HLTH 2025: AI, Mark Cuban, prevention and frustration

Las Vegas - The HLTH conference featured a great deal of excitement and anxiety about the future.

The health technology conference, now in its 8th year, showcased the latest AI tools and the possibility of transforming healthcare.

HLTH devoted more floor space, sessions and attention to AI this year, and hospital and healthcare leaders have unabashed enthusiasm for AI's potential to eventually improve patient care.

Still, it didn't take long to also gauge the frustration and anger over changes in federal health care policy and cuts in federal aid for health programs.

Mark Cuban headlined the conference and denounced the high costs of prescription drugs and health care.

Other healthcare leaders also said they're gravely concerned about higher costs, especially as millions of Americans could lose coverage under Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. And the event took place with much of the federal government shut down.

Here's a video recap of the HLTH conference and some of the key takeaways.