Women in Healthcare IT (805)

Those living with chronic health conditions should be acknowledged and respected as the experts in managing their own care, says Renza Scibilia, Manager, Type 1 Diabetes and Consumer Voice, Diabetes Australia.

Startups should work closely with their target audiences in the product-creation phase and healthcare providers need to be more willing to prescribe digital healthcare solutions, says Karolina Korth, founder of the Kuala Lumpur Health 2.0 chapter.

Hong Xu, CPC Party Secretary at Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, talks digital health, smart hospitals and where tech fits into the government's Healthy China initiative.

Pirkko Kortekangas, Chief Development Officer at UNA Plan in Finland, says that data privacy is a priority, but sharing information is key in terms of identifying medical solutions.

Romanian Health Minister Sorina Pintea speaks to Charles Alessi, HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer, about digitizing primary care, plans to reform the healthcare system, and the concept of a digital hospital.

Hazel Jones, Programme Director, Apps & Wearables at NHS Digital talks about the wide range of healthcare apps that were put through a stringent assessment process before being made available in the UK's NHS apps library.

Christiana Care Health System CSIO Anahi Santiago says hospitals have to invest in security tools to stay ahead of cyberthreats, but that it's just as important to focus on people and process as it is on technology.

Anne Snowdon, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Windsor, discusses the development of supply chain maturity model H-SIMM and how healthcare supply chains help achieve the most desirable outcomes for patients.

Jane Miller, COO of Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, says her organization, which reached the elite stage 7 O-EMRAM, treated EMR implementation as a clinical transformation project, not an IT project.

Shakira Brown, CEO of SMB Strategic Media, says to focus on business value, such as lowering costs, improving productivity, and increasing revenue when trying to get executive buy-in for cybersecurity funding.

Robin Frady, Executive Director, B&CI Information Services at Grady Health System, talks about her organization’s success with using AI and data to target at-risk patients with post-discharge EMS outreach.

Suzanne Schwartz, Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships at the FDA, shared insights and advice on medical device security, including cybersecurity attack response and best practices for CIOs and CTOs.