Healthcare Interoperability and Trust in the Age of AI with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser – Health Innovation Matters
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer at DirectTrust. Together, they discuss DirectTrust’s role in healthcare interoperability and trust; the biggest trust and interoperability challenges healthcare organizations are facing today; how the conversation around security and identity has shifted recently; how trust and governance fit into the healthcare AI landscape; and much more.
Learn more about DirectTrust at www.DirectTrust.org.
About Our Guest
Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, MBA, CHPC, CHTS, is DirectTrust’s Chief Strategy Officer, supporting both the short- and long-term organization vision through leading community engagement, communications initiatives, and strategic partnerships, while influencing nationwide standards, technology, and policies for health information sharing and trust among diverse healthcare providers.
With over 15 years in health IT, Kathryn has played key roles in modernizing healthcare technology, including serving as a HIPAA privacy and security compliance officer and promoting health data interoperability. Her insights have been featured in numerous health IT blogs, podcasts, and journals. She was honored as one of Healthjump’s 2023 10 Healthcare IT Leaders You Should Know and the 2022 Healthcare and IT Marketing Community Marketing Professional of the Year. Kathryn is particularly proud of creating the Interoperability Hero and Team Interop initiatives, which highlight her commitment to advancing health technology.
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