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Tying together artificial intelligence applications and agents can save time while enhancing patient care and revenue integrity, says the software giant, which plans to showcase an array of new copilot capabilities and real-time intelligence plugins at its booth.
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The Tennessee health system achieved break-even on the surgical department investment in less than three months – and projections indicate a five times annualized return on investment, the RN VP of surgical services reports.
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center is warning American health systems to shore up their cybersecurity posture against the threat of distributed denial-of-service attacks stemming from the military conflict with Iran.
Verlon Johnson discusses how technology can help states make Medicaid processes more efficient while improving care delivery – and describes ways providers can address health disparities and improve outcomes for underserved populations.
"Think about where you want to apply AI – documentation, patient engagement, revenue cycle, clinical trials – and go talk to those teams," says its VP of data and research. "The developers will be there. That's where the real conversations happen."
The Electronic Health Record Association tells ASTP/ONC that some unresolved issues make it difficult to comment on specific IT certification proposals. And the American Hospital Association says it has concerns about privacy and security standards.
A top AI researcher at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describes the good and the bad of patients' increasing use of large language models to research their health. Health systems must embrace this new trend, he says.
Scott Doerr, virtual CISO at Fortified Health Security, previews his upcoming HIMSS26 talk where he will provide a practical framework for building ransomware resilience.
Decision follows 15-state lawsuit over the elimination of seven childhood vaccines from their recommended status.
Healthcare organizations rely on cryptography-based security, but the infrastructure faces radical change with the rise of quantum computing. A panel of experts at HIMSS26 will explore what's needed to improve asset reliability and data protection now.