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After over two decades, Institut Jantung Negara has successfully implemented a hospital-wide EMR system, fully integrating technology-enabled patient care.

Mayo Clinic takes its artificial intelligence-powered documentation platform enterprise-wide, Google Cloud collaborates on drug repurposing AI and a government-funded infectious disease risk model aims to improve public health resilience.

The future of healthcare artificial intelligence is "additive," says Dr. William Morris, Ambience Healthcare CMO. He sees health systems convening their leaders around AI scribes, which is helping to drive their digital transformation.

The CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health sees big artificial intelligence developments this year – and predicts that AI is moving from a reactive force in healthcare to a proactive one.

The Coalition for Health AI is offering its Applied Model Card artificial intelligence transparency tool on GitHub to build "the kind of trust that we need," says its CEO Dr. Brian Anderson.

Healthcare providers and IT vendors in the region have weighed in with their predictions for healthcare technology in the new year.

Besides saving significant time and cost, Taichung Veterans General Hospital also has the shortest emergency patient stay in Taiwan, shares computer and communications center director Lai-Shiun Lai.

The sprawling health system believes artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of clinicians and must be carefully assessed, says Dr. Daniel Yang, who offers a closer look at Kaiser's successful rollout of a genAI tool for clinicians, among other insights.

In an increasingly competitive healthcare landscape, a strong digital presence and a superior care experience can be decisive factors in attracting and retaining patients, says one health IT consultant.

Generative AI and other technologies can help ease the clinician shortage by augmenting the work of doctors and nurses and offering significant outcomes, says Accenture Health Strategy Lead Brian P. Kalis.