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Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, CEO of Soothien HealthTech Advisory and a gastroenterologist, says artificial intelligence buy-in starts with leadership, particularly when it comes to messaging the benefits of the technology with staff.

Primary care doctors face a low rate of pay compared to specialties and they also have difficulty collecting that rate, says Mark Newman, founder and CEO of Nomi Health.

Senior executive compensation will be reduced by about 15%, with CEO Chris Howard taking a pay cut.

Data gives insights but that information works best when it can be seen by a customer service representative during a patient interaction, says Casey Williams, senior VP of patient engagement at RevSpring.

Health systems need a strategic vision to better equip clinical nurses with the right tools to accelerate digital technology adoption, says Penn Medicine's Anna Schoenbaum.

Essex County College worked in partnership with HIMSS to help students earn a data science degree that leads to higher-paying healthcare IT jobs, says Elvy Vieira, dean of Community, Continuing Education and Workforce Development.

The main theme of a HIMSS25 panel was not around tech, but was about the culture of innovation making the difference, says Edward Marx, CEO of Marx Advisory who is part of the HIMSS CIO Connect program.