Workflow

Symplr's platform aims to integrate systems to reduce nurses' workload and give them more time for patient care. The company's Tony DiGiorgio says it can help nurses struggling with managing data across many digital tools.

Proposals would require Veterans Affairs to contractually prohibit the sale of patient information and report on electronic health record workflow benchmarks, quality metrics and resources provided to VA facilities ahead of new installations.

Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health say they took an outcomes-driven approach to lessening clinicians' burden, helping reach the highest level of the community care maturity model.

Nurses and physicians report significant workflow improvements over the past year, according to a new KLAS report, but say slow response times, unproductive charting and excessive messaging still need to be addressed.

Convening thought leadership and promoting maturity models that measure integration success are just two of the ways HIMSS is helping support and advance AI across the healthcare industry, said President and CEO Hal Wolf at HIMSS25 Europe.

The EHR integration could expand health data exchange connectivity for providers, support compliance mandates and allow for greater participation in value-based care initiatives.

Execs are eager to use genAI to optimize workflow and improve clinical sustainability, but a readiness gap persists.

Informatics leaders also have to be closely invested in their organization's goals, says Dr. Robert W. Warren, who offers advice drawn from a long career on bridging clinical and technological roles, making tough decisions and being a team leader.

Also, a new centre for excellence in AI in healthcare will be set up by two public universities in India.

In part two of our new Emerging Technologies Series, Morgan Cheatham, partner and head of healthcare and life sciences at Breyer Capital, highlights the venture capital firm's rigorous evaluation of a technology's potential for maturation.