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Also, Orion Health has integrated Pieces AI for automatic patient summaries generation.

Teams of clinicians, researchers and educators worked to find artificial intelligence-enabled approaches to healthcare challenges using real-world, de-identified patient data.

The overall provider shortage, combined with other unique factors, means rural residents have the odds stacked against them when it comes to seeking mental and behavioral healthcare. But one expert says telehealth can make a big difference.

This session delved into birthing pains the Regional Clinical Hospital in Tatarstan went through to achieve HIMSS Stage 6 EMRAM.

Gareth Sherlock, former CIO of Cleveland Clinic London, shared their lessons from setting up a fully digital hospital in a new city. 

The HR team at the health system expanded its family leave program and launched a new recognition initiative using feedback from the technology, among other projects. It's "helped us create a culture of excellence and gratitude," says one VP.

Joint governance, audit monitoring and effective communication can help win patient trust, even in a fraught cybersecurity landscape where health systems are targeted for their patient data, says a Kaiser Permanente informatics leader.

According to the Dubai Health Authority's Osama El-Hassan, GCC countries recognised a need to upskill existing healthcare professionals to create a local digital health workforce.

Making digital health an extension of health facilities can help organisations meet the growing shortage of health workers, says HIMSS President Hal Wolf.

A health system culture that takes patient privacy and cybersecurity seriously starts from the top down, says Renee Broadbent, CIO and information security officer at SoNE Healthcare.