Women in Healthcare IT (865)

Anna Schoenbaum, VP of applications and digital health at Penn Medicine and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about working with diverse teams to provide digital solutions that transform care delivery and enhance patient experiences.

The technology opportunities of standing up a new hospital, importance of provider and patient experience and, of course, AI, are among the topics we discuss with Chief Information Innovation Officer Myra Davis.

Pearly Chen, VP of business development and partnerships at HTC VIVE, discusses the state of extended reality (XR) training in healthcare, challenges relayed pertaining to the adoption of immersive tech and HTC’s Accelerator X program.

Kathryn Jackson, VP of language operations at AMN Healthcare, relays how sign language interpretation delivery has changed as technology has evolved and tips for providers to ensure patients who are hard of hearing receive proper care. 

Barbee Mooneyhan, VP of security, IT and privacy at Woebot Health, says conversations about cybersecurity, data governance and solutions should be happening at the C-suite level.

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.

Janice Reese, advisory member of the HSCC Cybersecurity Working Group, discusses the need for legacy system transformation and to break down the data silos after mergers and acquisitions in order to deliver more personalized and secure care.

Renee Broadbent, CIO and information security officer at SoNE Healthcare, says creating a culture of security starts from the top down and keeping staff educated about increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks.

OrthoVirginia didn't pay the millions attackers demanded and instead embarked on an 18-month recovery process while continuing to serve patients coming in for overdue surgeries following the COVID-19 pandemic, says CIO Terri Ripley.

Patient-centered coordinated care at Davies Award winner Texas Children's Hospital is enabled by a partnership between quality and safety departments, clinical operations and IT systems, says assistant VPs Tarra Kerr and Ashok Kurian.

Kathleen McGrow, CNIO at Microsoft and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about how her nursing background and affinity for clinicians drives her to promote technology that can relieve their administrative burden.

Anna Dover, director of product management at FDB (formerly First Databank), talks problems prescribers face with drug-related clinical decision support alerts, how IT can help and the potential role of AI.