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 HIMSS21
• New cyber attacks require innovations in cybersecurity
• More attention paid to the voice of the patient
• Public health infrastructure gaps exposed by the pandemic
• More work still needed on interoperability
• Incorporating health equity and clinical trial diversity into the conversation
• AI/ML in a low-key but foundational role
• Star Trek and the Jetsons -- models for healthcare
• Some keynote highlights
• COVID lessons, positive and negative
• The telehealth explosion and its aftermath
• Value-based care is coming, but when?
• Notes from the Pharma forum

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Govs. Chris Christie and Terry McAuliffe trade jabs at HIMSS21

COVID-19 shined light on new opportunities for public health on social media

AI is the new paradigm in forecasting infectious disease risk

Former ONC head Rucker: APIs will ‘empower totally new business models’

Rainn Wilson makes us grateful for being number two

DHA director: Information and technology drive effective pandemic response