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Punit Soni, founder and CEO of Suki, says AI is a fundamental technology that changes hospitals', physicians' and patients' healthcare experience, impacting every aspect, including care delivery, patient summarization and the revenue cycle.

Tom Liddell, Harmony Healthcare IT CEO, says the company's AI-powered clinical registry automation tool is already delivering results for clients and will be featured in an upcoming HIMSS book on AI innovation.

Rajiv Kolagani, chief data and AI officer at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, discusses the importance of change management when implementing generative AI and the steps necessary to implement the technology successfully.

While quantum computing will pose a threat to healthcare cybersecurity, Philip Bradley, HIMSS digital health strategist, says the INFRAM scale will align with cybersecurity frameworks as they adapt to a new quantum security model.

While they were originally tools for administrative documentation, EHRs now prioritize streamlining clinicians' workflows and enhancing care delivery, says Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services at CliniComp.

According to Office Practicum's Dr. Rich Szabo and Chris Gibson, the company's EHR provides pediatricians with a complete view of patient data so they can more easily manage the immunization process at the point of care.

The company's computer vision technology tracks supply and implant usage in hospital operating and procedural rooms.

While clinicians are seeing positive results from AI tools such as ambient listening, Anurag Mehta, Omega Healthcare CEO, believes healthcare won't realize AI's full potential until data-security fears are overcome.

As digital health innovation continues, Trinity Health's Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos, who is a 2025 Changemaker Awardee, advises healthcare organizations to seek stakeholder input on technology-related matters to keep improving patient outcomes.

HIMSS25 Changemaker Awardee Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan, who is with Malaysia's Ministry of Health, discusses prioritizing data ownership, sourcing technology from vendors and earning public trust as ways to accelerate digital health progress.