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The new event, scheduled for Sept. 18-19 in Chicago, will focus on high-level insights for the C-suite. HIMSSCast will be simulcasting from the show with the Straight Outta Health IT podcast, whose host Christopher Kunney joins us for a preview.

"Nurses want help from AI but they don't want it to do their job," says Kenrick Cato, nurse scientist, pediatric data and analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia—who also discusses the need to not repeat the mistakes of EHRs when deploying.

Also, Pakistani nursing institutes have adopted AI to boost training.

Its collaboration with Cornerstone Robotics and Nanyang Technological University will also focus on telesurgery training and education.

Healthcare organizations can build executive confidence in technology investments by adopting a structured, outcome-oriented approach that aligns IT initiatives to clinical and operational goals. The HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model can help.

Robotic initiatives aim to save on nursing time by providing a variety of tasks and services, including multilingual and emotional support, says hospital director Dr Weide Tsai.

The technology – no more paper – has standardized competency, improved transparency into orientation and competency attainment, and reduced time spent following up with staff to complete checklists.

Punit Soni's company is a major player in this area of artificial intelligence. Here he gives advice to healthcare CAIOs, CIOs and other IT leaders implementing the systems – and to doctors and nurses using them. He sees significant changes coming to healthcare over the next five years.

Malaysia's Institut Jantung Negara finally found success in hospital-wide EMR implementation after several attempts.

Dr. Cole Zanetti, professor and director of digital health at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, discusses the need to train and educate patients, providers and the healthcare workforce about the promise of artificial intelligence.