Top takeaways from HIMSS22: What CIOs need to know

There were many new product and partnership announcements and insightful panels and discussions, but here are two critical takeaway themes from HIMSS22 relevant to healthcare decision-makers like you! Microsoft's Azure health cloud includes a data service that brings together clinical, imaging, medical devices, and other datasets. Examples include using Teams for virtual care visits, Teams integration with Cerner electronic health record, and additional enhancements on the Azure Health Data Services using AI. Google Health's innovative summarization feature takes data from various parts of the patient record to summarize the patient's health information, which offers the clinician detailed information about treating and monitoring those illnesses, such as lab results, vital signs, and prescriptions. The new Snowflake Healthcare and Life Sciences Data Cloud provides a data marketplace that enables users to get data from third-party sources. Delivery of care at home necessitates the clinician to go and visit the patient's house. They need to be ready to provide solutions that can deliver care anywhere, anytime, to any patient.