Healthcare CIOs See AI Integration as a Competitive Necessity
A new Qventus report reveals a widening execution gap as health systems move from AI pilots to enterprise‑wide deployments. While 42% of respondents are actively rolling out AI across multiple use cases, only 4% have achieved measurable scale, and 74% flag electronic health record vendor dependence as a major obstacle. The study also highlights that 94% of CIOs view AI delays as a competitive risk, with clinicians embracing AI tools even as many patients remain skeptical. These findings underscore the urgency for unified AI platforms and revised governance models in healthcare.
Value-Based Contracts Depend on Sound Data Management
Arbital Health CEO Brian Overstreet argues that value‑based contracts can only succeed if health systems master data management. He emphasizes aligning financial incentives with patient outcomes as a critical step away from fee‑for‑service reimbursement. Robust data pipelines, interoperability, and AI‑driven...
Korea to Pilot AI-Driven Telemedicine in Indonesia
South Korea and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch AI‑driven teleconsultation pilots in Indonesia’s remote island communities. The partnership targets AI‑based primary healthcare, including public health, maternal‑child care, mental health, and digital wellness, with involvement from university...
Changemaker Draws Leadership Inspiration From HIMSS Membership
Dr. Deepti Pandita of UCI Health, a HIMSS‑AMDIS Physician Executive Leader Changemaker awardee, credits her decades‑long HIMSS membership for shaping her leadership trajectory. Her involvement culminated in her appointment as chair of the HIMSS Physician Committee. The recognition underscores HIMSS’s...
Some Epic Health Systems Now Connect to SSA Through TEFCA
Epic Systems announced that health organizations using its EHR can now exchange patient records with the Social Security Administration instantly through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). The move adds five health systems—AltaMed, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services,...
AI Uncovers Significant Misdiagnoses in Carcinoma Type, Study Shows
Caris Life Sciences published a JAMA Network Open study showing its GPSai algorithm identified misdiagnoses in lung squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Among nearly 4,000 cases, 123 (3.1%) were re‑classified as metastases from other primary sites. The AI model combined molecular,...
Beyond Consumer Use, Wearables May Be at a Clinical Turning Point
Wearable devices are moving from fitness accessories to clinical tools, as highlighted by Dr. Ami Bhatt, chief innovation officer of the American College of Cardiology, at HIMSS26. Sensors embedded in smart watches and patches can detect subtle physiological shifts that...
HL7 Launches Device Interoperability Implementation Community
Health Level Seven International (HL7) has launched the Caliper FHIR Accelerator implementation community to accelerate real‑world exchange of data from medical and personal health devices. The multi‑stakeholder group builds on the Gemini Device Interoperability Program and will use FHIR standards,...
Corewell Health Sees Big Benefits From Its Remote Patient Monitoring Investments
Corewell Health, a Michigan nonprofit system, partnered with Cadence to embed remote patient monitoring (RPM) into primary‑care workflows for hypertension, diabetes and heart‑failure patients. The program achieved over 80% patient engagement and delivered measurable clinical gains in four months, including...
What's Inside National University Hospital's Latest Health Tech Hub?
National University Hospital in Singapore unveiled an Innovation Hub that functions as both an incubator and a real‑world sandbox for AI and digital health tools. The hub, managed by the Kent Ridge Office of Innovation, enables clinicians, startups, academia and...
Mercy Health Outsources 24/7 Critical Systems Monitoring
Mercy Health has engaged Melbourne‑based Data Agility to deliver 24/7 integration support for its clinical integration environment. The managed‑service contract covers continuous monitoring, proactive incident resolution, escalation handling, routine maintenance, and performance reporting. This shift follows a move from an...
Q&A: AWS on New AI Agents, Quantum Computing in Healthcare
At HIMSS 2026, AWS chief medical officer Dr. Rowland Illing outlined the company’s new AI‑driven agent platform, Amazon Connect Health, which bundles five agents to streamline patient‑provider interactions while keeping a human in the loop. He emphasized AWS’s push for...
MUSC Health Uses AI Analytics to Gain OR Scheduling Efficiencies
MUSC Health adopted Apella's ambient AI platform to replace manual EHR timestamps with automated, real‑time operating‑room event tracking. The technology delivered six‑fold more accurate timestamps and updates within a minute, instantly visible to charge nurses and coordinators. Within weeks, 100%...
Policymaking Needs the Patient Perspective
Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, recognized as a HIMSS26 Policy Influencer Changemaker, is championing the integration of patient perspectives into health policy. Drawing on her dual experience as a legislator and a cancer survivor, she advocates for more accessible and...
Samsung Medical Center Sets New Bar in Smart Hospital Transformation with AI-Ready Systems
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) in South Korea has re‑validated its IT infrastructure at Stage 7 of the HIMSS INFRAM model, confirming world‑class maturity across cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance and outcomes. The hospital completed a massive data‑centre relocation with only 20 minutes of...
Korean Hospitals Outpace Global Peers in Digital Maturity: Pilot Study
South Korean hospitals scored an average of 285 out of 400 on the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator, well above the 2020 global average of 166 and the Asia‑Pacific average of 239. The pilot assessed ten leading institutions and highlighted strong...
Private NZ Cardio Centre Halts Procedures After Hack
Auckland‑based private specialist IntraCare halted its IT systems after detecting a network breach on March 20, postponing at least 28 cardiac and radiology procedures for a week. The provider engaged cybersecurity firm CyberCX and coordinated with Te Whatu Ora, the...
HNL Lab's Digital Pathology Platform Enables Faster Results and More
HNL Lab Medicine, part of Jefferson Health, digitized its anatomic pathology practice using six Leica GT450 scanners and Proscia’s Concentriq platform. The transition eliminated manual slide transport across a 14‑hospital network, enabling instant case sharing and remote work for pathologists....
Effective Device Management Requires Collaboration of Clinical Engineers, IT Teams
Medical devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated, blurring the lines between engineering and information technology responsibilities, says McLaren Health Care’s Samantha Jacques, a HIMSS26 Changemaker Award winner. She argues that effective device management now demands close collaboration between clinical engineers and...
Turn CMS-0057-F Into a Competitive Advantage
CMS‑0057‑F, a new regulatory mandate, is prompting health plans to shift from viewing it as a compliance burden to a strategic advantage. Payers are aligning the rule’s four required APIs with business goals, automating prior‑authorization, and improving data sharing. By...
New Standards Could Allow Patients to Selectively Share Health Info
New health‑IT standards are being rolled out to let patients selectively share portions of their medical records. The framework relies on data segmentation and computable consent, isolating sensitive fields while preserving seamless interoperability. Developed with input from Cambridge Health Alliance’s...
AdventHealth to Roll Out Smart Rooms Network-Wide
AdventHealth announced a network‑wide rollout of smart rooms across more than 55 hospitals in nine states, slated for completion in 2026. The upgrade equips patient rooms with digitized whiteboards, electronic door signage and EHR‑linked in‑room video that connects patients to...
Aultman Health CIO Says Healthcare Must Move AI From Experimental to Operational
Aultman Health System’s CIO Raza Fayyaz says the health‑care sector must shift AI from experimental pilots to everyday operations. He outlines a three‑pronged strategy that combines pre‑built AI tools, robotic process automation, and large‑language‑model reasoning to streamline clinical and administrative...
Virtual Care Provider Makes Big Gains with Zoom AI Clinical Tools
PocketRN adopted Zoom Workplace for Clinicians to embed AI‑powered transcription and note generation directly into its virtual nursing workflow. The integration cut documentation time by roughly 60%, dropping average note creation from 20 minutes to under 10. Daily labor savings...
Future-Proofing Network Connectivity for Healthcare Innovation
Healthcare providers are aligning network connectivity strategies with broader digital transformation goals to support telehealth, cloud‑based EHRs, AI diagnostics, and connected devices. Executives emphasize that the challenge extends beyond bandwidth to building secure, resilient, and adaptable architectures. Cox Business highlights...
Boston Children's Enhances Care with Clinical Intelligence Platform
Boston Children’s Hospital deployed Etiometry’s AI‑driven clinical intelligence platform to capture continuous high‑frequency physiologic data across its pediatric ICU. The system aggregates and visualizes signals in real time, giving clinicians a shared, longitudinal view of each patient’s trajectory. Early results...
Vendor Notebook: AI Tackles an Evolving Menu of Organizational Needs
Healthcare vendors are rolling out a suite of AI tools aimed at streamlining billing, coding, imaging, and fraud prevention. CentralReach’s AI agents cut revenue‑cycle work by up to 40%, while Innovaccer’s Flow Capture autonomously codes roughly 80% of patient encounters....
India to Develop AI Solutions for Pre-Term Births
The Indian government’s GARBH‑INi programme has assembled a massive pregnancy data repository, enrolling 12,000 women and generating over 1.6 million biospecimens and a million ultrasound images. Using this dataset, AI‑driven tools are being built to predict preterm‑birth risk, develop microbiome‑based diagnostics,...
New Zealand Explores AI in Diabetes Roadmap and More Briefs
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand unveiled a national diabetes roadmap that will explore AI tools, including pilot retinal screening and harmonized HbA1c thresholds. In Australia, all ten vendors of the electronic National Residential Medication Chart have passed conformance testing, paving...
Women's Health as an Investment Opportunity: Bridging Capital, Evidence and Innovation
The Boston Consulting Group report warns that closing the women’s health gap could unlock billions in economic value, yet the sector remains chronically under‑invested. Leaders from Daya Ventures and femtech expert Maaike Steinebach outline three priorities: expanding investment infrastructure, creating pathways...
Eastern General Hospital to Extend Care Beyond Wards
Singapore’s Eastern General Hospital (EGH) is rolling out a Smart Hospital Roadmap that integrates AI, automation and digital infrastructure to extend care beyond its physical wards. The plan, set to precede the campus opening in 2029, includes virtual services across...
National Committee to Steer AI, Virtual Care Safety in Australia
The Australian Digital Health Agency has created the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health (NCGC‑DH) to oversee the safe use of artificial intelligence, virtual care and emerging digital health technologies. The committee will advise government policy and will be...
AI Speeds up MRI Scans by a Quarter at SingHealth
SingHealth has opened an off‑site MRI centre in Singapore that uses United Imaging’s AI‑enhanced scanners to shave up to 25% off scan times, creating roughly 18,000 extra appointment slots each year. The AI algorithms accelerate data acquisition and reduce noise...
VA Advances Provider Data Exchange on Multiple Fronts
At HIMSS26 the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs detailed its expanding interoperability agenda, highlighting the Veteran Confirmation API now live in more than 20 community health systems. The API has already flagged roughly one million veterans, enabling providers to surface...
Innovators – and Regulators – Convene to Build the Future at HIMSS26
The HIMSS26 Global Health Conference convened leading health‑IT innovators, policymakers, and newcomers to discuss the future of digital health. Sessions highlighted artificial intelligence, business intelligence, and workforce transformation, while regulators from the FTC and the White House presented emerging policy...
A Care Team Redesign at Sentara Leads to Less Charting, More Time for Patients
Sentara Health overhauled its nursing care model by launching a virtual nursing platform and AI‑driven tools, converting 11 positions to virtual roles while keeping staff intact. The initiative reclaimed 18,000 bedside hours in its first year, with virtual nurses able...
AI to Power Singapore's Next-Gen Cancer Profiling Test
Singapore’s National Cancer Centre (NCCS) has launched a S$6 million (≈US$4.7 million) three‑year collaboration with precision‑oncology firm Lucence and A*STAR’s Diagnostics Development Hub to create UNITED 2.0, an AI‑powered cancer profiling test. The platform will combine whole‑exome and whole‑transcriptome sequencing, delivering a comprehensive...
New Zealand Begins Genomics Testing Pilot and More Briefs
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand launched a two‑year genomics testing pilot with Illumina, targeting over 6,000 cancer and rare‑disease samples. The initiative seeks to localise roughly half of the 4,000 tests currently sent abroad, cutting the current $2.3 million annual overseas...
What to Look for in a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)
The article offers a HIMSS‑sponsored checklist to help healthcare organizations evaluate Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). It stresses that MSSP selection directly affects patient safety, requiring seamless integration with existing IT and robust visibility and incident‑response capabilities. The guide outlines...
Saluja Medical Associates Gains ROI with Remote Workforce Platform
Saluja Medical Associates adopted Edge’s secure remote workforce platform, embedding eight to ten certified virtual assistants to handle insurance verification, scheduling, billing and call support. The model eliminated lengthy local hiring cycles, reduced turnover, and ensured compliance through supervised campus...
HIMSSCast: Nurturing National Standards for AI in Patient Care
The HIMSSCast episode spotlighted a new Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Consortium aimed at creating national standards for AI in patient care. Speakers emphasized that many AI tools succeed in labs but falter in real‑world nursing workflows, diverting clinicians from...
How the Public Can CRUSH Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new public‑idea portal under its Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare initiative. CMS Chief Operating Officer Kimberly Brandt invited citizens, providers, and industry experts to submit suggestions for strengthening...
Chartis Adds AI Expertise to Accelerate Healthcare Innovation
Chartis has acquired Leap AI, a generative‑AI vendor focused on operating‑room workflows such as surgical scheduling and real‑time performance monitoring. The deal creates the Chartis Leap AI Studio, merging Leap’s technical depth with Chartis’s consulting expertise to deliver custom AI...
Where AI Can Make the Biggest Impact in Healthcare
Intel’s latest discussion highlights AI‑powered care navigation as a solution to fragmented patient journeys, especially for complex diagnoses. The conversation, featuring Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack and Intel’s Alex Flores, underscores how legacy IT systems and data silos impede...
Large Specialty Practice Uses Agentic AI to Strengthen Patient Engagement
Dermatology Partners, a large physician‑owned dermatology group, deployed EliseAI's agentic voice AI to handle its 2,000‑4,000 daily inbound calls. The system integrates with AdvancedMD and Modernizing Medicine EHR, allowing the AI to schedule appointments and capture simple clinical tasks. Early...
Allegro Pediatrics Saves Money, Gains Better Documentation with AI Scribe
Allegro Pediatrics, a 100‑provider pediatric group near Seattle, adopted Greenway Health’s AI‑powered ambient voice scribing to automate clinical note creation. The system listens to patient encounters, generates draft notes within the EHR, and lets physicians edit and sign off, eliminating...
AI in Healthcare Forum
The AI in Healthcare Forum convened clinicians, executives, and technologists in Boston to showcase real‑world AI applications across care delivery, operations, and governance. Sessions covered policy frameworks, data challenges, scaling strategies, and emerging clinical AI tools, featuring leaders from Sutter...
AI Changes the Calculus for the Cybersecurity Arms Race, Says Shark Tank Star
Robert Herjavec, the Shark Tank investor and security tech founder, argues that artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity arms race. He believes AI‑driven tools can identify and neutralize attacks as quickly as they are launched, turning the speed advantage toward...
Thailand to Digitally Consolidate National Disease Surveillance System
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control has signed an MoU with the National Science and Technology Development Agency to digitally consolidate the nation’s disease surveillance system. The partnership will build big‑data, AI‑driven platforms and strengthen personnel capabilities to shift from reactive...
CommonSpirit Health's New Virtual Nursing Model Shows ROI
CommonSpirit Health launched a Virtually Integrated Care (VIC) nursing model that embeds remote nurses into bedside teams across its 158 hospitals. The program, built on proprietary telehealth software, has been deployed on 1,075 beds and aims to reach 3,000 by...
