Clinical
There are cybersecurity risks posed by smart medical devices, but most people would not be a target of such attacks, said Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
The next goal on the UAE's pioneering digital health journey is to promote prevention and happiness by engaging patients with the HIE, explains Dr Mohammad Al Redha, director of health informatics and smart health at the Dubai Health Authority.
Virtual reality made significant improvements in patient experiences. It has turned resistors at Hoag Hospital into champions, says Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Louis.
OrthoVirginia's CIO Terri Ripley tells why the practice did not pay the millions attackers demanded. The practice embarked on an 18-month recovery process while continuing to serve patients coming in for overdue surgeries following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health systems today are looking at deploying emerging technologies like the metaverse and ChatGPT, but putting them to good use may be challenging, says Aster DM Healthcare Group CIO Veneeth Purushotaman.
HIMSS Davies Award winner Texas Children's Hospital’s assistant VPs Tarra Kerr and Ashok Kurian discuss their patient-centered coordinated care, enabled by a partnership between quality and safety departments, clinical operations and IT systems.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs broke records by achieving HIMSS stage 7 in four models concurrently. Raed Alhamze explores the impact on patient outcomes.
Anjali Kataria, Mytonomy CEO and cofounder, says that content streaming and AI can empower patients at home and help hospitals and health systems improve their patient education materials as they reduce the time nurses spend answering questions.
According to the UK's Dr Shafi Ahmed, to meet the workforce squeeze, health systems need to plan better, change training radically and introduce flexible career paths that allow for periods of teaching or innovating.
Digital twin technology can equip clinicians with the ability to predict adverse outcomes – whether in health or operations – and in turn enable early interventions, says Dr. Mohamed Rehman of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.
