Women in Healthcare IT (885)

Stéphanie Allassonière, professor of applied mathematics at the Univérsite Paris Cité, teaches medical students the basics of AI by showing them how clinical questions can be translated into mathematical challenges.

Dr. Khulood Alsayegh, with the Dubai Health Authority, says that the main principles of AI ethics of transparency, privacy, accountability and algorithm biases need to be implemented to address concerns about AI use in healthcare.

Being able to deliver a "single source of truth" freed up a surgery schedule that was 90% blocked, says Mindy Bosanek, director of Surgical Services and Cynthia Harms, perioperative business manager at Children's Nebraska.

Real-time prescription-benefit data has had a dramatic impact, with patients notably saving money on medication and picking up 8% more scripts, say Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO.

Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, says the Digital Nursing Summit she led at HIMSS24 Europe focused on how nurses can help advance health systems' digital maturity while keeping care patient centered.

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare's Dr. Tamara Sunbul discusses the challenges of drafting global policy with the United Nations Economic Commission for digital healthcare public-private partnerships that would help democratize access to care.

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.