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Also, Victoria is piloting digital health training for public health workers. 

Healthcare security incidents in 2024 highlighted third-party vendor risk and the need to prepare business continuity plans and tabletop exercises in case of attack, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

Staying current with evolving healthcare technology helps Health Catalyst introduce proven, valuable digital tools, says the company's Cathy Menkiena, a HIMSS25 Changemaker awardee.

Also: Three partners will combine advanced analytics, social risk assessments and actuarial validation to measure the impacts of SDOH interventions.

Healthcare needs its workforce to be skilled in AI, says Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services, who encourages IT professionals to use artificial intelligence tools to help solve their organizations' challenges.

With its Nursing Research and Innovation Council fostering the use of digital tools and the hospital training staff in employing artificial intelligence, it is improving tech adoption, says Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health.

A digital health literacy maturity model could aid in training and inspiring staff to adopt new tools and cybersecurity practices, says Tjasa Zajc, special advisor for HIMSS and moderator for the HIMSS25 Global Leaders Exchange panel.

The University of California at San Francisco's overarching goal was not to replace human judgment but to enhance it – allowing oncologists to focus on personalized treatment rather than spending valuable time retrieving and verifying information.

Its newest report tracking rates of artificial intelligence adoption shows significant maturity in large acute care providers. Key use cases include clinical decision support, documentation automation and workflow efficiency.

Also, the Australian government awarded $4 million in funding to a project building the country's first registry of atrial fibrillation ablations.