The 2022 HIMSS Middle East Health Conference & Exhibition took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and brought together healthcare digitization experts from the MENA region and beyond. The event concluded with recommendations for the future of healthcare, including the importance of long-term strategy and investment, data privacy and security, integration through data and technology, a data-driven approach to service delivery, and innovating person-centered care. The conference also emphasized the need for a standard framework to collect social determinants of health and the development of a digital health workforce.

NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a stool reference material to help researchers measure the gut microbiome more accurately. The “Human