Cybersecurity, patient experience and public health dominate HIMSS conversation

This week the HIMSS global conference was back in person after the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined last year's event. After a week packed with hundreds of educational sessions, scores of vendor demonstrations and new meet and greets, the HIMSS Media editors sit down for a debrief on cybersecurity,  patient experience, public health, and more.Talking points:The mood and feel at HIMSS21New cyber attacks require innovations in cybersecurityMore attention paid to the voice of the patientPublic health infrastructure gaps exposed by the pandemicMore work still needed on interoperabilityIncorporating health equity and clinical trial diversity into the conversationAI/ML in a low-key but foundational roleStar Trek and the Jetsons -- models for healthcareSome keynote highlightsCOVID lessons, positive and negativeThe telehealth explosion and its aftermathValue-based care is coming, but when?Notes from the Pharma forumMore about this episode: ONC, CDC want to fix the fragmented public health system COVID-19 exposedHIMSS21 tech news: cloud, analytics and interoperability developmentsUpdates and lessons learned from AstraZeneca, MGH's AMAZE platformGovs. Chris Christie and Terry McAuliffe trade jabs at HIMSS21COVID-19 shined light on new opportunities for public health on social mediaAI is the new paradigm in forecasting infectious disease riskFormer ONC head Rucker: APIs will ‘empower totally new business models’Rainn Wilson makes us grateful for being number twoDHA director: Information and technology drive effective pandemic response