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Debra Beauregard, director of medical intelligence and innovation at Rady Children’s Health, discusses why some hospitals are cautious about exploring new technologies and how her team evaluates technology solutions to pilot and scale.

Dr. Baligh Yehia, Jefferson Health's president, says the health system will use AI to streamline scheduling, tackle revenue cycle challenges, close care gaps and give clinicians back 10 million patient hours over the next three years.

According to Arcadia SVP Anna Basevich, the Rural Health Transformation Program will give $50 billion to hospitals to help them expand their workforces and shift to care models that will enhance outcomes and reduce costs.

According to Dr. David K. Butler, Epic emeritus CMIO and clinical informatics leader at Calyx Partners, securing buy-in from clinicians and staff, tracking training and budgeting for post-go-live optimization are essential for lasting EHR adoption.

Challenges such as workforce shortages that are not getting any better and tight funding are driving the healthcare industry toward AI deployment, says Rob Havasy, HIMSS senior director of informatics strategy.

Regina Wysocki, senior informatics program manager at Lone Star Communications, says centralizing health system data provides nurses with a "bigger picture" of operations so they can uncover trends that can improve care delivery.

It is a transformation, not just a move, because it is a fundamental difference in the way systems run in the data center, says Jeff Thomas, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Sentara Health.

Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon's provider business unit, talks about how vendor support and partnership can keep organizations running and serving patients when cyber incidents like the Change Healthcare attack happen.

Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, shares recommendations on how businesses can realize productivity and retention benefits by boosting health equity for their employees.

Children's National Hospital CISO Nate Lesser highlights his coming HIMSS23 session where he will explain a system-wide cybersecurity effort that pulls in staff members across the enterprise.