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Interoperability is improving, but artificial intelligence is exposing the difference between merely exchanging data and actually making data usable, one consultant said.

"It's coming at them at a very fast pace," says Broward Health CIO Steven Travers, who advises healthcare organizations to ensure new tools fit both what an organization is trying to accomplish and the existing processes of frontline staff.

To bring novel precision evidence to existing workflows, the company said its growing medical library is accessible through more artificial intelligence-driven clinical technologies from Meta, Heidi Health, Humata and others.

Inventory carrying costs alone have been reduced by more than $10 million, says a pharmacy IT exec, who touts the ROI of combined analytics technologies.

These virtual care providers can support hospitals through patient volume spikes and provide more flexibility for clinicians. One even supported a complex resuscitation in real time. A Missouri hospitalist lays out some of the many benefits.

For healthcare organizations, EHR downtime is no longer a rare disruption, but a recurring enterprise operating condition with measurable effects on operations and care.

What's more, staff used the analytics to slash inpatient length of stay from 5.99 days to 5.29 – a result "not driven by a single initiative, but by the cumulative effect of real-time visibility and coordinated action," says a performance improvement director.

When healthcare organizations move away from resource-intensive, point-to-point integrations, they can embrace the kind of seamless interoperability that enhances both operations and care delivery.

National University Health System assistant group CTO Dr Gao Yujia shares 5G-enabled connected health projects in the pipeline.

Nadin Knippschild, DNP, RN, says she must responsibly control advanced technologies while maintaining unwavering cybersecurity – especially as more data and services are migrated to the cloud.