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Staff buy-in is key to making AI work, says Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, a gastroenterologist and CEO of Soothien HealthTech Advisory – who also holds forth on the promise of agentic AI, the value of voice agents and the right balance of build-buy-blend.

As European healthcare data regulations evolve, Alexander Berler, IHE Catalyst's strategic business development director, says adopting its integration profiles can help vendors ensure their tools meet interoperability standards.

In Brooklyn this past week, leaders from health organizations of all shapes and sizes explored artificial intelligence's challenges and immense opportunities – from basic data governance to advanced agentic models (and everything in-between).

Burnout levels can vary greatly in organizations using the same EHR platform. KLAS Enterprises' Coray Tate says this indicates that training and supporting clinicians in EHR use may help prevent or reduce burnout.

According to Simon Rost, GE Healthcare's chief strategy and marketing officer, the cloud's security, scalability and flexibility enable collaboration and innovation, including deployment of more AI tools such as ambient listening.

Before the CYLCOMED AI cybersecurity initiative launched its pilot at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, research and health data scientist Diana Ferro says it developed a framework prioritizing patient safety and compliance.

As countries prepare for the European Health Data Space, Estonia and Finland are piloting a cancer screening project to better understand the challenges of cross-border data sharing, says Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs' Jaanika Merilo.

Mark Newman, founder and CEO of Nomi Health, says the system makes it hard for primary care physicians to collect payment, so 30%-40% of their time is spent on administrative tasks.

Although the learning curve for AI tools is steep, MSD's Matt Studney discusses how the company guides teams through change management and how it mitigates risk with human-in-the-loop feedback and ethics committee reviews.

According to OECD AI in Healthcare Expert Group member Dr Derya Şahin, 2.6 billion people worldwide still lack internet access, meaning basic connectivity is needed in those areas before digital health projects can begin.