatics leader for Latin America at Philips, talks about how her company's products are helping to solve the region's need to aggregate healthcare data from multiple sources.
JeanCarlo Luz, electronic medical records leader at Philips, says the capabilities of electronic medical records used in Latin American hospitals vary and that the company's EMR can help to streamline operations and enhance care delivery.
Dr. Alfredo Almerares, clinical executive manager at InterSystems, says the company's generative AI tools that summarize patient visits are helping Latin American clinicians to relieve burnout and build patient relationships.
Mental health providers quickly adopted telehealth during the pandemic. Now Dr. Colin Banas, DrFirst's chief medical officer, believes AI agents can assist these understaffed offices with triage and prescription management.
HIMSS Changemaker Awardee Jong-Soo Choi, CTO of South Korea's Samsung Medical Center, says the hospital's central goal of improving patient engagement and care quality has helped it achieve Stage 7 on the AMAM maturity model.
Teresa Sacchetta, healthcare director at InterSystems Brazil, discusses how the company helps healthcare organizations to integrate patient data within their own systems and share that data between different hospitals and networks.
Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, program director of nursing informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Awardee, says nurses are embracing digital tools that improve their workflows and their unique connections with patients.
Attendees and panelists provide highlights of the HIMSS25 Smart Health Transformation Forum and what they learned from the health systems and innovators piloting and implementing healthcare technologies, such as virtual nursing.
HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf emphasizes how achieving Stage 6 and 7 validations is a step toward advancing healthcare quality and accessibility, while global awardees discuss the journey toward validation and the benefits of digital transformation.
To relieve healthcare leaders' burnout and help them use their data effectively, Julia Zarb, CEO and founder of Blue x Blue and a HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, uses AI agents to identify and access the data they need to make informed choices.
At the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum, officials say pushing for more data and interoperability is key to keeping up with the rest of the healthcare industry.
Sara Luisa Mintrone, chief marketing officer for the Dedalus Group, says the company is using AI not just to develop products for clinicians, but throughout its internal processes, including software development and customer support.