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The CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health sees big artificial intelligence developments this year – and predicts that AI is moving from a reactive force in healthcare to a proactive one.

And yes, that includes AI. Dr. Anwar Jebran, a primary care physician informaticist, dives deep into LLM-powered ambient artificial intelligence while offering a preview of his HIMSS25 panel session on technology's role in alleviating burnout.

The enhanced membership program offers access to proprietary research, maturity assessment tools, professional development and other resources to help healthcare organizations with digital transformation.

Since 2016, the 200-member IT team of Narayana Health in India has built smart and mobile solutions for patients and staff, says IT VP Jagadeesh Ramasamy.

Besides saving significant time and cost, Taichung Veterans General Hospital also has the shortest emergency patient stay in Taiwan, shares computer and communications center director Lai-Shiun Lai.

The sprawling health system believes artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of clinicians and must be carefully assessed, says Dr. Daniel Yang, who offers a closer look at Kaiser's successful rollout of a genAI tool for clinicians, among other insights.

Generative AI and other technologies can help ease the clinician shortage by augmenting the work of doctors and nurses and offering significant outcomes, says Accenture Health Strategy Lead Brian P. Kalis.

Zachary Durst, IT practice consultant at WittKieffer, explains how the past two years have seen a significant increase in the number of new AI leadership roles as health systems seek opportunities to advance AI projects more strategically.

The electronic health record vendor group was founded two decades ago with a bold premise: competitors working collaboratively to identify issues related to software development and functionality for EHRs and to further the initiatives laid out by HHS.

Physician and nurse schedules often change due to shift swaps, vacations and PTO requests. And in a fast-paced healthcare environment, it’s difficult to keep up with these changes manually or to enter them across disparate systems, increasing the chance of payroll errors.