Digital Health

Dr. Benoit Desjardins, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, discusses ways hackers can access medical records from understaffed healthcare organizations – and how those organizations can best mitigate their cyber risk.

Hospitals and physician practices are seeing direct competition from retailers that are investing in traditional primary care.

Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Louis brought VR to Hoag Hospital in 2015. They found that virtual models and simulations have proven popular with patients, with strong ROI.

A tech platform embedded at the bedside, a simulation center, AI and interoperability align with strategic goals regarding patient focus, say assistant VPs Tarra Kerr and Ashok Kurian.

Mytonomy offers patient education and has expanded its offerings to move patients smoothly through pre- and post-procedure functions, says CEO and cofounder Anjali Kataria.

The Regional Digital Health Action Plan looks at IT, capacity, knowledge exchange and what works for e-health, says David Novillo Ortiz of WHO-Europe.  

The concept of digital twins is nothing new, but has become a hot topic as healthcare takes information from smartphones, digital watches and the EHR, and then aggregates data, says Dr. Mohamed Rehman of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.  

Deputy Secretary General Abigail Norville of the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport expects actionable goals to come out of the new HIMSS global headquarters in Rotterdam.

Improving home care for cardiac patients can help control preventable admissions – and the $25 billion a year price tag – says Dr. Alan Spiro, president and CMO of Laguna Health.

Hippocratic AI cofounder and CEO Munjal Shah says if you build a healthcare LLM from the ground up it understands the vocabulary of healthcare better.