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Rajiv Kolagani, chief data and AI officer at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, discusses the importance of change management when implementing generative AI and the steps necessary to implement the technology successfully.

As AI technology continues to evolve, Abhinav Shashank, Innovaccer CEO, says IT leaders must stay focused on ensuring that all AI tools are ethically trained, tested and deployed and that their desired outcomes are clearly defined.

While they were originally tools for administrative documentation, EHRs now prioritize streamlining clinicians' workflows and enhancing care delivery, says Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services at CliniComp.

According to Office Practicum's Dr. Rich Szabo and Chris Gibson, the company's EHR provides pediatricians with a complete view of patient data so they can more easily manage the immunization process at the point of care.

While clinicians are seeing positive results from AI tools such as ambient listening, Anurag Mehta, Omega Healthcare CEO, believes healthcare won't realize AI's full potential until data-security fears are overcome.

Krystal Schramm of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advises those starting out in health IT to build diverse connections, share their ideas and create their own paths to success.

While AI can fix clinical documentation efficiency, traditional interventions such as improving culture can be another solution to physician burnout, says Dr. Anwar Jebran, medical director of population health informatics at Oak Street Health.

When it comes to threat detection, AI enables security leaders to do more with less because it can process data quickly and identify anomalies, says Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks.

While AI technology shows promise for automating administrative tasks, Julie Frey, vice president of provider product at Wolters Kluwer, recommends caution in deploying AI, particularly generative AI, for clinical use cases.

While decentralizing healthcare data using blockchain can potentially bolster organizations' cybersecurity, Matt Murren, CEO of True North ITG, cautions that quantum computing may one day crack blockchain's ciphers.