HIMSS24

With a disproportionate number of Native American patients suffering with addiction, one facility is employing cultural sensitivity to turn the tide.

These technologies can help cure healthcare worker burnout, patient confusion and inefficient communications between care teams, says a top exec and nurse.

A hospital in the Middle East is embracing AI, pushing to bring behavioral healthcare more fully into the digital realm.

When developing telehealth equity strategy, it's important first to identify potential disparities in access, one expert says.

Experts emphasized the value of proactive approaches, meaningful interactions and seamless connections to human support while using AI-enabled chatbots in healthcare.  

Juan Santos, SVP of brand experience and innovation at the Tavistock Group, opened the Venture Connect Forum by discussing the community's collection of resident data to improve healthcare outcomes.

At HIMSS24, the president of Mayo Clinic Platform offered some tough truths about the challenges of deploying genAI – touting its enormous potential while spotlighting patient safety dangers to guard against in provider settings.

The model can be used to create products that improve the way radiologists, technicians and support staff interact with medical images, the company's CEO says.

AI could identify early signs of heart disease and even Alzheimer’s in ocular images. But Kerry Goetz, associate director, NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics, says a lack of interoperability keeps this image data out of EHRs.  

At HIMSS24, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, and Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack discussed the state of public health data exchange, and where cross-agency collaboration can take it.