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With an eye toward the next decade of data exchange, pop health and informatics experts offered some policy ideas to help White House accomplish "big, bold things" for healthcare interoperability.

More tech companies, and the government, are needed to address rural healthcare cyberattacks, according to the new Microsoft rural hospital cybersecurity landscape report. 

Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.

Innovaccer, Veradigm and other companies are integrating real-time healthcare data, analytics and artificial intelligence-enhanced workflows into payer and provider systems to improve patient outcomes and care delivery.

Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, co-founder of the nation's first MD/MS in artificial intelligence dual degree, offers warnings and solutions for generative AI privacy errors, skyrocketing AI usage costs, and AI correcting mistakes resulting in different errors.

Nurses with less than two years of experience increase their confidence in performing during electronic health record outages after escape room-style training, Michael Allen of Indiana University Health said at HIMSS25.

With the increasing shortage of medical professionals, care delivery and roles will need to evolve. With the aging population and increase in chronic diseases, nurses are asking for more responsibilities.

Tech CISO Scott Mattila discusses proactive measures critical to reducing cyber-risks and describes the steps hospitals and health systems can take to prepare now to comply with crucial mandates. He also highlights the new rule's impact of direct liability on business associates.

Healthcare leaders share insights on successfully deploying screening and early disease detection technologies.

An Australian study also found that AI can help reduce readmissions.