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Valerie Rogers, senior director of government relations at HIMSS, explains how perinatal care benefits from state and federal policies that promote more equitable outcomes, as well as IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange.

After the pandemic, Indonesians are back to seeking consultations in person but SMC Telogorejo Hospital keeps it for a specific patient sector, shares president director Dr Alice Sutedjo Lisa.

Beyond smart hospitals, Taiwan also looks to enable healthcare at home, according to Andrea Hsu, a director general at the National Science and Technology Council.

HIMSS found third-party risk management is the top weak link for IT leaders and executives, with most wanting AI powered threat detection, a solution usually not done inhouse, says Jill Brewer, market insights lead.

Lawsuits against CMS, such as the one filed by UnitedHealth, may become the norm in part due to Chevron doctrine being overturned, says Jenn Kerfoot, chief strategy and growth officer at DUOS.

Dr. Dimitra Panteli, lead on innovation for the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, stresses the need for European countries to learn from each other's successes and challenges to build sound digital health frameworks.

Dee Cantrell, HIMSS Georgia chapter secretary, says the connections that local chapters make with legislators and with each other to help improve healthcare locally, nationally and globally, keep her motivated to volunteer.

There's a much excitement in the informatics world, about the potential for higher-value, lower-risk automation and augmentation says Dr. Shreya Shah, medical informatics director at Stanford Health Care.

CMIO Dr Mira Kang shares the organization's journey toward becoming an exemplar of hospital digitalisation.

If clinical end users can't be confident in artificial intelligence, it will be difficult to expect them to adopt it, says Dr. Sonya Makhni, medical director of applied informatics at Mayo Clinic Platform.

Christine Antorini, former minister of education for Denmark and current nursing student, says mobile-friendly EHRs and AI tools that fit into nurses' workflows can foster better nurse-patient relationships.

Dr. Diana van Stijn, Lapsi Health CMO, says digital health companies should work with healthcare professionals, patients and each other to develop new tools that are both usable and marketable.