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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it will pursue a market-based approach to site selection for its deployments going forward, and will bring its total 2026 deployments to 13 medical facilities.

The health system sees about 50 cases per day with one of its referring health systems – more than 18,000 cases per year where care is improved and patients and their families have a better experience, the CDIO reports.

What's more, find vendors flexible to expand to a hospital's innovative use cases and creative enough to explore the art of the possible, Martin Hougaard of the master data management vendor is advising HIMSS25 attendees.

So says Artisight CEO Andrew Gostine. Hospitals of the future will rely on real-time data capture, predictive analytics and intelligent automation to scale care while improving both the patient and clinician experience, he adds.

That's the message Patty Hayward, general manager of healthcare and life sciences at Talkdesk, will delve into at HIMSS25. She also will be speaking on making contact centers value drivers, not cost centers.

In a time of "rapid change and uncertainty" the longtime IT and interoperability leader is also hearing lots of questions about e-prior authorization, identity and access management, and getting ROI from compliance investments.

For many healthcare organisations, the path forward on their digital transformation journey can seem overwhelming. HIMSS's ddigital mmaturity mmodels can help.

The health cluster will work with Philips on three digital health projects over the next three years.

Its Adams Data Center platform has reduced time to insights, improved patient outcomes and enhanced operational efficiency. The right tech, empowered users and a commitment to improvement leads to success, says the data center director.

Valerie Reich, vice president of healthcare strategy at Hero Digital, looks ahead to how those factors and patients understanding the predictive and personalization powers of health data will change healthcare this year.