We're just about a month out from the inaugural HIMSS AI Leadership Strategy Summit, scheduled for Sept. 18-19 in Chicago. The two-day event is designed for the healthcare C-suite, and will focus on helping executives craft leadership strategy on artificial intelligence.
The goal is to empower leaders to maximize the value of their clinical, financial and operational AI investments and drive change across their organizations. Attendees will hear from a wide array of healthcare industry voices on topics, such as data governance, infrastructure readiness, regulatory requirements, ethical considerations and ROI measurement.
The forum will feature panel discussions and education sessions to help your organization craft frameworks for AI adoption, plan financial strategy, ensure compliance and scale pilot projects for enterprise-wide success.
For the first time, HIMSSCast will be simulcasting at the event, cohosting an episode at the show alongside the Straight Outta Health IT podcast, which offers weekly conversations with healthcare technology leaders about digital transformation, patient experience, health equity and, yes, artificial intelligence.
This week, to preview the event, we're joined by the host of that podcast, Christopher Kunney, managing partner and digital transformation strategist for IOTECH Consulting. We discussed key health equity issues, the importance of building trust in the healthcare system among underserved communities, the trends he's watching for AI in the second half of 2025 and beyond, and what he's hoping to learn at the Leadership Strategy Summit.
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Talking points:
- What Kunney is excited about as AI transforms healthcare
- The aspects of healthcare AI that give him pause
- Health equity – how AI can help and where it still has work to do
- The importance of trust, with regard to AI and across healthcare more broadly
- Plans for podcast co-hosting at the AI Leadership Strategy Summit in Chicago
- What Kunney is hoping to learn at the event
More about this episode:
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Oracle Health unveils new AI-powered EHR
How one community hospital is succeeding with AI
Hospital bed planning with triage-trained AI could improve care delivery
Illinois bans therapeutic use of AI without clinician input
HIMSSCast: Integris Health uses AI to drive urgent care visits down to 30 minutes
What health IT leaders think about the new federal AI Action Plan
