From the left: Oriana Beaudet from American Nurse Association Enterprise; Samer Sethi from Hackensack Meridian Health; Adam Landman from Mass General Brigham; and Crystal Broj from the Medical University of Southern Carolina speak at Himss25.
Photo: Susan Morse/Healthcare Finance News. Himss
Las Vegas – a fresh experience of Emerge innovation that debuted in Himss25 HERE, presented speakers from healthcare systems who talked about the importance of finding the right business partner.
“A good partner is the one who wants to be part of your team, has skin in the game,” said Crystal Broj, Director of Enterprise digital transformation at the Medical University of South Carolina. They have such an attitude, she said: “If you are successful, we are successful.”
Some suppliers think they can meet and get a contract in a few hours, but it lasts much longer, said the break.
“It takes months, not just one meeting,” she said.
“Health technology and health technique is difficult,” said Adam Landman, an emergency doctor and medical information director for innovation and information integration at Mass General Brigham. “It helps during a meeting with someone who understands this.”
Landman said that the partnership should be adapted to the weather storms.
Oriana Beaudet, Vice President for Innovation at the American Nurse Association Enterprise, moderated the “Innovation in Action” panel, which included Landman, Broń and Samer Sethi, chief data and analytics officer at Hackensack Meridian Health.
Panelists say that healthcare suffers financially, among the shortage of workforce.
Seth said that these systems producing 3% margins are doing well.
He said that the cost of AI is growing, which could reduce the margins even more.
“There should be a CPT code for AI,” said Sethi. From AI, he said, “taking him in the right way.”
Panelists say hospitals must be sure that the solution solves problems that require solving.
“How do you include it in work?” The Broch asked. “Nobody wants to use a tool that they feel stupid.”
Roi must include improvement in quality, saving time for doctors and nurses, said Landman.
“This is a really difficult time, especially in all changes,” said Landman. Suppliers are waiting to check if the teeth and dismissals from the home hospital will be extended on March 31.
“Many of them are existential threats,” said Landman. “If Medicaid is reduced, if Medicare is reduced, it will affect thin margins.”
For some healthcare systems there is a cognitive dissonance, said Broje. It may be 2025, but staff can pass through the door of the hospital, which has technology systems from 1990.
“We are currently in the space of bridge technology,” she said.
Money is needed for training for the workforce to keep up with changes.
“What should be done,” said Sethi, “creates an orchestration project for all these technologies.”