HIMSS23
Collaboration is key for the National Indian Health Board as it becomes part of the HIMSS community and looks to expand beyond its networks, says A.C. Locklear, the board's federal relations director.
Dr. Calum Yacoubian, director of healthcare strategy at IQVIA, talks about how natural language processing can help Medicare Advantage organizations avoid penalties by ensuring that their coding is accurate and compliant.
Training machine learning on the data amassed by the Illinois Department of Public Health could help the department better understand who might be at greatest risk of a variety of conditions, says IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra.
Will Cantrell, director of product solutions at InteliChart, sees the need to tie all the pieces of the healthcare journey into one seamless interaction. By making it easier for patients to stay engaged, he says, better outcomes will result.
The tools available to help payers and providers come together to achieve the goal of value-based care, according to Inovalon SVPs Kristopher Volrath and Karly Rowe.
Machine learning can streamline the prior authorization process for providers and payers, as well as determine the best care paths for patients, says John Gaines, VP of marketing at Cohere Health.
Health assurance is about migrating from sick care to preventive care, and funding innovations that improve costs and experiences can help drive that shift, says Sumit Nagpal, founder and CEO of Cherish.
Clinicians and IT groups must work together to incorporate immersive technologies such as VR into digital health and bring VR device data into the EHR, contends Gita Barry, president of immersive healthcare at Penumbra.
Virtual care can provide more capacity in near real time for overworked clinicians, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare. He advises health systems about finding the right partner to provide that support.
Revised cyber hygiene resources and cybersecurity education videos for clinicians can help improve postures, and a new analysis found that hospitals with mature third-party programs save on insurance premiums, says Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder of Censinet.