Healthcare Tech in 2025: AI Uncertainty, Cyber Threats, and Digital Health Resurgence

As the healthcare technology landscape continues to evolve in 2025, industry leaders face a complex array of challenges and opportunities. From regulatory uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence to persistent cybersecurity threats, healthcare organizations must navigate a rapidly changing environment while striving to improve patient care and operational efficiency.

AI Regulation Uncertainty Looms Under New Administration

The incoming Trump administration has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the future of AI regulation in healthcare. While the Biden administration had laid groundwork for federal AI oversight, including a sweeping executive order in 2023, President-elect Trump has promised to repeal this order and significantly scale back the federal workforce.

Brian Anderson, CEO of the Coalition for Health AI, notes that health systems deploying AI tools will seek greater transparency and deeper partnerships with vendors. "At a technical level, you can't monitor for drift if you don't know what the initial settings were, essentially, with the data set," Anderson explains.

The regulatory landscape remains hazy, with experts speculating on how the Trump administration might approach AI governance. Tom Leary, senior vice president at HIMSS, suggests that competition with other countries for AI dominance could influence the administration's stance