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HIMSS25: What’s happening nationally and globally with telehealth, AI and cybersecurity
LAS VEGAS – Republicans are expected to release the text of a spending bill as soon as this weekend, ahead of a March 14 deadline, according to Politico.
The stopgap measure would avoid a government shutdown.
A budget blueprint calls for $880 billion i…
Research funding cuts put healthcare in a ‘shaky period,’ says HIMSS CEO
LAS VEGAS – HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf addressed funding cuts for medical research during a press conference at HIMSS25 here on Tuesday.
“I think we’re at the beginning of a very shaky period,” Wolf said. “I think that we’re all concerned.”
Fifty…
Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec talks the big pitch
LAS VEGAS – HIMSS25 keynote speaker Robert Herjavec is a television icon, best known for his role on ABC’s Shark Tank even when it was known as Dragon’s Den in Canada when it started in 2005.
He’s been on TV for 21 years, including Dancing with the Sta…
HIMSS25: Project managers need the skills to lead AI transformation
LAS VEGAS – AI is the new wave for project management, according to Pierre Le Manh, president and CEO of PMI, the Project Management Institute, who spoke with HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf during a fireside chat at the HIMSS25 Executive Summit here …
HIMSS25: ROI as the ultimate measure of value
LAS VEGAS – Patti Phillips, cofounder and CEO of ROI Institute, looked at the value of investment and how to reposition the return on investment mindset during the HIMSS25 Executive Summit here on Monday.
Phillips often called upon the more than 500 pe…
AI takes center stage at HIMSS25 Executive Summit
LAS VEGAS – HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf kicked off the HIMSS25 Executive Summit here today letting the sold-out audience know that the forum would help them answer the question of how to integrate AI and handle change management.
AI was on the min…
Large language models can flag missed diagnoses in radiologist notes
A HIMSS25 session will show how a large language model (LLM) can monitor radiologist notes to help ensure patients are protected from medical errors and also get their recommended follow-up appointments.
HIMSS25: Know Thy Patient goes beyond disease category and the social determinants
At HIMSS25, experts will share the details of PCCI’s Know Thy Patient (KTP) algorithm, which leverages an unsupervised machine learning method called clustering to identify groups of individuals based on similar patterns of healthcare utilization and a…
Philips partners for maternal remote patient monitoring in Georgia
Philips this week announced a new program to provide access to remote patient monitoring and personalized health coaching for pregnant and postpartum people with maternal hypertension and diabetes in an initial 50 counties across Georgia.
Leverage cyber threat intelligence to stay ahead of cyberattacks
Integrating threat intelligence into a broader cybersecurity strategy is one way hospitals and other healthcare organizations can stay a step ahead of cybercriminals, according to Jon Moore, chief risk officer, SVP of Consulting Services and Client Suc…
