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Successful documentation improvements require collaboration and frontline nurses to be engaged in the decision-making process to drive change and meaningful improvement, says NYU Langone Health's Denise Dauterman and Deborah Jacques.

The New York-based company posted a net loss of $1 billion, or $5.87 per share, causing its stock price to fall around 15%.

AI tools helped find non-opioid pain medications that can also put patients under and predict strokes in children who have undergone brain surgery, says Dr. Zafar Chaudry, chief AI officer at Seattle Children's.

Before the technology piece, focus must be on how to train people on the up-and-coming AI tools and providing a policy that governs those tools and protecting data, says Dr. Zafar Chaudry, chief AI officer at Seattle Children's.

At HIMSS25, Tamer Baker, healthcare CTO for Zscaler, and Nate Couture, CISO for the University of Vermont Health Network, will discuss zero trust's strategy and how critical it is to facilitate breach recovery and prevention after an attack.  

The cost burden is lowered when rural hospitals share their EHR because the host can bear the cost of things such as  infrastructure, security and staffing, says David Winn, vice president for Parkview Community Connect at Parkview Health.

Despite reluctance in the past couple of years, clinician comfort with using AI tools is growing, says Etiometry President and CEO Shane Cooke, citing results of a recent AMA survey.

Darren Webber and Nathan Licht, principal data analysts at Cedars-Sinai, preview their HIMSS25 talk on how generative AI can enhance chart abstractors’ efficiency and effectiveness, as well as best practices for implementation.

At HIMSS25, Matt Cybulsky, healthcare AI and product innovation lead at LBMC, says he hopes to spark interest, curiosity and realistic expectations on technology use in healthcare and AI’s effectiveness in real-world clinical settings.

Digital strategy should include an understanding of basic IT infrastructure and the application layer. Applications should be reliable, accessible and secure, says Lisa Stump, Mount Sinai Health System Chief Digital Information Officer.