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New agentic tools, medication management advances, medical device guidance and the "great tech reckoning" were among just some of the hundreds of artificial intelligence and machine learning stories we published this past year.

Karthik Raja, chief analytics and AI officer at the sprawling 16-state health system, says artificial intelligence is "not one thing. It is a class of problems." Finding and applying the right methodology to solving them is key, he says.

Hackensack Meridian Health and Color are using Google's artificial intelligence tools to speed up patient access and improve care. Also, Catalyst is using the cloud service to automate patient consent for clinical trials through EHRs via the HL7 FHIR data exchange standard.

Many clinicians at group practices already have turned to some type of AI tool – and the majority are realizing big benefits. The tech CEO behind the report offers a deep dive into the eye-opening results.

The Epic-integrated tech boosted automated medication instruction mapping from 26% to 86%. Further, the clinical-grade AI's ability to understand unstructured Rx instructions eliminated manual entry in an additional 60% of cases.

Artificial intelligence alone is not the answer, says Charles Worthington of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Connecting AI-enabled insights like risk scoring to a larger healthcare program is what helps move the needle on outcomes.

Lurie Children's Hospital CAIO Rajiv Kolagani says managing artificial intelligence is both an art and a science – and requires buy-in from everyone. He points to one recent win among several: an AI-powered system that reduces chart review from days to minutes.

In-hospital nurses can focus on more critical tasks and direct patient care while virtual nurses handle the routine monitoring and documentation tasks. Patients appreciate more personalized support and the overall hospital experience.

Integrating data and AI to improve decision-making and the patient experience; training staff to lead AI adoption; creating trustworthy AI; and much more, presented by Accenture's Global Health Technology Lead Andy Truscott.

The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer.