Population and Public Health
The health system's 10-year project uses proven digital tools to help patients with conditions such as hypertension and diabetes better manage their care. Dan Shields, Ochsner's CEO of digital medicine, explains.
Consolidating vaccine records from multiple providers and recommending additional needed doses has big benefits for patients, says Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association.
Success Stories & ROI
The Ohio health system has so far used the technology to reduce its readmission rate from 25% to 18% and its average length of stay from 25 days to 18.
The government has recently disclosed its investment plan for physical infrastructure in healthcare.
The first Latin American pontiff passed away on Easter Monday, just weeks after urging the ethical use of technology to serve humanity and foster inclusion.
Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.
Evvy is expanding into fertility care by analyzing the vaginal microbiome’s composition to uncover predictive insights into potential fertility outcomes, explains Priyanka Jain, the company's cofounder and CEO.
UC San Diego Health works with clinicians, patients, designers and IT teams to develop digital tools that improve patient experience, says Keisuke Nakagawa, director of strategic impact at UCSD and a HIMSS25 Changemaker.
Peter Shen, North America head of digital and automation at Siemens Healthineers, says that as the use of AI tools in healthcare advances, companies must train algorithms on data that reflects the patient populations they will serve.
Keeping focused on why they do their work can help health IT professionals serve patient populations more effectively, says Luis Belén, CEO of the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved and a HIMSS25 Changemaker.