As we set our sights on 2025, we’re extremely fortunate to have healthcare experts and thought leaders at Altera working to achieve greater outcomes for healthcare organizations around the world. Below, Altera leaders share what’s on their minds and what trends and challenges we may see in healthcare this year.

In Four forces shaping healthcare in 2025, Altera’s president, Marcus Perez, discusses the top trends that are forging the healthcare industry this year. From the uses of AI, data sharing, balancing budgets and flexibility within EHRs, Marcus shares what’s on the forefront of industry leaders’ minds, and how these issues will affect patient outcomes and provider experiences.

Looking at the biggest challenges that health information professionals may face in 2025, Nikhil Bhatia, Vice President of Solutions Management for Paragon, presents the issues of fragmented data and limited AI capabilities in What Are the Big Issues for Health Information Professionals in 2025? He proposes a highly scalable cloud solution, emphasizing how opportunities for AI in this space will continue to grow.

Next, Leigh Burchell, VP of policy & public affairs, shares her current thoughts on what she expects regarding U.S. health IT policy in the next several months. In What to look for with health IT policy in the months ahead, Leigh addresses executive orders pertaining to AI and the new ONC chief as well as other predictions relating to AI and cybersecurity with the new administration.

Circling back to Altera’s president’s thoughts, Marcus Perez contributed a piece that examines how the public cloud will play a pivotal role in healthcare’s evolution in 2025. In Healthcare Interoperability and Cloud Services, Marcus addresses how the cloud enables real-time patient monitoring, personalized care, improved patient outcomes and significantly improved collaboration between healthcare providers, payers, patients and pharmaceutical companies.

Lastly, in Advancing Care Coordination, Equity and AI Integration | Predictions for 2025, Altera’s Chief Medical Officer Laura Kohlhagen, MD., MBA, predicts improved care coordination through frameworks like Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). Additionally, she expects organizations to leverage AI for more informed patient care and health equity initiatives.

At Altera, we will continue partnering with our clients to ensure that we’re bringing next-level healthcare within reach—in 2025, and into the future.