Ambient AI has streamlined documentation, but Hannah Ellerbee, Guidehouse partner, says it can also connect data from patient visits to revenue cycle processes to create a more seamless, data-driven clinician experience.

Microsoft's Kenneth Harper says agentic AI will soon be able to go beyond preparing documentation to surface important data from captured patient-doctor conversations that can enhance clinical decision-making.

Having experienced the healthcare system both as a legislator and a cancer patient, Policy Influencer Changemaker Dianne Primavera, Colorado's lieutenant governor, works to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.

Giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition, according to HIMSS Policy Influencer Changemaker Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health.

Heidi CEO Dr. Thomas Kelly says the company has expanded its AI care partner to include a global evidence tool that lets clinicians query their preferred sources and delivers context-aware answers to help improve patient care.

Cambridge Health Alliance's Dr. Hannah Galvin, Health Equity Changemaker Award recipient, talks about her work in advancing standards that would allow patients to selectively share health data to protect sensitive information.

Susan Hull of the MITRE Center for Transforming Health talks about working with diverse communities over two decades of involvement with HIMSS to simplify clinical workflows and restore a focus on patient care.

Sumit Nagpal, Cherish CEO, says the company's AI-powered device monitors patients' health at home without needing interaction and can trigger earlier interventions to avoid emergency room visits and reduce the cost of care.

Amy Gleason of U.S. DOGE Service and CMS says the CMS Health Technology Ecosystem will provide a single patient access point powered by modern identity systems. This will replace portal logins and enable seamless data sharing.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf says that, as home-based care and digital tools gain momentum, aided by CMS' interest in remote monitoring, healthcare will increasingly meet patients where they are rather than depend on in-office visits.

Zebra Technologies CNIO Kassaundra McKnight-Young says that her involvement with the HIMSS Foundation has helped drive her work in leveraging technology to give clinicians more time for direct patient care.

In a conversation with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf, Dr. Mehmet Oz talks about technological advances at CMS, including leveraging modern identity tools to help Medicare beneficiaries securely access and control their data across care settings.