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Healthcare providers face significant challenges in pathology. By enabling more efficient, collaborative workflows, digital pathology solutions can help them transition from legacy analogue processes and address the shortage of trained pathologists.

Dr. Ajlan Al Zaki of Abu Dhabi's Burjeel Hospital says the UAE can build an ecosystem for advanced cancer care by decentralizing cell therapy production and training healthcare workers locally.

Despite years of investment, many hospitals remain digitally fragmented. A command centre approach offers a practical way forward, integrating data and decision-making in real time to enhance operational and surgical performance – and patient care.

Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for content at HIMSS, offers a "recipe" for AI-enabled care – from data governance to pilot projects – ahead of the conference, which is set to take place in Paris from 10-12 June.

AI is steadily reshaping healthcare with promising advances, but significant challenges to broader adoption still must be overcome.

Policymakers grapple with data scarcity and poverty, risking inequity and overhyping data-driven solutions, says Jessica Morley, postdoctoral research associate at Yale University's Digital Ethics Center.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf offers a sneak peek of the conference, scheduled to take place 10-12 June in Paris. He discusses the current technology and policy landscape on the continent for AI and other healthcare IT applications.

Dr. Alfredo Almerares, clinical executive manager at InterSystems, believes the value generative AI provides in improving patient and clinician experiences will lead to greater digital health technology deployment across Latin America.

Managing the cybersecurity risk of growing numbers of connected medical devices with minimal disruption to patient care is a balancing act. As vulnerabilities also increase, the need for network level end-to-end risk management is greater than ever.