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In 2025, providers will face an uncertain global economy, shrinking reimbursements, impacts of inflation, rising operational costs, more expensive labor and supply costs and administrative overhead costs, says AdvancedMD CEO Amanda Sharp.

Strong relationships and engaging with clinical team members is essential in assuring that AI projects are grounded in the real-world needs of their department, says Alda Mizaku, chief data and AI officer at Children's National Hospital.  

Joy Liu, founder and CEO of Plenful, discusses burdens faced by pharmacists, including a shortage of pharmacy technicians and compliance challenges and where AI can step in to alleviate some of the pain.

Lisa Stephenson, CNIO at Houston Methodist, talks about her work with the HIMSS nursing informatics committee and how informaticists help healthcare leaders focus on adopting technology that will reduce, not add to, clinicians' burdens.

Grady Burrows, executive director of HIT in the CLE, talks about creating a demand-driven model for diverse, local IT teams and his work with colleges and employers to build a career pipeline for youth.

New technology can assist with documentation and free up resources for patient care, according to Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor at HIMSS.

HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon says that health systems can embrace digital transformation to solve economic and workforce problems post-pandemic.

Brigham and Women's Hospital innovation and operations analyst Jonathan Letourneau discusses the benefits of collaboration between teams to improve healthcare design.

Children's National Hospital CISO Nate Lesser highlights his coming HIMSS23 session where he will explain a system-wide cybersecurity effort that pulls in staff members across the enterprise.

UCLA Health System nurse informaticists Stesha Selsky and Meg Furukawa highlight their HIMSS23 presentation covering the ways algorithms incorporate patient chart data into measuring the nursing workload.