HIMSS TV

Data reveals that the people who are enrolling in Medicare Advantage have 50% more chronic conditions than people who are enrolling in Medicare fee-for-service, says Christie Teigland, Inovalon's VP of research science and advanced analytics.

Clinicians need to have integrity with how they present AI tools to their teams, focusing on how those tools can solve problems, says Josh Wymer, chief health information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

When implementing AI-powered assistants and ambient technologies, it is essential to know if what you are buying is an actual assistant and if it has features beyond just clinical documentation, says Punit Soni, founder and CEO of Suki.

The struggle is that "you can't just plop something in the middle of a system even though it has good effectiveness and expect people to change their behavior or trust it," says Dr. Cole Zanetti at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame roping champion Stran Smith discusses how he discovered he had a hole in his heart and how his journey to finding treatment allowed him to return to roping and continue both his career and his lifestyle.

During an EHR transition, it is essential to keep the patient at the center of the transition, ensuring collaboration with clinicians and patients is done early, says Epic Emeritus CIO Kelli Garrison, founder and CEO of Verdant Consulting.

Jenn Wong, Abbott's divisional VP of global clinical and regulatory affairs, and Dr. Joshua Eloge, Rush associate director of the Woman's Board Depression Treatment Research Center, discuss their research on treatment-resistant depression.

If organizations are more transparent with clinicians and patients about AI adoption and deployment, stakeholders would feel more secure with it, says Nicole Ramage, senior market insights manager at HIMSS.

While most provider and payer organizations are using some form of AI, very few are getting demonstrable value at scale across the enterprise, says Tom Lawry, managing director of Second Century Tech.

Healthcare organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks like phishing scams during IT upgrades and business restructuring. Security awareness is important during any changes, says Ven Auvaa, ArmorPoint's information security director.