Bill Siwicki

The healthcare workforce should prepare for a "once-in-a-century revolution," a labor law expert says, with artificial intelligence poised to directly impact the way nurses and other healthcare professionals do their jobs.

Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, a practicing neurologist and cofounder of Linus Health, offers an in-depth look at his company's digital replacement for a longtime paper test that helps assess risk of dementia and stroke.

The health IT giant also will be highlighting its recent success with generative AI and discussing more than 60 other projects in the pipeline using artificial intelligence – with use cases from the exam room to the back office and beyond.

"With improved monitoring and measurement capabilities, we have been better equipped to understand the dynamics of falls, identify trends and implement targeted interventions," says a nursing leader at the North Carolina health system.

A strong therapeutic alliance can be created virtually – most critically, telepsychiatry helps patients feeling the serious effects of a mental health issue get better quickly, notes the CMO of the company behind the peer-reviewed research.

With customized EHR dashboards, the health system identifies metrics critical for accountable care so it can support all its providers – it's seen 200% growth in the past three years – with a tailored approach to caring for their patients.

Even the best algorithm could still need months to verify its performance, a healthcare systems expert says. So IT leaders should ensure they budget for the training process whenever they evaluate any artificial intelligence technology.

Large language models can provide a big boost here for providers, says the CEO of Medicomp. But algorithms should be trained on hierarchical condition categories for risk adjustment – and challenges with data quality and bias need addressing.

The health system's medical director will offer more perspective on how remote patient monitoring is helping, including enabling an adherence rate of 80% to daily vitals, at HIMSS24.

And this year there will be a focus on continuing access to medications for mental health because mental health is a critical part of overall health, predicts a psychiatrist who practices telehealth.