8 Hospitals in China Test Virtual Consult Room Integration
China's Tsinghua University spinoff Tairex has moved its AI‑driven virtual hospital platform into early clinical trials, with eight hospitals testing the “real consultation room” mode across more than a dozen internal‑medicine departments. The system integrates with existing hospital information systems and can simulate AI patients, generate exam reports, and support decision‑making for over 1,000 disease types. Tairex also launched a separate virtual consultation room for doctors and trainees to practice clinical skills using AI‑generated patients. The company recently secured roughly $14.6 million in funding to accelerate multilingual support and avatar development.
Establishing 5G Connectivity to Enable a Smart Regional Health System
Singapore’s National University Health System (NUHS) has signed a strategic agreement with GSMA Foundry to embed private 5G across its hospital cluster. The partnership will integrate 5G private networks with digital twins, XR, IoT and ambient AI to accelerate remote...
Mount Sinai Uses AI to Enhance the Speed of Genomic Testing
Mount Sinai Health System is deploying Sophia Genetics' cloud‑native DDM platform to embed AI into its pathology workflow. The platform analyzes genomic and multimodal data, linking to a network of 800 global cancer institutions. AI-driven analytics reduce hands‑on analysis, accelerating...
After Opening an Advanced-Tech Hospital, a CIO Discusses Lessons Learned
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opened the $2.5 billion Arthur M. Blank Hospital in September 2024, featuring 60+ new systems, 5,500 integrations and the world’s largest autonomous robot fleet. While the infrastructure performed flawlessly, utilization of several technologies lagged, revealing that human workflow friction, not...
Abridge Incorporates More Clinical Evidence Into Its Decision Support Tools
Abridge announced multiyear partnerships with the New England Journal of Medicine and the JAMA Network, adding their peer‑reviewed research to its AI‑driven clinical decision‑support platform. The new content will join existing UpToDate data, allowing the system to surface evidence‑based answers...
One Health System CIO's Vision for Harnessing AI with Cybersecurity
Catawba Valley Health System’s CIO Nadin Knippschild says the organization must harness AI to improve efficiency while simultaneously strengthening cybersecurity as it moves more services to the cloud. She notes that nearly 37% of U.S. hospitals operate at a loss...
AI Can Help Close the Medication Information Gap
ChristianaCare is piloting artificial‑intelligence tools to translate complex medication instructions into patient‑friendly language. Director of patient education Greg O'Neill says the AI‑generated messages provide clear dosing steps, side‑effect warnings, and adherence cues. The technology integrates with the health system’s electronic...
Keeping EHRs Fast, Available, and Trusted: Observability Strategies for Modern Healthcare IT
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are critical to clinical workflows but face growing pressure from hybrid IT environments and cloud migrations. SolarWinds VP Scott Pross outlined how end‑to‑end observability can proactively spot bottlenecks, cut mean time to resolution, and align network,...
Indian States Roll Out Radiology AI and More Briefs
India’s health sector is accelerating AI adoption. Madhya Pradesh has launched a pilot of mlHealth360’s cloud‑based AI radiology platform across ten district hospitals to triage CT scans and speed up diagnosis of strokes, trauma and tumours. Telangana has rolled out...
Australia's Digital Health ROI Problem: Why Focusing on Dollars Is Holding Transformation Back
Australia’s digital health agenda is moving beyond pure financial ROI, emphasizing outcomes, patient and clinician experience, and long‑term system sustainability. Recent policies such as Share by Default and the National Digital Health Strategy have turned digital infrastructure into a core...
Native Communities Need Healthcare Interoperability
Native communities across the United States face fragmented health‑IT systems that impede timely care. Brenda Hood, client experience analyst at HealtHIE Nevada, highlighted that disconnected electronic health records and limited data exchange create gaps in treatment for tribal patients. She...
Health Systems Should Prepare Now for Increasing Enforcement Around AI Use
Healthcare regulators are poised to intensify enforcement of AI applications across billing, coding, and clinical decision support, using existing fraud and abuse frameworks rather than a dedicated AI regulator. Jeff Wurzburg of Norton Rose Fulbright warns that boards will be...
Getting Ahead of the New HIPAA Security Rule: Practical Steps You Can Take Now
On Jan 6 2025 the HHS Office for Civil Rights released a proposed amendment to the HIPAA Security Rule that would make encryption and multi‑factor authentication mandatory and tighten contingency planning. The final rule is slated for May 2026, giving covered entities roughly...
HIMSSCast: The AI Guiding Principles of Elevance Health
Elevance Health’s chief digital information officer, Ratnakar Lavu, outlined a five‑point AI framework that stresses accountability, transparency, fairness, privacy and safety. The insurer embeds human‑in‑the‑loop audits to catch hallucinations and bias, ensuring models remain explainable and continuously monitored. Cross‑functional teams...
HIMSS Attendance Makes for Conversation, Collaboration, Commitment
The annual HIMSS Global Conference continues to serve as a catalyst for face‑to‑face dialogue among health‑IT professionals. Tammy Kwiatkoski notes that 75% of HIMSS members participate in one of its 22 specialized communities, underscoring deep engagement. Attendees cite the event’s...
DHA Offers $300M for Health IT Deployment Support
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has issued an indefinite‑delivery, indefinite‑quantity (IDIQ) solicitation for up to $300 million to support global deployments of its electronic health‑record platform MHS GENESIS and associated medical‑device integrations. The one‑year contract, with possible annual extensions, seeks commercial services...
Autonomous Coding Tech Boosts Revenue 5.1% at Mercyhealth
Mercyhealth, a 200‑location health system in Wisconsin and Illinois, deployed Arintra’s autonomous coding platform within its Epic EHR to address a surge to over 130,000 monthly charts. The AI‑driven tool automates routine coding, freeing coders for complex, high‑value work while...
South Korea to Fund Medical AI Device Rollout and More Briefs
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare will allocate 8 billion won ($5.3 million) from the AX‑Sprint programme to fund commercialization of AI‑based medical devices, supporting consortia with hospitals for clinical validation and reimbursement between 2026‑27. Singapore's Nanyang Technological University launched the...
AI Security Starts with Awareness and Governance, CISO Says
Healthcare AI promises efficiency and clinical gains, but introduces fresh security risks. Akron Children's Hospital’s CISO Deepesh Randeri outlines a structured governance model that forces every AI initiative through committees, due‑diligence vetting, and continuous oversight. The hospital mandates centralized IT...
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%...
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...