Mike Miliard

The deeper integration of ambient and conversational AI into Millennium will help "streamline workflows while enhancing the essential value of the EHR," said a Nuance leader.

There are still challenges to manage and maturity to build, but machine learning is helping uncover hidden insights and streamline workflows so providers can "use our neurons to take care of patients," said one at HIMSS22.

ONC chief Micky Tripathi spoke at HIMSS22 alongside Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the CDC's deputy director for public health science and surveillance. Both see long-needed improvements ahead for data exchange and public health reporting.

"We continue to push the envelope of technology to deliver the highest value and to develop the future models of care," said the health system's chief health information officer.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf highlighted the urgency of health equity and brought greetings from Pope Francis, while former Disney executive Ben Sherwood celebrated the power of storytelling, innovation and human connection.

At the HIMSS22 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, ethical hacker Kevin Johnson offered some unique perspective on what the bad guys are really up to when they target health systems.

At the HIMSS22 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, chief information security officers from Cleveland Clinic, ChristianaCare and Intermountain described their priorities for digital transformation even as the security threats get more challenging.

The fact that Congress has maintained the controversial rider in its FY22 budget will hamper recent encouraging progress on a national strategy on patient identification and matching, the group says.

At HIMSS22, a consulting leader and the chief digital officer at Prisma Health will describe how the South Carolina health system benchmarked its digital maturity against its peers and set iterative goals for its rollout of digital health tools.

Responding to what they say is a "critical time" for cybersecurity, the two companies plan to build an "end-to-end security operations suite" by integrating Mandiant Advantage SaaS platform with the Google Cloud security portfolio.