Workforce

Training staff to take advantage of AI and other technologies that will help supplement the workforce is important, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.  

Helping patients and health systems understand how to use technology delivers health benefits for everyone, says Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos, medical director of health informatics at Trinity Health and a 2025 Changemaker Award recipient.  

At the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, HIMSS Changemaker Awardee Krystal Schramm says she works with data everyday, striving to use technology to make improvements from local areas up the federal level.  

Information from other participants allows for a better understanding of a zero-trust environment and all that she's learned can be passed on to her coworkers, says Habi Mojidi, chief information officer for medical readiness in the U.S. Army.  

The bill would set minimum staffing requirements and provide whistleblower protections to nurses.

Dr. John D'Angelo, who currently serves as executive vice president of the health system's central region, will succeed Dowling.

Witty will be replaced by Stephen J. Hemsley, who served as company CEO from 2006-2017.

Questions abound over what applications should be allowed and the speed of change is outstripping policy, says Matt Murren, CEO of True North ITG.  

Larry Voyten, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force, works through public policy for change to move in the right direction on such issues as public health, interoperability and cybersecurity.  

The layoffs follow a $750M settlement of sexual abuse by a former gynecologist with Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.