Bruce Barnes, Brooke Army Medical Center CIO, recommends that IT leaders tailor lessons to their audience in ways that are relevant and understandable, just as an instructor would in a college classroom.
Wendy Charles of the University of Denver and Renee Pratt of the University of North Georgia discuss how providers can balance the speed ambient AI brings to clinical documentation with its accuracy and integration hurdles.
Radha Nagarajan, senior data scientist at Rady Children's Health, advises potential HIMSS Global Conference presenters to follow guidelines on HIMSS' proposal submission portal.
Matt Cybulsky, managing director at Catalant, discusses whether, in the future, AI will become so prevalent in care delivery that clinicians will be seen as negligent for not using it.
Jesus Diaz, director of nursing informatics and training at Memorial Healthcare System, recommends that IT teams introduce new tools to clinical leaders and explain their benefits rather than rolling them out from the top down.
Jeffrey Weide, product manager at symplr, discusses how the HIMSS Professional Development Committee is revamping its offerings so emerging leaders can gain skills that keep up with healthcare's ever-changing demands.
Patient visit documentation must accurately reflect the clinical reality of patient care to serve care coordination and timely reimbursement, according to Dr. Sari Green, physician executive director at Accuity.
Just-in-time training supports the integration of new digital tools into clinical workflows, enabling clinicians to focus on connecting directly with patients, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, uPerform CMO.
Alexandra Wright, director of research of HIMSS' Office of Scientific Research, talks about how HIMSS analytics and advisory services help healthcare organizations determine the necessary steps to reach their strategic goals.
Bob Watson, Health Gorilla CEO, says that proving interoperability's financial benefits may encourage health systems to connect to TEFCA networks.
Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank says the company's agentic AI cloud enables health systems to consolidate administrative workloads on a common infrastructure rather than purchase individual tools for each process.
Julia Zarb, Blue x Blue CEO and founder, says healthcare can't follow the same digitization practices as other industries due to its patient variables, strict care delivery policies and the need for human judgment.
