Workforce

<p>Janet Hohmann, What I Run's director of corporate communications and Elaina McMillan, Edifecs' director of product marketing, discuss the Alliance for the Women of Edifecs (AWE), which supports the company's female employees, and, interestingly, nearly half of the participants are men.</p> <p> </p>

Crothall Healthcare reports zero falls with injury from having a trained person in the room, says Lauren Prepchuk, head of Patient Observation.

All chief nursing officers she spoke to say their hospitals are standing up virtual nursing programs, says Brianna Zink of Infor. 

<p>Toby Eadelman, CTO at AvaSure, cites the statistic while discussing how virtual nursing and virtual sitting are being used to alleviate workforce shortages and to prevent adverse events.</p> <p> </p>

<p>The HIMSS nursing informatics workforce survey shows a significant shift from pre-COVID-19 and a new focus on AI for the field, says Tammy Kwiatkoski, senior director of clinical informatics at HIMSS.</p> <p> </p>

<p>HIMSS clinical informatics advisor Whende Carroll discusses how automation can help with documentation burden and its effects on patient care.</p>

The benefit, according to Oscar, is the reduction in medical record turnaround time and provider burden.

<p>Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer, talks about how digital technology can help health systems address economic and workforce issues post-pandemic.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">On Day 2 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">our roving reporters and thought leaders deliver news and views from the show floor.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Kane is the former chief financial officer of Humana and oversaw its primary care businesses.