Interoperability
Most providers say having the majority of their payers support the Prior Authorization API requirements is extremely important.
The new Microsoft Copilot Health, which will be available through a phased rollout, is aimed at helping people better understand their health records and wearable data through AI analysis.
Its batch-style approach allows both providers and payers to extract large datasets, stream them into analytics platforms and use them for data pipelines and population-level analysis, interoperability leaders showed at HIMSS26.
During the HIMSS26 closing keynote, actor Jeremy Renner reflected on his recovery and the need for better care coordination and communication in healthcare.
The healthcare organizations that will be best positioned are those investing in true data readiness, not just connectivity, adds Christy Bricker of Murj. Transitions require clean and validated clinically relevant data, she says.
To get innovative healthcare technologies into the hands of providers, patients and others, it takes a community of partners to turn policy signals into market momentum.
Tuesday's events at HIMSS26 included conversations about how AI is reshaping care and a keynote by Apple's Dr. Sunbul Desai on how wearables are helping consumers manage their health and discover underlying conditions.
To build resiliency across their diverse populations, Colorado and Louisiana are harnessing advanced technical and financial innovations to improve collaboration in healthcare delivery as they balance policy decisions and priorities.
At HIMSS26, leaders from CMS and ASTP/ONC discussed the two different but complementary approaches to interoperability, likening the first one to the tides and the second to a speedboat.