Dr. Tamara Sunbul, digital health transformation and innovation strategic adviser in Saudi Arabia, advises digital health newcomers to gain both healthcare and technology education and to seek out mentors to help grow their careers.
Proposed updates to the HIPAA security rule are specific around the required technical controls and present challenges regarding implementation in a timely manner, says Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security.
Kathy Bailey, principal data intelligence analyst at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how she and her team used generative AI to identify pickleball injuries from patients' chart notes with 80% accuracy.
To ensure that digital health tools meet patients' clinical needs and drive engagement, Dr. Bronwyn Harris, chief transformation officer at CareEvolution, recommends involving patients throughout the development process.
Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services, recommends that newcomers to the industry determine how their knowledge and experience can apply to healthcare IT and articulate their value clearly.
Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health says aligning new technology with a hospital's strategic priorities and ensuring that clinicians understand the digital road map are essential to making hospitals smarter.
Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for HIMSS, says HIMSS25 Europe will bring in government staff to talk about implementing the European Health Data Space and health system leaders to share use cases for AI and digital technology.
Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, professor of urology UT Health San Antonio, says that the MD/MS in AI dual degree program is designed to generate chief AI officers, clinical AI implementation specialists, healthcare data scientists and AI consultants.
Sumit Nagpal, Cherish Health CEO, explains how the company prioritizes the look of its products and the emotions they evoke to give patients more confidence about deploying them in their homes.
Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, urology professor at UT Health San Antonio, says a new dual MD/MS degree in AI assures that students are not just familiar with the concepts of AI but are actually users and developers of AI at its most fundamental level.
