Mike Miliard

At HIMSS22, Denise Scannell, MITRE's chief strategist for health communication, will offer insights into the many ways it's helping healthcare organizations and public health agencies combat false and inaccurate information.

At HIMSS22, clinical and informatics leaders from MITRE and Washington State will show how FHIR-enabled immunization management is catalyzing data exchange and patient empowerment nationwide – and around the world.

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Intermountain and HIMSS discuss the top threats to information security – and describe how this key public-private partnership can enable more collaborative and consistent risk mitigation.

At HIMSS22, the medical director of the Boston health system's Digital Innovation Hub will offer tips for other providers who want to capitalize on their own internal innovators' bright ideas.

The go-forward prospects could be "very interesting overseas," and voice is a "huge frontier," says IDC Research Director Mutaz Shegewi. But ensuring the complex merger comes off cleanly is essential.

As risk levels increase, health systems have "significant challenges to overcome," according to the 13th annual report – including suboptimal security spending, vulnerable legacy tech and weak-link human factors.

Rohit Chandra arrives at the health system from Sunshine Products, a Palo Alto-based tech startup.

He'll be tasked with leading development of new technologies and partnerships focused on access to care, population health management and cost efficiencies for providers, payers and others.

In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, the health system's associate CMIO describes how it worked with the state HIE to bring patient end-of-life preferences into Epic.

The deal with the private equity firm is a "clear next step as IBM becomes even more focused on our platform-based hybrid cloud and AI strategy," said a Big Blue exec.