HIMSS24

Emily Barey, chief nurse evangelist at Epic and 2024 Changemaker, discusses how building new healthcare technology requires observing the problems users face and gathering a diverse team to help solve them.

Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general of the Netherlands' Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, talks about the challenges of digitizing Dutch healthcare amid patients' data privacy concerns and clinicians' interest in driving efficiency.  

Dr. Guido Giunti, Trinity College Dublin's digital therapeutics lead, relays how the institution created a digital therapeutic for multiple sclerosis patients to fight fatigue and his journey to becoming a HIMSS Changemaker award recipient.  

Sales Director at CenTrak and South Florida HIMSS president Kendall Brown talks about the bridge between her sales experience and state-policy advocacy.  

Ellen Arigorat, NewYork-Presbyterian nursing informatics program director, connects her Filipino American heritage with providing better care through the science that underpins nursing.  

Dr. Jonah Feldman, medical director, clinical transformation and informatics at NYU Langone Health System, discusses an upcoming pilot study using AI to generate after-visit notes that are easier for patients to read and understand.  

Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director, Los Angeles LGBT Center, and 2024 Changemaker Award winner, discusses customizing digital intake systems to allow LGBTQ+ patients to enter SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) data.

Adam McMullin, AvaSure CEO, discusses how hospitals can address workforce shortages and control costs by re-engaging retired nurses to boost patient safety and "bring back the joy" of nursing through serving as virtual nurses.

Jonathan Bush, founder and CEO of Zus Health, talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic's acceleration of virtual care adoption encouraged the growth of virtual-first provider startups, many of whom now offer proven care for many chronic conditions.

Rachelle Landry, VP of clinical transformation at BD, discusses how interoperability, robotics and AI enable care delivery outside traditional settings, but must always be driven by clinicians' critical thinking and their connections to patients.