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Demetri Giannikopoulos, Rad AI CIO, says policymakers need to understand artificial intelligence applications so they can create guardrails that protect patients without stifling new technology developments.

Advancing issues such as interoperability and data privacy is a daily mission and a personal passion, says federal lobbyist Brett Meeks of Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates.

As ambient conversations unfold, physicians have access to evidence-based guidance through a new partnership between Abridge and NEJM and JAMA and ease downstream coding burdens, says Abridge Clinical Strategy Director Matt Troup.

A background in managing a medical practice gave Gayle Harrell, a Florida state senator and HIMSS26 Changemaker, insights that she used to craft legislation on HITECH and e-prescribing.

Creating a smart hospital is less about getting the latest hardware than creating a seamless longitudinal patient journey that starts before a patient's admission, says Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic CIO.

Nursing students should be competent with AI tools in the clinical setting before they enter the workforce, advise MaryAnn Connor, NYU adjunct informatics professor, and Olga Kagan, FANA CEO.

Misaligned incentives cause providers and payers to go back and forth on claims, but they may be approaching the same goals from different perspectives, according to Lalithya Yerramilli, SVP of Payment Solutions for Cohere Health.

Mt. San Rafael's Michael Archuleta and Cyderes' Daniel Spitzer outline how AI can be used to enhance care delivery and protect against cyberattacks, having picked up new knowledge from HIMSS26's AI and cybersecurity preconference forums.

Medicomp Systems CEO David Lareau says varied data structures and coding systems make transforming the documentation ambient AI creates into usable data for clinical decision-making a challenge.

Robert Havasy, HIMSS' senior director of informatics strategy, says he's interested in how health systems are leveraging AI to assist patients along the care journey, even as they also work to improve provider experience.