Healthcare AI needs new foundations: A HIMSS 2025 preview

“AI in healthcare is meant to help, not hinder, but is it actually making a difference?” That’s the question Chad Compton, Corti’s Chief Revenue Officer, and Dr. Frederik Brabant, Chief Medical & Strategy Officer, will be tackling at HIMSS on March 5th from 2:00 – 3:00 PM at the Venetian, Level 3, San Polo 3501.

They’ll be cutting through the AI hype and getting real about why general-purpose AI isn’t working for clinicians, and what needs to change.

Why general AI isn’t enough

AI has been making headlines in healthcare for years, but there’s one major problem: the AI you know and most people use in their day-to-day isn’t designed for healthcare. Instead, the industry has had to try to adapt general-purpose models - trained on broad, non-medical datasets - into clinical workflows.

And it’s not going well.

• Unreliable information: Hallucinated facts that undermine clinical trust
• Administrative burden: Redundant, disorganized documentation that increases workload rather than reducing it
• Clinical misalignment: Outputs that demonstrate a lack of medical understanding

“Clinicians don’t need AI that spits out more information, they need AI that delivers the right information, at the right time, in a way they can actually use,” says Chad.

Purpose-built AI: Designed for healthcare from the ground up

That’s where specialized foundation models come in. Instead of trying to tweak general AI to work in healthcare, we need AI that’s trained from the ground up on real clinical data. Research has already shown that specialized AI can support healthcare with:

• 25% fewer unnecessary facts
• 10% more concise summaries
• 35x faster processing speeds than GPT-4o

“We’ve spent years refining AI that understands healthcare so clinicians don’t have to waste time correcting it,” Dr. Brabant explains.

What to expect at HIMSS 2025

Chad and Frederik will dive into the research and real-world implementations that prove specialized AI is the key to making AI work in clinical practice.

Additionally, they’ll showcase how healthcare providers are already using Corti’s foundation models to improve workflows, reduce documentation time, and enhance decision-making. 

“This isn’t about AI as a futuristic concept, this is happening right now,” says Chad. “We’re already seeing how the right AI infrastructure can transform how clinicians work.”

If you’re looking to join the conversation on AI that works for healthcare, this session is a must-attend.

VENETIAN | LEVEL 3 | SAN POLO 3501 | MARCH 5TH | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Want a sneak peek? Learn more about Corti’s specialized AI here.