Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Rowland Illing, chief medical officer at Amazon Web Services, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how innovations have and will transform healthcare.
More veterans have faster access to community care appointments and will have access to VR therapies, while an agentic artificial intelligence-enhanced operational system will help 150 VHA medical centers eliminate siloed processes.
Success Stories & ROI
Data became six times more accurate than with manual EHR entry, an operations director says. And event updates were delivered in less than a minute compared to previous delays of up to 45 minutes.
HIMSS26 Changemaker honoree John Paganini says the Northern Ohio HIMSS AI Center of Excellence's diverse roster of members is working to advance healthcare AI in the region.
By embedding OpenEvidence directly into its Epic electronic health records, the New York health system aims to change how its clinicians access health data at the point of care to improve patient outcomes.
A busy and productive week in Las Vegas has demonstrated how health systems are "focusing on practical implementation," with "governance and trust finally being treated as design requirements" for successful artificial intelligence deployments.
Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health and a HIMSS26 Policy Influencer Changemaker, says giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' latest revision and reshuffling of healthcare and technology function also moves some key C-suite technology leaders to the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
The Korean hospital has been revalidated at Stage 7 of the HIMSS INFRAM.
Sustaining Rural Health
The state's Rural Health Transformation Program initiative seeks to balance federal funding changes with telehealth, artificial intelligence and workforce initiatives.