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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. knew they were making mistakes in carrying out the Reduction in Force, complaint says.

Suki recently announced it is working with rural health providers to increase efficiency, improve health outcomes and reduce clinician burden, says CEO and founder Punit Soni.

It now takes an average of 31 days to schedule a physician appointment in 15 of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.

Rebecca Woods, Marissa Maldonado and Roz Cordini spoke at HIMSS25 about the importance of women self-promoting and building their personal brands in order to advance in the health IT space.

Julie Luengas, chief nursing informatics officer at Stony Brook Medicine Information Technology, says a group of nurses at a HIMSS25 session announced a free toolkit that can help ensure health systems are using AI responsibly.

Work that used to be done by 200 people can now be done by 20 as AI becomes a digital workforce for such administrative tasks as claims appeal letters, says Anurag Mehta, CEO of Omega Healthcare.

Training staff to take advantage of AI and other technologies that will help supplement the workforce is important, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Helping patients and health systems understand how to use technology delivers health benefits for everyone, says Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos, medical director of health informatics at Trinity Health and a 2025 Changemaker Award recipient.

At the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, HIMSS Changemaker Awardee Krystal Schramm says she works with data everyday, striving to use technology to make improvements from local areas up the federal level.

Information from other participants allows for a better understanding of a zero-trust environment and all that she's learned can be passed on to her coworkers, says Habi Mojidi, chief information officer for medical readiness in the U.S. Army.