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Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, serves patients across six states. As part of its digital transformation process, Banner partnered with Mastek to modernize its IT infrastructure and develop a governance framework.

Learning from each other and the exchange of ideas happening in Rome during HIMSS24 Europe is "electrifying," says Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, who notes he is already looking forward to HIMSS25 in Paris.

Fink is an advisor and resource to the CVS Health Board of Directors and to senior management.

Diana van Stijn, cofounder and chief medical officer at Lapsi Health, says that, while clinicians are natural innovators, they should be taught the business side of healthcare in medical school so they can understand healthcare IT market needs.

Craig Kwiatkowski is taking the FAVES approach: fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe. He says this also helps from an adoption perspective.  

The system provides the data insights that enable the organization to close underutilized clinics and redirect patients to others nearby. Additionally, the finance teams have whittled down rent reporting from two months to a week.

The hospital has recently achieved the maximum score of 400 for the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator.

Provider organizations first should do the basics, such as following HIPAA security rule compliance and conducting a security risk analysis, advises Carolyn Metnick, partner and Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity team member at Sheppard Mullin.  

Health systems outsource their revenue cycle management for many reasons, including reducing cost to collect and increasing yield, says Grant Veazy, CTO at Ensemble Health Partners.

All organizations need to define where their cybersecurity risks lie, and consider gaps in threat monitoring, says Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater. "It's not just the technology, but it's also the people and the process part of it," he said.