Women in Healthcare IT (832)

AI reduces the cognitive burden of overseeing multiple chronic conditions and social determinants during 30-minute patient visits with chart summaries that hyper-personalize recommendations, says Lori Walker, Presbyterian Healthcare Services' CMIO.

Penn Medicine's Anna Schoenbaum says nurses can accelerate digital technology adoption by identifying care challenges, working with IT staff to find tools that can help and engaging key stakeholders to vet those tools.

Nicole Rogas, RevSpring president, says the company's new AI tool provides healthcare customer service representatives with real-time financial data on patients to guide more empathetic conversations about payment options.

Kyruus Health's Gen Conlin says the company's AI-powered tool simplifies the process of searching for care via multiple online sources by determining patients' desired location and type of care.

Essex County College's Elvy Vieira discusses the college's participation in the NJ Pathways initiative and partnership with HIMSS to help students earn credentials that can lead to high-paying healthcare and health IT jobs.

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.