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Why was Qatar considered one of the best healthcare systems during the pandemic? Prof. Mahmood Adil, ministerial advisor for the country's Ministry of Public Health reveals the answer, along with how the sector is moving forward.

Dr. Ahmed Balkhair, advisor to the Saudi National Health Information Center, details the unified vision adopted by Saudi and wider GCC governments focused on enhancing healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency, plus patient satisfaction.

Bringing telehealth and other tools into the doctor’s office increases access and destigmatizes mental health conditions, says Dr. Nele Jessel, chief medical officer at athenahealth.

Pauliina Ilmonen, mathematician at Aalto University in Finland, discusses a project she and her colleagues are working on emulating a zombie plague to garner insights into how a major event like a pandemic or mass disinformation can spread.

Health systems can readily access a wealth of valuable insights using analytic tools only if they know how to wield it effectively, says Associate Professor Low Cheng Ooi, Sheares Healthcare Group CTO.

Few hospitals or health systems have a physician in this role – but that is changing. Geisinger's physician AI maestro Dr. Aalpen Patel discusses his role and why AI needs to be democratized in healthcare.

Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of analytics for HIMSS, details focus areas of the HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), which assesses organizations' digital infrastructure to determine the full value of IT investments.

Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and Dr. Robert Louis, neurosurgeon, explain the effect virtual reality has had on patient experiences across multiple specialties and its ROI for Hoag Hospital.

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.

Gabriela Mustata Wilson, director of health and public health informatics at the Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about how patient and SDOH data can help improve community health.

Andrew Eye, cofounder and CEO of ClosedLoop.ai, addresses zero tolerance for "black box" algorithms, achieving fairness with patient-level explainable AI and establishing best ML practices to advise thoughtful healthcare policy decisions.

Jeffrey Schneider at DoD and Navin Natoewal at Philips explain how algorithms and consumer wearables that predicted 73% of service members COVID-19 cases up to 2.5 days prior to symptoms could be used in healthcare.