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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the DOGE-assisted cuts, which represent nearly 25% of the department's employees and impact FDA, CDC, NIH and other agencies, would save $1.8 billion per year.

It aims to strengthen the digital skills of existing and new healthcare professionals.

The HIMSS Emerging Healthcare Leaders Task Force offers guidance and HIMSS membership to high school and college students. Texas State University associate professor and HIMSS25 Changemaker awardee David Gibbs describes the program's value.

The joint institute with Duke-NUS Medical School aims to promote research, governance, education, and commercialisation of AI in healthcare.

An award for teaching CAHIMS and CPHIMS certification (Healthcare Information and Management Systems) to low-income urban students at community colleges was given to Monae Haskins, senior application analyst at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey.

ZIMAM Cofounder and Chair Osama El Hassan discusses the digital workforce development nonprofit's evolution. It now spans Gulf Cooperation Council, Middle East and North Africa countries and beyond.

With nearly 25% of all cyberattacks against healthcare organizations, Intraprise Health Chief Operating Officer Scott Mattila warns that artificial intelligence is enabling more sophisticated phishing and smishing tactics.  

The judge took issue with the way the mass terminations were executed, saying employees should be brought back onto the job.

Better information practices help new nurses learn proven treatment methods while gaining experience in hands-on care, explains Elsie Gori, nursing informatics specialist at Lone Star Communications and HIMSS25 Changemaker Award recipient.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the organization will be reintegrated into the UK Department of Health and Social Care within two years. The agency pledges to reinvest cost savings into frontline services.