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Anurag Mehta, Omega Healthcare CEO, says using LLMs to analyze claim denial letters and create tailored appeals can drive efficiency, but humans must always be in the loop to approve or edit the resulting documents.

"These are real lives, potentially extended or saved because an AI system surfaced the right data at the right time, and our teams were equipped to act on it," says the health system's COO. And the tech has helped boost the case closure rate by 50%.

"By making it faster and easier to use the most up-to-date guidelines at the point of care, we anticipate a more consistent application of best practices, which can contribute to improved patient trajectories," says the hospital's CMIO.

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.

HIMSS supported and empowered Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' Krystal Schramm, a Changemaker Awardee, to work with others to establish the HIMSS Native American and Indigenous Community.

Katie Moussouris, Luta Security's CEO and founder, shares insights on national infrastructure security and the state of cyberdefense, advising healthcare organizations of all sizes to ensure that they have a full understanding of all their assets.

Rather than simply layering technology atop inefficient clinical practices, it's key to take an "urban planning" approach and rethink their structure, says Dr. Anwar Jebran, medical director of population health informatics at Oak Street Health.

Phishing with voicemail scams, deep fakes, medical document forgeries – artificial intelligence is "lowering the bar of who can engage in these activities," says Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks.

Ambient AI is helping to restore how clinicians connect with patients at the point of care and it's also reducing their after-hours documentation burden, according to Julie Frey, Wolters Kluwer VP of provider product.

More than half of nurses say they experience burnout most days, a new survey shows, with 61% planning to change jobs or departments, seek a hybrid position, work as travelers or make other career changes.