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Dr. Manal Alawi Amin Al-Alawi, assistant undersecretary for primary care in Bahrain, says primary care physicians are being provided with a range of support services and opportunities to share their experiences and reduce burnout.

Louise Schaper, CEO of Health Informatics Society of Australia, says the manifestation of digital health issues locally may differ, but there are plenty of opportunities to share learnings from matters such as workforce.

Underestimating the impact of organizational culture on your technology plans can lead to costly delays and unplanned outages, says John Donohue, Penn Medicine's associate VP for enterprise infrastructure services.

Researchers sought to assess and benchmark how physicians view electronic health record usability, as defined by a standardized metric, and use that to evaluate how poor UX correlates with feelings of job frustration and burnout.

Dr. Harpreet Sood, co-founder of NHS Digital Academy, says skilling up the workforce is imperative as we must take advantage of the data available to help prevent clinician burnout.

Angela Velkova, director for communities and strategic relations for HIMSS International, details the role of the HIMSS Nursing & Midwifery Informatics (England) Network.

Calls to the administrators on duty decreased from 274 before electronic notifications to 149 since implementation at Catawba Valley Medical Center.

Outgoing NHSX director of digital development Dr Sam Shah has been ranked fourth in the #IB100, a list of the top 100 most influential black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders in the tech sector produced by executive search agency Inclusive Boards in partnership with the Financial Times.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s cath lab uses secure clinical communication technology to cut follow-up appointment scheduling wait times – from as long as a day to less than 30 minutes.

Tyson headed Kaiser for six years and was there for over 30, managing all major aspects of the integrated health system.