LAS VEGAS – HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf addressed funding cuts for medical research during a press conference at HIMSS25 here on Tuesday.

“I think we’re at the beginning of a very shaky period,” Wolf said. “I think that we’re all concerned.”

Fifty percent of healthcare in the United States is funded by the federal government, he said. This includes Medicare and Medicaid.

However, Wolf said, the strength of the system has always been in taking the long term.