The best digital health conferences now function as accelerants, with experts and decision makers meeting together to move the industry forward.
Below is a list of the top healthcare events in 2025. Each one includes a quick take on why it matters, who should be in the room, and what to watch for.
1. ViVE 2025
February 16–19, 2025 | Nashville, TN | Up to $2,395 (official site)
Why it mattered: One of the cleanest reads on where CIOs and digital teams are placing early bets. I personally attended this one, and this year pointed to renewed interest in system-level integration—less tolerance for orphan pilots, more appetite for embedded, cross-functional plays.
2025 Signals: Data management and interoperability, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, techquity, digital health investments, operational efficiency.
2. HIMSS 2025
March 3–6, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV | Up to $1,645 (official site)
Why it mattered: Still the most infrastructure-heavy event in the space. Great for understanding where hospital IT and clinical informatics buyers are spending, not just evaluating.
2025 Signals: Workflow efficiency, Epic ecosystem strategy, post-ONC compliance prep
3. 2025 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit
April 30 – May 2, 2025 | New Orleans, LA | Up to $1,650 (official site)
Why it matters: Medicaid, HIE, and state-level innovation leaders convene here—often setting the tone for public payer technology decisions. A major focus is how AI, cloud, and digital tools are reshaping state health ecosystems and driving modernization.
Best for: Policy-leaning teams, government strategy leads, Medicaid-enabling platforms
Signals to watch: State funding trends, interoperability mandates, modular procurement momentum
4. Digital Health 2025 by Reuters Events
May 12–13, 2025 | Nashville, TN | Up to $3,499 (official site)
Why it matters: One of the few rooms where payors, providers, and digital leaders share a common language, and commercial intent. There’s real traction in the discussions, not just trend-spotting.
Best for: GTM leaders, digital strategy execs, business development teams
Signals to watch: Payor-provider alignment, clinical-grade AI, digital infrastructure scale
5. Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS) East
May 19–20, 2025 | Boston, MA | Up to $1,599 (official site)
Why it matters: Still one of the highest signal-to-noise ratios for execs seeking capital or strategic alignment. Quietly effective for M&A and Series B+ deal momentum.
Best for: Founders, CFOs, corporate development, board members
Signals to watch: Market consolidation, infrastructure scaling, go-to-market durability
6. AHIP 2025
June 16–18, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV | Up to $1,995 (official site)
Why it matters: For solutions touching plan design, engagement, or data integration, this is where payer-facing decisions get shaped.
Best for: Sales leaders, policy teams, product owners focused on payer alignment
Signals to watch: Member engagement strategies, interoperability frameworks, value-based benefits.
7. HFMA Annual Conference 2025
June 22–25, 2025 | Denver, CO | Up to $2,599 (official site)
Why it matters: Often missed by digital teams, but a must for anyone selling into health system finance. Expect practical insight into healthcare pricing strategy, capital planning timelines, and how CFOs evaluate ROI on tech investments—including what gets greenlit, delayed, or cut.
Best for: Commercial execs, pricing strategists, partner teams
Signals to watch: Revenue cycle transformation, cost justification narratives, CFO-friendly business cases.
8. AHA Leadership Summit 2025
July 20–22, 2025 | Nashville, Tennessee | Up to $1,475 (official site)
Why it matters: More health system CEOs attend this summit than almost any other event. It’s not innovation theater—it’s where executive alignment happens.
Best for: Strategic partnerships, channel teams, exec sponsors
Signals to watch: Workforce innovation, operating margin pressures, system-wide digital transformation
9. ADLM Clinical Lab Expo 2025 (formerly AACC)
July 27–31, 2025 | Chicago, IL | Up to $1,360 (official site)
Why it matters: Often overlooked, but essential if your solution touches diagnostics, lab informatics, or precision medicine. Where lab ops meet next-gen tech.
Best for: Diagnostic platform leads, R&D teams, health data partners
Signals to watch: Lab automation, real-time results delivery, diagnostic reimbursement challenges
10. NACDS Total Store Expo 2025
August 23–25, 2025 | San Diego, California | Up to $3000 (official site)
Why it matters: This is where digital health meets retail strategy. If you’re targeting pharmacy chains or building hybrid care models, this is not optional.
Best for: Retail partnerships, consumer health teams, medication adherence solutions
Signals to watch: Store-to-door logistics, digital formularies, pharmacy-first care strategies
11. Health IT Summit 2025
September 3–4, 2025 | Washington Hilton | Up to $469 (official site)
Why it matters: Public-sector health IT gets a focused stage here. Expect unscripted exchanges around what it really takes to modernize infrastructure while staying mission-aligned.
Best for: Government contractors, policy teams, enterprise health IT vendors
Signals to watch: Interoperability standards, federal procurement trends, AI use in public health systems
12. World Medical Innovation Forum 2025
September 15–17, 2025 | Boston, MA | Up to $949 (official site)
Why it matters: If your solution intersects with clinical innovation or academic health systems, this forum can tee up longer-cycle strategic bets.
Best for: Medtech leads, innovation scouts, enterprise development
Signals to watch: Academic-industry partnerships, AI in clinical settings, pharma adjacencies
13. Becker’s Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference 2025
September 30–October 3, 2025 | Chicago, IL | Up to $5,000 (official site)
Why it matters: It’s sprawling and packed, and big players show up. Often useful as a late-year pulse check on buyer budgets and system priorities.
Best for: Strategic partnerships, late-stage pipeline support, cross-functional teams
Signals to watch: Capital planning behavior, ecosystem integrations
14. HLTH 2025
October 19–22, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV | $2,495 – $8,000 (official site)
Why it matters: Still unmatched in scale. It’s not always where execution plans are built, but it is where categories get validated. If you’re announcing, this is one of the loudest rooms.
Best for: Founders, brand teams, strategic alliance leads
Signals to watch: Health workforce trends, AI, platform plays, diagnostics, employer and workforce health, and women’s health.
How to Get ROI from These Events
Simply showing up is no longer the strategy. With travel costs rising and budgets under scrutiny, digital health teams need to treat every conference like a board-level investment, not a marketing line item.
Here’s how teams are increasingly setting themselves up for return:
Start with internal clarity
Are you there to shape a partnership? Move a late-stage deal? Get upstream with a new channel? Set goals first—or risk leaving with little more than lanyards.
Pre-book meetings
Don’t leave conversations to chance. Use LinkedIn, email outreach, and attendee lists (where available) to block time with targets before you arrive. Casual bump-ins are a bonus, not a plan.
Bring a cross-functional team
Buyers aren’t just evaluating your pitch, they’re assessing who they’ll work with. The right commercial lead paired with a credible product or clinical operator can unlock conversations that stick.
Make your session count
If you’re on stage, don’t pitch. Use the mic to validate the market category, share proof points, and position your company as a credible source of insight, not noise.
Create a post-event capture loop
Debrief while it’s fresh. Route insights to product, BD, and sales, and capture next steps. A few crisp takeaways can inform positioning, roadmap decisions, or capital timing.
In short: show up with a POV, not just a presence. The right room, with the right prep, could compress six months of pipeline movement into two days of real conversation.
Final Thoughts
The conference landscape in 2025 is louder than ever. But clarity doesn’t come from scale, it comes from fit.
For digital health leaders operating in constrained markets, the best events aren’t the ones with the biggest stages. They’re the ones where buying power shows up and where conversations translate into decisions.
If you’re trying to sharpen your go-to-market motion, rethink where the real traction happens, or prep your commercial team for more leverage heading into the second half of 2025 and beyond—we can help.
Accretive Edge works with digital health leaders to connect strategy to revenue: refining positioning, building systems for growth, and navigating the new health economy with precision.
