Penn Medicine presenters at the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition

Members of the teams running and innovating technology used at Penn Medicine presented at HIMSS 2024, the flagship conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Among the topics they’ll tackle are 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:

The health care AI evolution: a roadmap for success

Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS, vice president of Applications and Digital Health, will take part in a panel discussion on March 11 from 9:15—10 a.m. EST in Hall F 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.

A continuous pursuit of excellence: leveraging strategy, operations, and financial acumen to drive growth

Speaking again on March 11 from 3—3:45 p.m. EST in the Hyatt Regency Ballroom Qto about 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.

Penn Medicine: maintaining and optimizing health care Operations

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. On March 12 from 2:15—2:35 p.m. EST in the Cyber Theater A, Hall A, Booth 1601, 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 will discuss 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.

Expert interviews

To arrange an interview with any of those speaking, please contact Frank Otto in the Penn Medicine Communications Department by email or at 267-693-2999.