Women in Healthcare IT (856)

Ruby Gadelrab, MDisrupt CEO and founder, and Lisa Suennen, managing partner at American Heart Association Ventures, discuss their collaboration to co-develop a platform to connect experts and innovators focused on brain and heart health.

H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, CIO and chief AI officer of Emirates Health Services, says the country is building an AI governance model that pairs clinical innovation with policy, training and prevention-focused population health.

Pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Daniela Carvalho at Rady Children's Health in San Diego discusses California's first pediatric Nucleus Nexa cochlear implant and the significance of this milestone for advancing hearing care.

Payer-provider collaboration in data exchange is being mandated and payers must speed up the prior authorization process, says Courtney Yeakel, chief product officer of the Payer Unit at Veradigm.

Louiza Chitour, 10FT Ventures cofounder, says countries in the Middle East and Africa (MENA) need investors, policymakers and startups to align on funding and designing digital health solutions that can benefit the region.

It should be "always adjunctive" to clinical processes, says Dr. Ami Bhatt, chief innovation officer at the American College of Cardiology, who sees big things for decision support, patient triage, safer nuclear imaging, patient engagement and more.

Dr. Amina Al Jasmi talks about how Emirates Health Services is scaling AI across radiology to boost early diagnosis for TB, stroke and osteoporosis, train junior radiologists and enable proactive medicine.

Rachini Moosavi, chief analytics officer at UNC Health, explains how the provider system is moving beyond genAI to find success with RPA, agents and ambient listening. She explains why it convenes dedicated teams to help with AI enablement efforts.

The recently released UpToDate Expert AI brings generative AI to clinicians at the point of care to provide treatment and diagnostic guidance, says Julie Frey, VP of product at Wolters Kluwer Health.

Frost & Sullivan's Reenita Das says that healthcare is adopting a more consumer-driven model in which patients can assemble personalized, preventive care using AI-powered tools, wearables and digital twins.

National University professor Linda Travis Macomber reflects on 40 years of progress in AI, from early rules-based systems to today's generative AI innovation, as well as the future of connected, continuous care.

HIMSS digital health strategist Jill Seys talks about how successful AI adoption starts with choosing leaders who will champion the technology and engage their frontline teams to use the tools and provide feedback.