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

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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.

Today it's conversational AI and in five years Mercy's Tracy Breece expects technology to be a seamless part of the workflow so that nurses can use skills to empower the patient and family.

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One breakthrough that has helped is the ability of ambient AI to document what's happening in the room, says Regina Wysocki, senior informatics program manager at Lone Star Communications.

Health system says it is taking steps to adapt its operations for a new reality of reduced reimbursement and higher costs.

The maturity model optimizes scheduling, reduces wait times, lessens administrative burden and looks at patient health indicators, says Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health.