Artificial Intelligence
Now entering its second academic year, this pioneering dual degree program is designed to equip future physicians with the AI expertise needed to revolutionize patient care.
Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, program director of the nation's first MD/MS in AI dual degree at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is at the forefront of AI's transformation of healthcare. He offers a look at this groundbreaking education.
Dr. Khulood Alsayegh, Dubai Health Authority's head of clinical standards and guidelines and the only healthcare AI ethics lead assessor in the Middle East and Africa, teaches courses to help build a regional community of assessors.
Attendees and panelists discuss what they've learned from the health systems and innovators piloting and implementing leading-edge healthcare technologies at the recent forum.
Health systems need to engage patients, families and clinicians as partners when leveraging AI and other advanced technologies to achieve the best possible care outcomes, says HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon.
The hospital's central goal of improving patient engagement and care quality has helped it achieve Stage 7 on the AMAM maturity model and more. Jong-Soo Choi, CTO of the Korea health system and a HIMSS25 Changemaker, explains.
Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at DrFirst, says mental health providers quickly adopted telehealth during the pandemic. Now he says he thinks AI agents can help understaffed offices with triage and prescription management.
Nursing leaders are embracing digital tools that streamline workflows and improve unique connections with patients, says Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, DNP, program director of nursing informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a HIMSS25 Changemaker Awardee.
Mika Newton, CEO of xCures, sees artificial intelligence the only path forward to delivering quality care, as the U.S. doesn't have enough hospitals, doctors or nurses.
Julia Zarb, CEO and founder of Blue x Blue and a 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, says her company uses AI agents to identify and access the data most needed to make informed choices, helping drive efficiency and relieve burnout.
