PHILADELPHIA-Members of the teams running and innovating technology used at Penn Medicine will be presenting at HIMSS 2024, the flagship conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Among the topics they'll tackle is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into a health system and the challenges posed by implementing information technology systems into a brand-new hospital building.
Below is a summary of each of their topics and where to find them:
Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS, vice president of Applications and Digital Health
Session: "The Healthcare AI Evolution: A Roadmap for Success"
Time & Place: March 11, 9:15-10 a.m. EST, Hall F
Schoenbaum will take part in a panel discussion aimed at serving as a guide for what it takes and what to consider when attempting to integrate AI into health system operations. Those considerations run the gamut from deciding whether it's better to buy an AI solution or to build one in-house, where and how to invest in the AI solution that is chosen, and what to think about when it comes to long-term success.
Time & Place: March 11, 3-3:45 p.m. EST, Hyatt | Regency Ballroom Q
Speaking to what it takes to grow an organization's technical structure, Schoenbaum will focus on why it's important for IT teams to center their efforts on the values of the people they serve. Her talk will also identify what attributes make teams successful in their pursuit of organizational excellence.
Paul J. Williams, CHCIO, CDH-E, associate vice president of Information Services Infrastructure Technology, and Greg Shuster, MBA, MSEE, director of Network Engineering and Operations
Session: "Penn Medicine: Maintaining and Optimizing Healthcare Operations"
Time & Place: March 12, 2:15-2:35 p.m. EST, Cyber Theater A | Hall A | Booth 1601
A critical piece of the opening of the Pavilion, the newest hospital building at the University of Pennsylvania Health System that came online in October 2021, was getting all of the technology in it to work from day one. Williams and Shuster will go over lessons learned from the years-long preparation process for the opening of the building, how they supported high-quality clinical operations from the first minute, and what can be learned more broadly from the experience.
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