Data and Information

The pandemic highlighted nurses' importance for care delivery, but Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's program director of nursing informatics, calls on leaders to do more to advocate for nurses and help them stay resilient.

The lack of a strong set of AI-specific regulation in the U.S. allows innovation to happen quickly, but that also requires companies to be transparent and for the industry to take responsibility for its own actions, says Mika Newton, CEO of xCures.  

The report said the technology has helped reduce clinician burnout while improving documentation quality and the patient experience.

According to Julia Zarb, Blue x Blue CEO and founder, embracing complexity, developing strong analytical skills and understanding common sensibilities and values can help newcomers succeed in the health IT field.

Also, South Korean medical AI companies JLK and Coreline Soft announced recent regulatory approvals in Japan and the United States.

Data modernization, transformation, interoperability, the use of the digital health indicator, the importance of collaboration and policy, were on the minds of health leaders at the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.

The company, spun out of MIT and backed by Define Ventures, GV and Flare Capital Partners, was founded by veteran AI and clinical leaders from MIT, Harvard, Microsoft and Google.

Josh Wymer of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services talks about how his involvement with HIMSS beginning at the chapter level has been instrumental in building his career, including gaining a CPDHTS certification.

At the HIMSS25 AI in Healthcare Forum, industry thought leaders gathered to discuss how AI will be transformative and disruptive for the future of healthcare.