Women in Healthcare IT (867)

Christina Caraballo, VP of informatics at HIMSS, describes the inclusion of maternal social determinants of health data in the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability as a crucial step towards reducing maternal mortality in underserved communities.

Mariam AlEissa, adjunct assistant professor at Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia, discusses her work in genomics and the Kingdom's goals of offering more targeted, personalized healthcare.

Dr. Michal Tzuchman Katz, cofounder and CEO of Kahun, talks about how her experiences as a practicing pediatrician spurred the development of the company's clinical decision support tool, a "map" that uses AI to recommend next best actions.

Kim Garriott, GM, global healthcare and life sciences at NetApp, discusses the accomplishments of the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community, comprising more than 1,200 members working to improve healthcare imaging.

MA plans will need to measure performance ahead of 2027 when CMS will start rewarding plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities, says Anna Basevich, SVP of Enterprise Partnerships and Customer Enablement at Arcadia.

Digital health innovation draws more doctors, but trust building requires boosting awareness and education, says Dr. Diana van Stijn, cofounder and chief medical officer at Lapsi Health.

First Databank director of product management Anna Dover and NCH Healthcare System CMIO Dr. David Linz discuss their initiative to explore ways to notify clinicians about possible medication errors without triggering alert fatigue.

Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, shares results from the HIMSS annual healthcare cybersecurity survey and why healthcare organizations need adaptable security strategies, perhaps including analog file backups.

Khue Tran, chief strategy officer at Azalea Health, talks about how the company's telehealth and EHR tools integrate with partners' remote patient monitoring and chronic care management products to treat patients living in rural "care deserts."

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft, discusses HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group and developing a framework on AI literacy for nurses, providing education around AI innovation and leveraging the technology.

First-step recommendations are: Do the basics, as in following HIPAA security-rule compliance and doing a security-risk analysis, says Carolyn Metnick, partner at Sheppard Mullin and member of their Healthcare and privacy and cybersecurity team.

In 2024, Denmark plans to enable patients to record outcomes through their national health portal, says Mette Maria Skjøth, RN, department head at the Dermatology and Allergy Centre of Odense University Hospital.