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Nurse involvement in new clinical tool development can help ensure that they fit into their workflows, says Darren Batara, nursing innovation and informatics manager at Stanford Healthcare.

Also: Ambience Healthcare's AI platform is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and information officer at the 30-hospital health system, is working to improve the provider and patient experience with ambient listening, augmented intelligence and more.

The Korean hospital has fully automated its online medical records issuance system to improve the patient experience.

Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and transformation officer, offers her perspective on improving IT support for the clinician and patient experience, and insights on data informing decision making for operational processes.

Healthcare security incidents in 2024 highlighted third-party vendor risk and the need to prepare business continuity plans and tabletop exercises in case of attack, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

Pharmacy order processing was brought down to under five minutes.

Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security, explains how the new HIPAA security rule requires healthcare organizations to use specific technical controls, but it can also help to better position third-party risk management.

The University of California at San Francisco's overarching goal was not to replace human judgment but to enhance it – allowing oncologists to focus on personalized treatment rather than spending valuable time retrieving and verifying information.

Also, the Australian government awarded $4 million in funding to a project building the country's first registry of atrial fibrillation ablations.