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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.
The interoperability group’s Data Usability Taking Root project is working to advance information exchange while making fragmented and incomplete data more usable for clinicians. Dr. Holly Miller, chief medical officer at MedAllies, explains more.
The Catholic Information Convergence Institute at CMC in South Korea has integrated all data across its eight affiliated hospitals to enable the development of novel AI solutions for personalized care delivery, according to director In-Young Choi.
Post-pandemic health equity can be fueled by investments in social work and technologies that make resources accessible to all people, says Felisha Norrington, director of academic assistance at GSU's College of Nursing and Health Professions.
Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of Clinical Informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, gives advice on pursuing data governance strategies.
Gina Bertolini, partner at K&L Gates, says health systems must invest time and resources to test their information systems to get ahead of cybercriminals.
Since 97% of American adults have a cell phone, keeping in contact is a good way to intervene in health issues and lower disparities, says Marci Bennafield, clinical instructor at Georgia State University's health informatics program.
Elise Kohl-Grant, co-chair of the programming committee at the HIMSS New York State Chapter, says the group is incorporating the patient perspective to see how individuals are engaging with their care.
As a starting point, plans can collect information on race and ethnicity from their members, says Leah Dewey, vice president of clinical and consumer engagement operations at Cotiviti.
The HEI is to incentivize contracts for plans to perform better for socially at-risk beneficiaries, says Christie Teigland, vice president of research science and advanced analytics at Inovalon.
Lusíadas Saúde Health Group needed to measure and improve performance per its strategic goals and chose EMRAM to navigate their hospitals through digital maturity, moving from intuitive to evidence-based management, according to CCIO Dr Ana Prado.
She discusses the company's approach to advanced natural language processing and large language models through its partnership with Google, its generative AI capability for clinical documentation, its conversational AI virtual assistant, and more.