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David McSwain, interim CMIO at Medical University of South Carolina, says the tech has evolved enough that virtual visits now include entire care teams in ways that just aren't possible when clinicians are using phones.

Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS, says tools exist to engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way.

The industry must put patients at the center, use standards like HL7 FHIR and get the entire ecosystem working together, say Kari Hedges, SVP at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Laurent Rotival, SVP at Cambia Health Solutions.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf discusses with a panel of luminaries in the field of healthcare the interoperability rule that gives people full access to their clinical records.

The CEO of the Alliance for Better Health and former deputy national coordinator talks EHR and interoperability challenges, the need for ROI, physicians' changing roles and why "social determinants" might not be the right term.

A price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the clinical and economic best interests of the patient, says Andrew Mellin, VP and medical informatics physician at Surescripts.

By using data, analytics and outreach to get to know its consumer, Renown Health increased Medicare Advantage membership 4 percent.

Jim Douglas, former Vermont governor and co-chair of HIMSS State Advisory Roundtable, and Cynthia Green-Edwards, chief compliance officer with the state of Michigan, discuss the challenges and progress of digital health on the state level.

The industry veteran and head of the CTA on the greatest threat to innovation, empathy as the new currency – and why every health organization should be thinking like a tech company.

Ursula Hübner with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and Beth Elias with University of Scranton discuss the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform and strategic approaches to seamlessly delivering health informatics education.