Women in Healthcare IT (791)

Hospitals Without Borders is less than a year old, but director of licensing and communications Joan Webley says the organization has already delivered two pediatric clinics that are now being used in Cairo.

Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, discusses the company’s surgical robot, Maestro, designed for laparoscopic soft-tissue procedures, which provides surgeons with an extra set of hands so they can focus more fully on the operation itself.

Companies interested in applying to the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) should learn how the health system works and build connections with patients, who can be powerful advocates, says Mindy Simon, NIA's co-director.

Dr. Sarah Hoffe, interim chair of GI oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, shares how a virtual reality (VR) tool helped relieve a patient's anxiety about undergoing treatment by enabling him to experience a simulation of the procedure.

While today's harried nurses are pressed to provide holistic care, Mercy's Tracy Breece says she believes that in five years AI will seamlessly integrate into their workflows and empower them to fully engage with patients.

As nursing continues to evolve, Regina Wysocki, senior informatics program manager at Lone Star Communications, recommends that nurses educate themselves on informatics and digital health trends to provide better care for patients.

Molly Gibson, president of future science at Lila Sciences, discusses the company's superintelligence platform to advance scientific research, AI technology's promise in curing diseases and the risks the company is watching out for.

The University of Chicago's Julie Johnson says she was recruited out of clinical nursing to become a "translator" between IT teams and clinicians to help turn data into actionable insights that improve patient care.

Baptist Health's Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq says the healthcare organization takes an outcomes-driven approach to lessening clinicians' burdens and enhancing patient care, which led to reaching the highest level of the HIMSS C-COMM maturity model.

Dr. Galia Barkai, director general of Sheba Beyond, a virtual hospital affiliated with Israel's largest medical center, says the facility blends telemedicine with in-person visits to deliver hospital-quality care remotely.

About 42% of births in the U.S. are paid by Medicaid, which has lower rates than other insurance, says Anu Sharma, founder and CEO of the tech-enabled Millie.

Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, DirectTrust's chief strategy officer, says the organization began as an ONC initiative but now independently supports a secure EHR-based communication network and accredits health technology.