Natasha Ramontal, HIMSS senior digital health strategist, says that measuring digital maturity and building up analytics programs can help providers use AI tools to meet patient needs more effectively.

Watch a report from the AI in Healthcare Forum and learn about AI-powered, cloud-based technologies that help clinicians spend more time with patients and deliver better care in this look back at day 3 of the HIMSS25 global conference.

Rural hospitals can share the financial burden of an EHR to create better patient outcomes, says David Winn vice president for Parkview Community Connect at Parkview Health. He will be discussing the topic at HIMSS25.

Dr. Bonita Coe, founder and CEO of Best Health for Your Life Consulting, discusses her HIMSS25 talk at the Health Equity Forum on using technology, including digital monitoring, to ensure optimal health outcomes and inclusive patient care.

Dr. Barry Stein, Hartford HealthCare's CCIO, explains the critical ingredients providers need to make AI use safe for patients. The health system aims to speed up diagnoses and care coordination with real-time integrations at the point of care.

Michael Zager, Cirro Bio's CEO, discusses creating a central data core to bring together Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center's patient data and how AWS Marketplace helped simplify researcher onboarding for the company's solution.

Clinicians at public health service Western Health used to spend up to 17 minutes on average to retrieve medical records per patient, shares Digital Health Division Director Lily Liu.

Patients are very curious about artificial intelligence, but more education is needed, says Dr. Samuel Browd of UW and Seattle Children's, and the CMO at Proprio. He explains how AI is transforming care in the doctor's office, the OR and beyond.

The year ahead offers continued challenges and opportunities around cybersecurity, AI and automation, patient experience and more, says the chief digital and information officer, who discusses his to-do list for 2025.

Deepak Prakash, CTO and cofounder of Sonio, says that because maternal health data is targeted by cybersecurity threat actors, providers must ensure that they have the right levels of security to protect patient privacy.

AI, cybersecurity, patient engagement, reimbursement and rev cycle, virtual care and more. Join the editors of Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews as they forecast new trends and developments for the year ahead.

Clinicians spend about 28 hours a week on administrative tasks, taking away from patient time, says Aashima Gupta, Google Cloud's healthcare vertical lead.