HIMSS TV
At the helm of Taiwan's national smart health project, the National Science and Technology Council facilitates partnerships between university hospitals and the ICT industry. Andrea Hsu, director general at the agency, discusses.
For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior director of government relations Valerie Rogers explains how state and federal policies, along with IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange, are improving perinatal health outcomes.
For Global Health Equity Week, Knight Consulting principal and New Jersey HIMSS member Mike Relli, describes how Section 1115 waivers can help states boost access and reduce SDOH disparities for citizens reentering the community after incarceration.
Jill Brewer, market insights lead at HIMSS, previews a new report that finds third-party risk management to be the top challenge and vulnerability for health system IT leaders and execs – many of whom are seeking AI-powered threat detection tools.
Cybersecurity expert Richard Staynings of the University of Denver says the clinical information used for AI-enabled decision support models needs to be protected – but that's a tall order with so much of it to manage.
This can include mentorship and support for local communities, work to improve health equity at the state level and much more, says Marjorie Rosen, vice chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force.
A virtual nursing success story emerges from a large New York health system, and examples of the kinds of care coordination services that virtual nurses can handle during message triage, from Anurag Mehta, CEO of Omega Healthcare.
Virtual reality holds huge potential, says Adam Hutchinson, founder and CEO of oVRcome, which recently ran a trial of its self-guided tool for social anxiety. He discusses the goal of closing the gap in access to VR treatment for providers and patients.
Greg Garcia, executive director of the Health Sector Coordinating Council's Cybersecurity Working Group, says breaches have increased 250% over the past five years – and ransomware attacks are up 280%. Here's what health systems can do in response.
Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney with Polsinelli, says benefit increases to MA, piled onto increased consumer expectations, are squeezing insurers' bottom lines, and that affects providers with risk-based arrangements in particular.