Exploring Emerging Health Tech at HIMSS25

Health technology is advancing at a staggering rate. In a few short years, the industry has gone from embracing telehealth to using wearables and virtual reality to incorporating AI in healthcare.The rapid pace of innovation will require healthcare leaders to remain agile as existing technologies evolve and new tools emerge.With its growing dominion over society at large, conversations about healthcare innovations inevitably circle back to AI and its myriad promises. HIMSS25 was no different, with a wide array of sessions dedicated to generative AI, ambient listening and AI-powered risk prediction. However, one type of AI proved the most popular in and outside session rooms: agentic AI.In the simplest terms, agentic AI refers to AI systems that can take action and make decisions autonomously without direct human intervention.

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Advancements in remote care technologies are ushering in a new age of hospital design centered on 'smart' patient rooms.Embedding technology into patient rooms was central to Paramus, New Jersey-based Valley Health System's new campus design. At a HIMSS25 session, health system leaders described the new patient rooms, which now include a 75-inch TV that enables synchronous telehealth visits with care teams in addition to medical information, education, entertainment and relaxation resources.Additionally, the health system has implemented AI-driven fall prevention solutions in all med-surg rooms, along with digital door signs and in-room clinical PCs to support bedside shift change reporting.

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