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The lack of effective EHR optimization to date is rooted in policy obstacles and a general lack of understanding.

Crucial Conversations is a framework that can promote a more empathetic work culture at healthcare organizations.

There must be a balance between giving clinicians solutions-based technology and giving them something else to learn.

And patient experience too, of course, which is "so interconnected" with clinicians being satisfied with their work, says VP Jessica Sweeney-Platt. She discusses the cloud pioneer's innovative work on AI and automation, new partnerships and more.

COO Helen Waters discusses early adopters of the company's ambient listening, search and conversational AI technologies, along with news on its latest work in precision medicine.

The anchor exhibitor has been working on data exchange for a long time. With the FHIR spec now widespread and becoming normative, good things are starting to happen across a variety of use cases – and the company plans to show how it's helping.

Hospitals become more humane environments as room alarms and beeps are replaced by interoperable apps carried by nurses.

Also: The ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group may have faked a second government takedown, while the extent of the protected-data leak is still unknown.

Rachel Oldham, manager at Accenture, provides highlights of her upcoming HIMSS24 session "Dallas County Public Health Disease Surveillance and Investigation System."  

Autonomous medical coding has been viewed as the province of large academic medical centers that could afford to experiment with cutting-edge technology. Today it is starting to be viewed as a necessary tool for all health systems.