As healthcare organizations seek to increase patients' technology adoption, Natasha Ramontal, HIMSS senior digital health strategist, recommends leveraging existing tools like portals to offer a "one-stop shop" for services.
Aaron Sheedy, Xealth COO, and Ed Mitchell, Advocate Health's director of strategic partnerships, discuss technologies that can strengthen clinician-patient relationships and empower patients to participate in their care.
Getting care information from clinicians can be intimidating, says Daymond John, The Shark Group CEO. His Health Shark initiative will offer simple explanations of how people can take control of their data and their health.
HIMSS editors recap the sessions they attended on day 3 of HIMSS25, which included questions about government support of telehealth and how interoperability and data exchange will proceed under the new administration.
Isaiah Nathaniel, 2025 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient and Delaware Valley Community Health SVP and CIO, says his organization has always had bipartisan support and will continue delivering care to underserved populations.
HIMSS Media executive editors Jessica Hagen, Mike Miliard and Susan Morse discussed EMRAM Stage 7 adoption, implementing AI responsibly, workforce development, remote patient monitoring, telehealth, genomic data and precision medicine.
Executive editors from MobiHealthNews, Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance News discuss hot topics from the HIMSS25 preconference forums, including how AI and other smart technologies are actively being deployed in clinical and operational settings.
Healthcare leaders and clinical informaticists can help decide which digital tools are most useful and accessible for patients without being overwhelming, says Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor at HIMSS.
Dr. Min-Che Tung, chief superintendent at Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, discusses the country's international medical transfer services for critical care patients and how the health system accomplished Stage 7 EMRAM validation.
Successful documentation improvements require collaboration and frontline nurses to be engaged in the decision-making process to drive change and meaningful improvement, says NYU Langone Health's Denise Dauterman and Deborah Jacques.
