HIMSS21

At HIMSS21, a leader from Brigham and Women's Digital Innovation Hub will explain more about its hospital-wide crowdsourcing initiative, designed to elicit problem-solving ideas from frontline staff.

In advance of his appearance at HIMSS21, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, who also served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, says the government and private sector must work more closely and collaboratively.

At HIMSS21, consultant and patient advocate Laura Jantos will offer personal perspective on the "huge opportunity" to develop tools that help all patients to engage meaningfully with their own care.  

"Even the perfect digital solution, based on all known facts today, may no longer optimally hit the mark once it’s been fully deployed in the future," says one expert, who will explain more at HIMSS21.

Although XR tech is often used for games and entertainment, experts say it can be leveraged for creative healthcare solutions too.

An executive at its Center for Telehealth explains how the Pennsylvania health system evaluates virtual care models – and when it knows it's time for an ER visit instead.

The health system's medical director explains how clinical AI is better than predictive analytics when it comes to improving patient outcomes.

In the inaugural episode of the Changemaker Podcast series, Alison Connelly-Flores, CMIO at Bronx-based Urban Health Plan, describes the hard-hit early days of COVID-19, strategies for vaccine distribution and the value of social determinants of health.

A deputy chief information security officer offers a comprehensive checklist for infosec leaders, helping ease the daunting task of talking cybersecurity with health system leadership.

As one expert will explain at HIMSS21, the scalable dev technique is "capable of an almost infinite array of features and uses" and represents "custom software at its best."