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Ran Balicer, CIO of Israel's Clalit Health Services, says leaders feeling pressured to adopt new AI tools should have a specific use case in mind and assess the readiness of their existing IT infrastructure and data.

The convergence of physician shortages, efficient use of hospital beds and hybrid working models contributes to the growth of inpatient telemedicine. The health system's programs address critical constraints and boost patient outcomes.

The need to sift through external data is still vexing clinicians, according to a new KLAS Arch Collaborative report. But refinement of data-sharing standards – and further EHR training – could improve interoperability and provider satisfaction.

Whether a health system is in the early stage or advanced maturity affects how they view the technology, says HIMSS senior market insights manager Nicole Ramage, who highlights new research.

Also, the Department of Health and Aged Care seeks to automate the creation of monthly care statements in residential aged care homes.

Dr. Saad Aldousari, hospital director at Kuwait's Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center, explains how the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health supports digital maturity and interoperability goals for all its hospitals.

As new artificial intelligence tools are introduced, the greater efficiency and accuracy achieved using AI will increasingly justify the costs and effort to take on digital pathology practice, says Dr. David Klimstra, cofounder of Paige.

Out-of-the-box generative artificial intelligence capabilities on Health Cloud, specific to provider operations, will be available in October through a new AI use case library.

Providence Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health Dr. Eve Cunningham offers advice and best practices for using automation and ambient voice to help alleviate burden and bring joy back to medicine.

Note Buddy can record conversations during a patient interaction and generate a concise medical summary.