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In the best case scenario, hospitals “are getting 20% less than the lowest workman’s comp fee schedule in the country,” says Zachary Schultz of EnableComp.

HIMSS Media editors discuss 2025 healthcare trends, including a shift toward mature AI use cases, scrutiny about ROI and regulation gaps as executives wrestle with choosing vendor partners and implementing AI tools.

Doug Meil, author of The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired, discusses some lessons learned from that era, and offers perspective on where artificial intelligence may be headed next.

Next year will mark a turning point for AI in healthcare as the industry shifts from pilots and hype to accountable, integrated systems that prove to have measurable impact, according to execs.

Atropos Health CEO, Brigham Hyde, discusses the integration of Atropos' agentic AI agent into Microsoft Teams, helping clinical teams analyze patient information and clinical documentation during team meetings to support decision making.

Ash will provide at-home biomarker testing to Noom users to provide insights into key health markers linked to chronic disease risk and aging.

The department is proposing to reorganize the Veterans Health Administration health agency over the next 18-24 months. Meanwhile, new proposed House bills seek VA reforms.

The federal grants will support CranioSense’s development and validation of its non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring device.

The company also raised $5 million in venture debt funding.

The financial health of hospitals and the financial experience of patients are concepts that are tethered together, says Andrew Bess, EVP at Ensemble.