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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.

Inventory carrying costs alone have been reduced by more than $10 million, says a pharmacy IT exec, who touts the ROI of combined analytics technologies.

Archbold Medical Center has also achieved a reduction in restocking resources: After making changes informed by drug velocity and cost data, there was a 20% drop in technician labor associated with moving inventory to the cabinet.

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.

The health system has a three-pronged strategy: leveraging pre-built tools, maximizing robotic process automation for efficiency and deploying LLMs to provide human-level reasoning across its operations.

Cyber adversaries and their industrial-scale infrastructure relentlessly probe critical sector network vulnerabilities – such as remote access infrastructure and widely used platforms – with business-like efficiency, says a new report.

Healthcare leaders must ensure tech investments are paired with organizational changes that enable new workflows, Hal Wolf said at HIMSS26. He added nurses are likely to play an important role in shaping how digital tools evolve.

Hospital preparedness programs are craving cyber components. At HIMSS26, a panel dispelled some of the confusion over resource sharing programs and explained how to get involved in coalitions.

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. 

At HIMSS26, it will showcase how artificial intelligence is enhancing its EHR, reimbursement agents, cloud applications and more. The company "continues to focus on removing friction," says General Manager Seema Verma ahead of the conference.