Data and Information

Patient advocate Dave deBronkart believes interoperability advances could soon enable everyone to carry International Patient Summary QR codes with their own health data that could be scanned into EHRs in case of emergency.  

Dr. Colin Banas, CMO at DrFirst, discusses the company's medication adherence product. It uses AI to send texts that educate patients about medications and provides coupons and co-pay-assistance program information, if cost is an issue.  

Alex Diaconu, CEO of AiGIA Health, shares the story of how his chronic illness inspired him to start the company to help patients improve their health by practicing preventative care.  

Susan Conover, Piction Health CEO and cofounder, discusses the company's collaborations with dermatologists in 20 countries to build its AI to ensure accuracy across skin tones and the organization's objectives thanks to recent funding.  

The New York-based company will use the funds to grow its team, continue expanding into health systems and accelerate product innovation.

Anatomy IT CEO Frank Forte says that redundant systems and practice drills, as well as partnering with vendors to prepare for inevitable cyberattacks, are key to building cyber resilience of healthcare organizations.  

Developers see a potential use of the AI-powered mobile solution for routine early skin cancer screening.

Interestingly, young physicians see more risk to it than their senior counterparts.

Mayo Clinic vice chair of AI and innovation Dr. Alexander Ryu discusses building frameworks for AI fairly and equitably through collaboration - and how the organization decides to partner with companies with already established models.  

SVP of advanced analytics Pravin Pant and associate VP of interoperability strategy Michael Gould, both at ZeOmega, discuss how providers should adopt FHIR standards to achieve TEFCA compliance and enable easier data sharing with payers.