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Healthcare organizations can easily access key information about pharmaceutical products thanks to updates in the most widely used radio frequency identification (RFID) global standards.

A data architect at Texas' Midland Memorial Hospital offers some up-close perspective on the state of data exchange today, and describes what needs to be done to get to a state of "true" interoperability.

And that's just with some medications. "When you can see exactly what you have and where it is, you stop purchasing just in case and you start using existing stock more effectively," explains the health system's VP of pharmacy ops.

Institut Jantung Negara has improved ICU utilisation, clinical outcomes, and workflow efficiency through integrated digital systems.

Several companies have released artificial intelligence enhancements for healthcare administration and operations, from billing and staffing to security and data management. Also, the VA will scale ambient scribing.

Lessons from a LockBit ransomware attack can keep healthcare organizations running when faced with a cyberattack, said Zachary Lewis, CIO and CISO at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, in his HIMSS26 Cyber Forum keynote. 

A top AI researcher at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describes the good and the bad of patients' increasing use of large language models to research their health. Health systems must embrace this new trend, he says.

Dr. Paul A. Testa, CHIO at NYU Langone Health, says artificial intelligence demands the same level of institutional commitment, governance and cultural investment that the best health systems brought to EHR adoption.

Memorial Sloan Kettering's enterprise architecture chief offers practical advice for getting ahold of this fast-growing challenge before it overwhelms storage and cost-management strategies.