Andrea Fox

At HIMSS26, nursing informatics leaders and digital strategists will explore how to close communication loops, drive ROI and balance workforce challenges when deploying new technologies across health systems.

Tom Gillette, CIO at Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Erich Glasbrenner, the health system's chief nursing informatics officer, are focused on transforming patient access and experience in the year ahead.

The HHS office is seeking public input on whether the adoption of technical standards and health IT certification criteria would improve how medical images are accessed and exchanged.

The Future Communities Institute and its partners in the San Francisco Bay Area plan to use AI to act as a force multiplier for street medical teams that help to improve patient outcomes and social referrals for the region's homeless.

More than 2,000 post-acute facilities will have the opportunity to access admission, discharge and transfer data integrated into a patient's longitudinal record, according to the Cheese State's designated entity for health information exchange.

Related: Health Gorilla has responded to the lawsuit filed by Epic and several affiliated healthcare providers earlier this month.

Melissa Kotrys of the Contexture health information exchange previews her HIMSS26 panel session exploring how health data utility capabilities support Medicaid and public health objectives. 

The company tells the court that it intends to file a motion to dismiss because the state "cannot support any of its claims as a matter of law."

"It's a positive moment," says Kyle Zebley, ATA's CEO and executive director of ATA Action, in a conversation about health tech policy advances and the organization's strategies for 2026.

Also, Elevance Health and others offer artificial intelligence agents to rural and virtual care patients for faster answers to health and coverage questions.