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Megan Zakrewsky, Veradigm's VP of product for clinical data exchange, says that in automating payer data exchange and reducing clinician desktop crowding, the EHR is also eliminating patient care gaps by up to 80%, based on larger provider groups.

Elizabeth Murumalla, IS project manager at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, describes how it is deploying generative AI and predictive modeling, and how its collaboration with Epic is helping manage some challenges along the way.

Gold Coast Health has found a way to digitise workflows while maintaining legacy systems.

Narayana Health has also reduced administrative workload by over 50%.

While some say the executive order is too broad, others hope that by streamlining approvals and setting development standards it will "accelerate AI adoption in healthcare at a time when the industry has never needed it more."

Doctors at China Medical University Hospital have also spent less time making diagnoses using AI.

Samsung Medical Center CIO and professor Wonchul Cha emphasises that AI implementation is one part of an overall digital transformation.

There are still risks that hospitals must keep in mind when setting up AI-powered defence systems, according to a private hospital chain's CIO.

The future of EMR systems is powered by AI, according to Oracle Health APAC's chief clinical CIO Michael Draheim.

"A use case is generating an appeal letter – a domain change is reimagining revenue cycle management," explains Jessica Lamb, a partner at McKinsey & Company. She offers a primer on the rising technology.