Quality and Safety
The health system's chief nursing officer offers a close look at the successful rollout of virtual nursing. Among other things, the team redesign and technology gave 18,000 hours back to floor nurses in year one – from 59,000 virtual sessions.
Nurses, health systems, educators and industry leaders are aiming to guide responsible use of healthcare AI through The Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Consortium. With AI workflows impacting care and accountability, nurses are "hungry for guidance," says Jing Wang, RN, dean of FSU College of Nursing.
With the acquisition of Leap AI, Chartis is growing its Center for AI & Digital Transformation to pursue the development of bespoke artificial intelligence for healthcare organizations.
Involvement with the HIMSS Foundation has helped Zebra Technologies CNIO Kassaundra McKnight-Young improve her efforts to develop technologies that give clinicians more time for direct patient care, she says.
For every provider who switches from virtual human scribes to AI ambient voice scribes, the 100-provider Seattle group practice saves about $2,000 per month. And there's more, as one of the pediatricians details.
Health systems can transition from small-scale artificial intelligence pilots to high-speed, validated rollouts that meaningfully improve patient outcomes by maintaining three key guardrails, according to presenters at HIMSS26.
At HIMSS26, panelists said the OR is a "black box" evolving into a connected ecosystem, with surgical video and procedural data providing new ways to prevent complications.
During the HIMSS26 closing keynote, actor Jeremy Renner reflected on his recovery and the need for better care coordination and communication in healthcare.
The Value-Based Digital Health Innovation Canvas, developed with Monash University researchers, aims to help Indonesian hospitals align digital innovation with SATUSEHAT and meet measurable outcomes.
CIO Richard Taggart says the framework introduces a risk-based governance model for AI use in NSW public hospitals and establishes an AI advisory service to review projects and guide safe implementation.