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Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, talks about 2023’s healthcare IT developments and what attendees can expect at HIMSS24, including matchmaking for more personalized experiences and a new mobile app, as well as unique networking opportunities.

Gabriel Seidman, director of policy at Ellison Institute of Technology, discusses the paper he and his colleagues penned on the need for governments to develop and fund enterprise architecture to solve major health issues such as homelessness.

Sabrina Matlock with the American Immunization Registry Association, Sarah Finley from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Kristin Glaza at Oracle Health talk through public health collaboration for vaccine interoperability.

Dr. Srinivasan Suresh, VP, CIO and CMIO at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, discusses applications of ChatGPT and LLMs in healthcare, various uses for these tools and how the technology has the potential to help and harm patients.

The HIMSS CEO says the recent partnership with Informa Markets is enabling both companies to put on a show that will offer top educational content and keynotes, a more digitized attendee experience and much more.

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), explains how a cross-agency, cross-industry collaboration is driving the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's first truly interoperable payment model.

Precision medicine moved beyond chronic care into long-term care – preventing falls and reducing polypharmacy lists – while precision oncology advancements and broader payment will drive further adoption, says Dr. Joel Diamond, CMO of Aranscia.

Utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic, says Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami.

Why was Qatar considered one of the best healthcare systems during the pandemic? Prof. Mahmood Adil, ministerial advisor for the country's Ministry of Public Health reveals the answer, along with how the sector is moving forward.

Dr. Ahmed Balkhair, advisor to the Saudi National Health Information Center, details the unified vision adopted by Saudi and wider GCC governments focused on enhancing healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency, plus patient satisfaction.

Bringing telehealth and other tools into the doctor’s office increases access and destigmatizes mental health conditions, says Dr. Nele Jessel, chief medical officer at athenahealth.

Pauliina Ilmonen, mathematician at Aalto University in Finland, discusses a project she and her colleagues are working on emulating a zombie plague to garner insights into how a major event like a pandemic or mass disinformation can spread.