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Christos Schizas with the National eHealth Authority of Cyprus discusses the Xt-EHR project, a European Commission-funded joint action that will lay the foundation for the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
HIMSS' Rob Havasy and PMI's Karla Eidem stress that healthcare organizations need to ensure that strong data governance and clearly defined objectives are in place before building AI tools.
Chief AI officers share similarities to the C-suite role that gained favor in the early EHR days. Both need to demystify technical terms and partner with diverse stakeholders, says Christopher Kunney, partner at IOTech Consulting.
Dr. Srinivasan Suresh of UPMC Children's Hospital says the hospital tailors its use of custom-built and vendor AI tools to clinicians' actual problems, with multidisciplinary oversight to help protect vulnerable patients.
Historical context to health IT for newer health IT professionals and takeaways that can foster stronger multidisciplinary IT-oriented teams from Dr. Jonathan M. Sternlieb, an Epic Emeritus CMIO and longtime informaticist.
Ahmad Awada of Mediclinic Middle East says that successful digital health transformation relies on involving clinicians, nurses and even patients early to discover what each group needs and the usability of any proposed tools.
Payer-provider collaboration in data exchange is being mandated and payers must speed up the prior authorization process, says Courtney Yeakel, chief product officer of the Payer Unit at Veradigm.
Dr. Everett Weiss, medical director for health informatics at Rochester Regional Health, says it's key to ask: "Why are we using this technology? How is it helping everyone work at the top of their license? And how is it good for patients?"
Sumit Nagpal, Cherish Health founder and CEO, says the company's radar-powered device assesses residents' health and safety with AI and automatically alerts family and a security center in case of emergency.
Karthik Raja, chief analytics and AI officer at Ascension, offers expert advice with his answer, and explains the bonds between analytics and AI that make each technology better.
Louiza Chitour, 10FT Ventures cofounder, says countries in the Middle East and Africa (MENA) need investors, policymakers and startups to align on funding and designing digital health solutions that can benefit the region.
Dr. Amit Gir, Phox Health CEO and cofounder, discusses collaborations with UW Medicine, Alaska Airlines and The MetroHealth System to improve patient access to specialty medication via delivery, and its anticipated move into drone deliveries.