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The event serves as a global platform to learn and connect about information and technology successes and challenges, say HIMSS President & CEO Hal Wolf and Peter Hall, Informa Markets president of Middle East, India, Türkiye & Africa.

Also, Macquarie University Health has gone live with an AI platform to automate and streamline patient record management.

Within the first week of use, the badges helped security teams at the Michigan health system quickly stop more than a dozen dangerous incidents. That's a big safety improvement for nurses and other staff, compared to its previous phone-based process.

Reality has not caught up to the promise of AI, says Ran Balicer of Israel's Clalit Health Services. Scaling pilots requires leadership backing, clinician buy-in, cybersecurity action and strategic alignment, Balicer explains.

Clinical innovation is essential to meet the challenges of ageing populations and shrinking workforces. This was the focus of a GE HealthCare session at HIMSS25 Europe, led by EMEA chief medical officer Prof Dr Mathias Goyen with a panel of experts.

Successful AI adoption starts with choosing leaders who will champion the technology and engage their frontline teams to use the tools and provide feedback, says HIMSS digital health strategist Jill Seys.

"We're building a plane and flying it at the same time," said Christopher Kunney on what's happening with AI.

Also, the Australian Digital Health Agency has updated its training courses to prepare for My Health Record's transition to FHIR.

The health network is saving clinicians 1-2 hours per week and reducing their cognitive burden. Further, 70% of physicians report increases in patient satisfaction, and most clinics typically see 1-3 additional patients daily.

The health system is finding success with predictive models and LLMs and is "eager to understand and leverage" more advanced use cases, while ensuring they're "safe, secure, ethical and unbiased," says Chief Analytics Officer Kerri Webster, RN.