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Sam Davis Jr. of Rush University Medical Center says adopting analytics enabled the system to align staffing, equipment and surgeon block time with real demand, delivering 12x ROI and improving patient outcomes.
According to Rom Eizenberg, Kontakt.io's chief revenue officer, hospitals in 2026 will deploy AI to track people, space and equipment and to optimize length of stay, which can help reverse losses and increase profitability.
According to Barrett Loveless, infrastructure director at the PET Imaging Institute, EDR (endpoint detection and response) tools, combined with expert monitoring, have kept the institute breach-free for a decade.
Jeff Ladner, Onspring's chief product officer, explains what healthcare leaders need to know about Medicare's six-year WISeR program, which will add new preauthorization requirements, documentation standards and appeals workflows.
Most provider data still lives in spreadsheets and siloed systems; Megan Schmidt, Madaket Health CEO, says this underlying data structure must be fixed before AI can enhance directory accuracy to boost patients' access to care.
Rachini Moosavi, chief analytics officer at UNC Health, discusses moving beyond big genAI efforts to transforming smaller scale processes and workflows.
Epic Emeritus CMIO Dr. Michael Zaroukian says health system leaders can add to their EHRs' value after the initial go-live by linking it to strategic goals, empowering clinicians to share feedback and prioritizing usability.
As post-acute facilities struggle with fragmentation and staffing, PointClickCare's Dr. Steve Buslovich says AI tools can summarize complex patient records and assist with documentation so clinicians can focus on bedside care.
Elsa, the FDA's new AI tool, promises to speed up safety reviews. ConcertAI's Jeff Elton advises developers to anticipate its insights and optimize interactions by preparing structured, contextualized data.
Implementing AI successfully across healthcare organizations requires strategic problem selection and risk management. HIMSS' maturity models can guide leaders on their journey to adopting the right AI solutions.