HIMSS24

Start addressing the distrust communities of color have for the healthcare system by creating a pipeline of clinicians from those communities, advises Christopher Kunney, advocacy chair for HIMSS Georgia chapter and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient.  

RPM tools and other user-friendly tech are enabling a paradigm shift in care delivery, says Dr. Maulik Majmudar, CMO at Biofourmis, who says it's also important to be educated on the pain points associated of home care.

How will qualified health information networks eventually connect directly to each other to give clinicians and first responders access to complete medical records? Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, explains.

Results from an annual healthcare cybersecurity survey from HIMSS show why healthcare organizations need adaptable security strategies, perhaps including analog file backups, reports Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

Kathleen McGrow, the tech giant’s chief nursing information officer, highlights the HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group, a framework on AI literacy for nurses, and education around AI innovation and leveraging the technology.

How Azalea Health's telehealth and EHR tools integrate with partners' remote patient monitoring and chronic care management products to treat patients living in rural care deserts, shows Khue Tran, chief strategy officer.

They have a crucial role in improving healthcare technology usability, from testing to leadership, says Olga Kagan, RN, consortial faculty and associate adjunct professor at CUNY School of Professional Studies and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient.

Internal sponsors have been hugely helpful in encouraging their peers to adopt telehealth and RPM at Providence, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, the health system's chief of virtual care and digital health, and a HIMSS24 Changemaker.  

CIOs, CISOs, CMIOs and CEOs should all be collaborating to strengthen security controls while also enabling clinicians to access the information they need to treat patients, says Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD.  

Reflecting on pioneering roles, Christopher Falkner, 2024 HIMSS Changemaker and Sodexo senior director of digital strategy and cybersecurity, talks about his journey from engineer connecting medical devices with EHRs to protecting them.