HIMSS25 ran from March 3-6 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It attracted thousands of industry leaders and featured a predominant theme: artificial intelligence. How did the industry approach this topic in 2025, and what surprising talking points arose?

Featuring: Rebecca Pifer, senior reporter at Healthcare Dive

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It is easy to get swept up in the AI hype. But healthcare leaders cannot afford to lose sight of their true priorities when evaluating AI solutions. How has this technology influenced healthcare leadership styles?

Featuring: Brian Spisak, senior partner and chief people and communication officer at Csuite Growth Advisors; program director of AI and leadership at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University

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AI can have a negative effect on the environment, largely due to increased electricity consumption. How should that shape when and where AI is used in healthcare, if at all?

Featuring: Manijeh ('Mani') Berenji, MD, MPH, associate clinical professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine and School of Public Health

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Some might balk at the idea that a healthcare system would struggle to gather social determinants of health data in 2025. But for a rural healthcare system where every employee already fulfills multiple roles and the workforce is stretched thin, collecting this data can feel impossible to add to the workflow. Today's guest shares how to make this impossible task more possible for rural healthcare.

Featuring: Susan Gutjahr, HIT Director and Compliance Officer, Sparta Community Hospital

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Many have postulated that AI could solve--or, at least, bring us closer to solving--the clinician burnout crisis stemming from EHR adoption. But what use cases for AI integration into EHRs are the most ideal?

Featuring: Sean McGunigal, Director of Artificial Intelligence at Epic

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AI innovation requires patient data in order to develop accurate models that can bolster healthcare functions. But, legally, there is only so much one can do with protected health information. How should healthcare organizations walk the line between innovation and privacy? This conversation was recorded at HIMSS25.

Featuring: Adam Greene, partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

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Healthcare organizations dodge cyberattacks daily, even from service providers with multiple degrees of separation. What if there was a standard way to prioritize cybersecurity actions across the healthcare sector so that organizations can know their risk level and be more prepared? The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group is working on something that might do just that.

Featuring: Greg Garcia, executive director, Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group

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Despite decades of advancements in reproductive health, male contraception methods remain limited to condoms or vasectomies. This leaves few options for those seeking alternatives and leaves women shouldering the physical and hormonal burdens of birth control. Today, with 85% of men aged 18–45 actively seeking new family planning solutions, the demand for a long-acting, reversible alternative is greater than ever. 

As male contraception advances in the wake of the Dobbs decision reversal, this episode examines market prospects, regulatory hurdles, and the future of reproductive options for men. 

Featuring: Darlene Walley, Chief Executive Officer, NEXT Life Sciences  

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The Change Healthcare cyberattack had widespread, unprecedented impacts across the healthcare sector in February 2024 and beyond. What has the sector learned since, and are providers better equipped to handle a similar incident today?

Featuring: Errol Weiss, chief security officer at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC)

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Health-ISAC's 2025 Health Sector Cyber Threat Landscape Report

American Hospital Association and Health-ISAC Joint Threat Bulletin: Russian Ransomware Gangs Disrupt Patient Care

Understanding the impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on providers

10 largest healthcare data breaches of 2024

HPH Cybersecurity Performance Goals

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The public outcry against health insurers intensified after the shooting of a UnitedHealthcare CEO. What trends are driving Americans' dissatisfaction with payers and can payers recover the public's trust?

Featuring: Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor at Xtelligent Healthcare

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Breaking down claim denial rates by healthcare payer

KFF: Consumer Survey Highlights Problems with Denied Health Insurance Claims

Trend Alert: Private Payers Retain Profits by Refusing or Delaying Legitimate Medical Claims