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American Medical Association researchers found that artificial intelligence in healthcare sparked more enthusiasm among physicians in 2024, increasing 5% over the previous year, while their use of AI tools increased by 28%.
More providers are finding artificial intelligence can reduce clinician burnout and lower recruiting costs. Meanwhile, tech vendors on the frontier of agentic AI innovation are looking to healthcare as a first use case.
At the HIMSS25 Smart Health Transformation Forum, health system execs will explore value propositions of the latest digital tools. Esther Kim of Mass General Brigham, Kali Arduini Idhe of Northwestern Medicine and Marcee Chmait of Providence discuss.
Initial findings from a three-year analysis from athenahealth suggest the idea that providers' use of digital patient outreach tools increase documentation burdens is a misconception.
In a preview of their upcoming HIMSS25 education session, leaders with the health system's Agile Practice Office explain the benefits of Scrum and Kanban in healthcare operations.
Also: New partnership aims to create an artificial intelligence-driven platform combining digital operations and regulatory compliance to bolster healthcare organizations' digital transformations.
Nursing and IT
The health system has reduced RN turnover by seven percentage points; the RN retention rate is back to pre-pandemic 95%. This saves RN replacement costs in a highly competitive market. Further, the platform helps leaders follow best practices.
Success Stories & ROI
Impower therapists love the ambient listening technology, its COO reports. Artificial intelligence is helping them produce more clinically detailed notes, better comply with documentation submission and be more present with clients.
After over two decades, Institut Jantung Negara has successfully implemented a hospital-wide EMR system, fully integrating technology-enabled patient care.
Mayo Clinic takes its artificial intelligence-powered documentation platform enterprise-wide, Google Cloud collaborates on drug repurposing AI and a government-funded infectious disease risk model aims to improve public health resilience.