strategic Planning

Roger Neal, VP and COO at DRH Health, says that due to the complexities of the healthcare industry, "our goal right now needs to be to get neutral" rather than getting ahead of cyberthreat challenges.

Dr. Hojjat Salmasian, CDAO and leader of AI at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses the first steps toward an AI strategy for hospitals and health systems as well as the key elements needed.

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.

Edward Marx, CEO of Marx Advisory, recommends that healthcare leaders looking to drive innovation in their organizations become innovative themselves by bringing their C-suite to meet with and learn from partners.

Dr. Guido Giunti, chief data officer at Dublin, Ireland's St James's Hospital, studies healthcare trends to predict coming changes and then tailors messages about those changes to address audiences' concerns and encourage buy-in.

The Chartis Group's director Gregg Mohrmann and principal Bret Anderson discuss recommendations to help healthcare organizations prepare an AI strategy with clinical and nonclinical use cases.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning bring up questions of transparency, efficacy and safety that boards must face, according to Berkeley Research Group managing director Tom O’Neil.

Hospital leaders must focus on improving operations, building new revenue streams, and preventing regulatory risk, according to Nioura Ghazni, a partner in the corporate practice group of Sheppard Mullin’s San Francisco office.