Kari Hedges, SVP at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Laurent Rotival, SVP at Cambia Health Solutions, say the industry must put patients at the center, use standards like HL7 FHIR and get the entire ecosystem working together.

Tools exist to engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS.

Brian Eastwood, content strategist at ReviveHealth and a HIMSS19 social media ambassador, says hospitals are deploying the tools to handle low-priority tasks such as turning on the TV or closing shades so clinicians can focus on patient care.

(Sponsored) Michel Amous, regional managing director at InterSystems, discusses how enabling providers and regulators to focus on patients will improve the quality of care delivered and potentially reduce the number of adverse events.

Wende Hutton, general partner at Canaan Partners, says there’s room for improvement in transparency and patient identification but there's also the potential for blockchain to be corrupted.

Andrew Mellin, VP, Medical Informatics Physician at Surescripts, says his company's price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the clinical and economic best interests of the patient.

Tom Skelton, CEO of Surescripts, discusses how his company's product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives.

Anne Snowdon, with the World Health Innovation Network, and Blain Newton with HIMSS, discuss how the new maturity model for supply chain, H-SIMM, can help improve patient safety as well as potentially save health systems billions of dollars.

Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS, talks about a HIMSS19 showcase that deals with topics, including data sharing, patient engagement, social determinants of health, that intersection with interoperability.

Rebecca Kaul, Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses using technology to take compassionate care to the next level, rather than leading with innovative tech that doesn't always solve the big problems.

KLAS VP of Business Development Doug Tolley says revenue cycle management, patient and physician engagement, business intelligence and analytics, pop health and a clinically oriented supply chain are some key pieces.

Liz Rockett Director at Kaiser Permanente Ventures on looking through the KP lens at innovations that align with its focus on high-value care, putting patients first and thinking about clinicians.