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From documenting bedside prayers to helping a hard-of-hearing nurse connect with patients, AI tools are revealing the importance of nurses' and patients' emotional and spiritual bonds to healing, says Mercy's Tracy Breece.

Lyrebird Health plans to scale its operation internationally, beginning in the United Kingdom. 

The company's valuation has increased by $1 billion since its $130 million Series E funding round last year.

According to Tony DiGiorgio, chief architect at Symplr, the company has carefully embedded AI into its operational platform to cut administrative redundancy and enable nurses to minimize the number of systems they use each day.

Nissan Elimelech, founder of Augmedics, shares how the company's augmented reality surgical technology projects an anatomically accurate 3D spine onto the patient, helping surgeons operate with their eyes on the body instead of a screen.  

Regina Wysocki, senior informatics program manager at Lone Star Communications, says centralizing health system data provides nurses with a "bigger picture" of operations so they can uncover trends that can improve care delivery.

Wojcicki, cofounder and former CEO of 23andMe, is set to reacquire the company through her nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute.

Anil Soni, CEO of the WHO Foundation, discusses a $3.6 million fundraising initiative, enhanced by a dollar-for-dollar match, to protect the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network, working to control and eliminate both diseases.

Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health discuss how a predictive analytics tool has helped reduce patient wait times and enabled nurses to have uninterrupted lunch breaks, increasing patient and staff satisfaction.

Michael Needham, principal at Efficio, says the Trump administration's tariffs create uncertainty and indecision for business.