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The Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Consortium, a national coalition, is working to guide responsible AI use. Reengineering workflows with AI should be led by nurses who use them, says Jing Wang, dean of FSU College of Nursing.

In today’s healthcare system, even patients with good insurance and strong support systems struggle to schedule appointments and get treatment approvals, while health systems face staffing shortages and operational drag. Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack and Alex Flores, General Manager, Health and Life Sciences Vertical at Intel, talk about how scalable, trustworthy AI can reduce fri...

Ashkan Afkhami of Boston Consulting Group discusses how AI agents and tech will transform healthcare, including how agentic AI will reshape the sector's workforce.

The independent health system's new technology can help physicians get better views of diagnostic images while saving time on the scanning end. The CIO explains these and other benefits.

Data integration was an integral part of the first CTO of the U.S.'s work under President Obama, and as AI has evolved, so have the changing administrations' priorities.

Providers can integrate medication adherence and positive behavior change strategies into patient care plans, says Dr. Amy Bucher, chief behavioral scientist at Lirio.

Low reimbursement, high utilization, star ratings and risk adjustment have formed a perfect storm.

Ambulatory leaders may believe care access problems are solved because their utilization metrics are high. However, these numbers may be hiding demand mismatches at the patient, provider, and clinic level. Discover how examining patient mix, no-shows, and late cancellations can help boost access to care and stop revenue leakage.  

Technology is helping them from falling below the new 90% submission threshold, says Sandy Griffiths, senior product manager for Homecare Homebase.

In this view from the frontline, Tom Gillette, CIO, and Erich Glasbrenner, VP and chief nursing informatics officer, at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, discuss how patient access and experiences will continue to transform in the year ahead.

"It's a positive moment," says Kyle Zebley, CEO of ATA and executive director of ATA Action, in a conversation about policy and healthcare advances. The organization plans to focus on its role as a catalyst for change at the state and federal levels.

Moving more than 19,000 patient cardiac devices across 15 locations to a cloud-based management platform was a big lift that improved clinical administration and patient care, says Amy Tucker of Advocate Health's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute.

UnityAI discusses use cases for AI agents in healthcare and the challenges the company has faced training the AI models. 

Impiricus works with over 30 pharma companies.

Using health data to rapidly identify clinical trial participants wherever they are broadens the reach of leading-edge oncology care and frees up nurses' time for patient care, says Dr. Aaron Gerds at the Cleveland Clinic’s Cancer Institute.

A growing number of veterans are seeking care outside traditional VA facilities.

We speak with Doug Meil, software engineer, analytics expert and author of the recent book, The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired .

Communication breakdowns such as missed calls, long hold times and voicemail tag cause frustration for patients and revenue and productivity loss for practices. Learn how AI and automation can ensure that every patient’s phone call is answered, simplify appointment scheduling and keep clinicians focused on care rather than on administrative tasks.  

OpenAI's Sam Altman says individuals should use GPT-5 to help them with their healthcare journey. Dr. Doug Fridsma, former ONC chief science officer and current CMIO at Health Universe, says there are things to consider when using the tech.

Healthcare leaders can’t afford to build their incident response plans in the middle of a crisis. Discover how disciplined, ongoing practice leveraging tabletop drills and vendor partnerships can help build true cyber confidence and a culture of security.  

AI is powering a broader care expansion, including a new ED and cancer center.

How cities, such as Baltimore, can impact healthcare

As healthcare organizations race to adopt AI, many overlook the groundwork needed to scale solutions across departments and sites. This podcast offers insights from Hyland’s Lyle McMillin into how CIOs can assess and improve their organizations’ AI readiness.  

Nursing leaders have access to more data than ever, but the challenge lies in using it meaningfully. Join us for this second episode of “Data Literacy for Nurse Leaders,” where Dr. Michelle Hamland and Meagan Mangus from the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee discuss how nurse leaders can turn data into action with the HIMSS Data Literacy for Nurse Leaders Toolkit.  

As many healthcare organizations seek to optimize revenue cycle management, Ensemble offers a reasoning-driven agentic AI approach that can speed up appeals, reduce denials and recover lost revenue. Learn how Ensemble connects clinical data, financial data and human insight to solve revenue cycle problems in real time.