Women in Healthcare IT (803)

To relieve healthcare leaders' burnout and help them use their data effectively, Julia Zarb, CEO and founder of Blue x Blue and a HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, uses AI agents to identify and access the data they need to make informed choices.

Health plans that are transparent and offer access to care and member benefits have great Net Promoter Score (NPS) results, says Rita Sharma, chief product officer at Pager Health. NPS measures customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Nelita Iuppa, Cleveland Clinic's executive director of informatics and a Changemaker Award recipient, says to her, the HIMSS vision and mission highlight how data can improve population health and will also inspire the next generation.

Elizabeth Regan, University of South Carolina professor and HIMSS25 Changemaker Award recipient, says that healthcare challenges are rooted in how care is provided, and that health IT can help solve those issues.

Social gaming platforms are emerging as effective tools to deliver health education to young people by integrating health messaging into gaming environments, says Anca Petre, cofounder of MedShake Studio.

Ida Tin, who coined the term "femtech" and founded think tank Femtech Assembly, says more money needs to be put toward women's health research and regulation needs to be more gender-informed.

Monae Haskins, senior application analyst at Atlantic Health System, received the award for teaching CAHIMS and CPHIMS professional certification courses in healthcare information technology to low-income urban students at community colleges.

Zayna Khayat, health futurist and University of Toronto adjunct professor, argues that to meet expanding global healthcare needs, leaders must design digital-first, asset-light systems, which would enable more flexible and adaptive care delivery.

Virginia Halsey, SVP of strategy at First Databank, discusses the company's technology, which resides within EHR systems to offer guidance to clinicians on issues such as patient-specific dosing and possible drug interactions.

Elsie Gori, 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient and nursing informatics specialist at Lone Star Communications, describes how data helps new nurses learn proven treatment methods while they gain experience in hands-on care.

Coders and clinicians need to have a meeting of the minds, says Christine Stetler, a registered nurse and AVP of Solution Engineering at MedeAnalytics.

Before deploying AI to reduce burnout and administrative burden, Angie Cox, Nautilus Solutions CEO and founder, recommends including nurses and doctors in the process so their concerns can be addressed.