Melissa Kotrys, CEO of health information exchange Contexture, says it shares clinical data with the Arizona and Colorado Medicaid agencies to help decide whether work requirements apply to Medicaid recipients.
Data shows that 700 of 1,800 rural U.S. hospitals are at financial risk, with 300 facing possible closure within three years, according to Belina Sapkota and Sarah Zak, NHIT INSPIRED interns.
Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic CIO, says that creating a smart hospital is less about implementing the latest hardware than creating a seamless longitudinal patient journey that starts before hospital admission.
Before they enter the workforce, nursing students should be competent with AI tools in the clinical setting, say MaryAnn Connor, RN, NYU adjunct informatics professor, and Olga Kagan, FANA CEO.
There's a back and forth between providers and payers due to misaligned incentives, says Lalithya Yerramilli, SVP of Payment Solutions for Cohere Health.
Karie Ryan, chief nursing officer at Artisight, discusses the company's AI ambient intelligence offerings that combine audio and video, sensors and computer vision to create a smart hospital room for patient safety and workflow efficiency.
Lisa Counsell, HIMSS sales and relationship management VP, says that HIMSS membership brings value at every career level, enabling networking for newcomers and offering continuous learning and community for seasoned executives.
UCHealth's Brittany Cyriacks explains how the health system developed a virtual nursing command center enhanced by an AI tool that searches patient records for signs of deterioration and rolled it out to all 15 of its hospitals.
Sophia Brown, RN, Strategic Informatics Solutions' founder and CEO, continues to share ideas and troubleshoot technology problems with her HIMSS Executive Connect cohort and other alumni.
Jill Seys, senior director for North America analytics at HIMSS, says that, in addition to offering EMRAM and other models, HIMSS can support healthcare organizations in achieving digital maturity.
Fragmented systems hinder care in tribal regions, and Brenda Hood, client experience analyst at HealtHIE Nevada, says that seamless data exchange is essential to closing care gaps and improving access to treatment.
Attending Global Conference yearly enables in-person meetings and conversations that deepen the commitment the 75% of HIMSS members involved in its 22 communities have to their shared work, according to HIMSS' Tammy Kwiatkoski.
