HIMSS TV

AI tools helped find non-opioid pain medications that can also put patients under and predict strokes in children who have undergone brain surgery, says Dr. Zafar Chaudry, chief AI officer at Seattle Children's.

Matt Bishop of Open City Labs and Evelyn Gallego of EMI Advisors, cohosts of the HIMSS25 Health Equity Preconference Forum, preview the day's agenda and share details regarding the panels they will each moderate during the day.

Before the technology piece, focus must be on how to train people on the up-and-coming AI tools and providing a policy that governs those tools and protecting data, says Dr. Zafar Chaudry, chief AI officer at Seattle Children's.

At HIMSS25, Tamer Baker, healthcare CTO for Zscaler, and Nate Couture, CISO for the University of Vermont Health Network, will discuss zero trust's strategy and how critical it is to facilitate breach recovery and prevention after an attack.  

The cost burden is lowered when rural hospitals share their EHR because the host can bear the cost of things such as  infrastructure, security and staffing, says David Winn, vice president for Parkview Community Connect at Parkview Health.

At HIMSS25 Health Equity Preconference Forum, Dr. Manijeh Berenji, assistant clinical professor of environmental and occupational health at UC Irvine School of Medicine, will explore how AI can lessen health disparities due to climate change.

Despite reluctance in the past couple of years, clinician comfort with using AI tools is growing, says Etiometry President and CEO Shane Cooke, citing results of a recent AMA survey.

Ysabel Duron, founder and executive director of the Latino Cancer Institute, and Dr. Chris Gibbons, Greystone Group founder and CEO, preview their talk at HIMSS25 Health Equity Forum on improving health disparities with technology.

Dr. Bonita Coe, founder and CEO of Best Health for Your Life Consulting, previews her HIMSS25 talk at the Health Equity Forum on using technology, such as telemedicine and digital monitoring, to enhance patient care and prioritize health.

Darren Webber and Nathan Licht, principal data analysts at Cedars-Sinai, preview their HIMSS25 talk on how generative AI can enhance chart abstractors’ efficiency and effectiveness, as well as best practices for implementation.