Women in Healthcare IT (799)

The work of updating provider directories is the responsibility of payers, and much of it is still being done manually with mistakes incurring heavy penalties, says Megan Schmidt, CEO at Madaket Health.

Fewer people are looking for services through a hospital website, making providers potentially invisible at the very moment patients are deciding where to get care, says Ann Bilyew, president of WebMD Ignite.

Dr. Nicole Sirotin, CEO of the Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi, warns against unproven longevity fads and calls for rigorous, regulated evidence-based care to improve healthspan and patient safety.

Fakeeh Care Group's Dr. Tamara Sunbul discusses a future for healthcare in which AI "copilots" support clinicians, data flows freely through systems and patients are more empowered, resulting in more preventive and proactive care.

Ruby Gadelrab, MDisrupt CEO and founder, and Lisa Suennen, managing partner at American Heart Association Ventures, discuss their collaboration to co-develop a platform to connect experts and innovators focused on brain and heart health.

Pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Daniela Carvalho at Rady Children's Health in San Diego discusses California's first pediatric Nucleus Nexa cochlear implant and the significance of this milestone for advancing hearing care.

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.

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.

It should be "always adjunctive" to clinical processes, says Dr. Ami Bhatt, chief innovation officer at the American College of Cardiology, who sees big things for decision support, patient triage, safer nuclear imaging, patient engagement and more.

Dr. Amina Al Jasmi talks about how Emirates Health Services is scaling AI across radiology to boost early diagnosis for TB, stroke and osteoporosis, train junior radiologists and enable proactive medicine.

Rachini Moosavi, chief analytics officer at UNC Health, explains how the provider system is moving beyond genAI to find success with RPA, agents and ambient listening. She explains why it convenes dedicated teams to help with AI enablement efforts.

The recently released UpToDate Expert AI brings generative AI to clinicians at the point of care to provide treatment and diagnostic guidance, says Julie Frey, VP of product at Wolters Kluwer Health.