HIMSS25

Independent accreditation is essential to ensure that health technology and health organizations are compliant with HIPAA, NIST and other standards, says Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, DirectTrust's chief strategy officer.

Getting every image, anywhere, to anyone who has the right to the image, including physicians and patients through the personal health record, is a key goal, says Dr. David Kaelber, Cleveland MetroHealth's chief medical informatics officer.

Criteria for a good education session includes content that aligns with global topics, there is no commercialization and that presenters come from provider organizations, says Paul Contino, CIO of University Hospital Newark, New Jersey.

While HIEs and TEFCA represent important interoperability advances, William Cavanaugh, Concord Technologies CEO, says health systems also need to access documents that contain important context for clinicians, rather than just data.

Jackie Rice, VP and chief information officer at Frederick Health, says adding pharmacogenetic data to the health system's EHR enables alerts that advise clinicians on how a patient’s genes can affect drug response.

Tom Liddell, Harmony Healthcare IT CEO, says the company's AI-powered clinical registry automation tool is already delivering results for clients and will be featured in an upcoming HIMSS book on AI innovation.

While quantum computing will pose a threat to healthcare cybersecurity, Philip Bradley, HIMSS digital health strategist, says the INFRAM scale will align with cybersecurity frameworks as they adapt to a new quantum security model.

As AI technology continues to evolve, Abhinav Shashank, Innovaccer CEO, says IT leaders must stay focused on ensuring that all AI tools are ethically trained, tested and deployed and that their desired outcomes are clearly defined.

While they were originally tools for administrative documentation, EHRs now prioritize streamlining clinicians' workflows and enhancing care delivery, says Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services at CliniComp.

HIMSS25 panelists Rebecca Woods, Marissa Maldonado and Roz Cordini talk about their commitment to encouraging women to pursue careers in the field and to creating a community that fosters deep friendships and collaborations.