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Dr. Matthew Herrmann, an infectious disease specialist and the chief medical officer at Pacific Oaks Medical Group, discusses ViiV Healthcare's HIV awareness campaign and the barriers associated with HIV patients achieving viral suppression.
He describes the unique information technology and interoperability needs of the company, which offers dental, vision, life and disability coverage, as it interfaces with the larger healthcare space.
Business associates vetted for the CMS Medicare App Library must still consider their third-party risk requirements, says Scott Stuewe of DirectTrust. However, vetted FHIR-based data exchange apps are helping to improve the comfort of data holders.
New artificial intelligence models have unpredictable consumption-based costs, says Rhett Alden, Elsevier's CTO of health markets. But "all you can eat models" and inclusive pricing can avoid the need for clinicians to meter tool use.
The underlying challenge is how to fund an industry that's very important but is also perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy, says Kunal Sarda, CEO of Arya Health.
It's a struggle to provide an explanation and clarity on why a claim was denied with the level of detail required, says Fawad Butt, CEO at Penguin Ai.
Dr. Deepti Pandita, CMIO and VP of clinical Informatics at UCI Health, says healthcare organizations may not always know where every AI tool exists, making system-wide AI awareness and governance essential.
Operational and medical device challenges that follow health system consolidations can be mitigated by creating a zero trust footprint, says Cletis Earle, healthcare field chief technology officer at Citrix.
Peter Kolarov, Crayonic CEO, says the company is bringing digital identity tags to hospitals that use biometrics to authenticate clinicians seamlessly and automatically log them in and out of workstations based on proximity.
Intel's Renu Navale says edge AI can be effective for assisting with time-critical clinical tasks and explains how leaders can build hybrid AI strategies that place each workflow where it delivers the greatest value for care.
Leaders from the Lombardy, Tuscany and Lazio regions of Italy discuss using HIMSS' EMRAM maturity model to measure the impact of digital health projects funded by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
Sebastien Doyen, Twinskin CEO, says the company's app analyzes 20-second videos that clinicians take with a mobile device to determine how wounds change over the course of treatment.