Population and Public Health

The agency wants to engage with health systems, vendors and others to develop data exchange solutions that can connect veterans to community-based benefits, says Dr. Jonathan Nebeker, CMIO at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Nationwide coordination and European Commission funding are helping Italy to shift from fragmented regional healthcare to a single digitized strategy, says HIMSS Board Chair Elena Sini, group CIO at GVM Care and Research.

A $4.7 million collaboration led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore will develop a clinical-grade test using AI and advanced genomic sequencing for more precise cancer profiling.

Also, a new collaboration in China aims to incubate healthcare startups.

Also, Flinders University has launched a new website supporting the self-management of stroke.

The hybrid doula-focused care platform will use the seed funding to scale nationwide.

The CMS Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare fraud-fighting initiative invites the public to submit ideas on how to improve the agency's efforts. CMS COO Kimberly Brandt explains.

It has partnered with Redesign Health to co-build startups, offering real-world clinical testbeds, data validation, and support to scale locally and abroad.

The public Queensland health service is integrating remote monitoring and clinical decision support capability, with initial application in post-acute care and chronic condition management.

Health systems can transition from small-scale artificial intelligence pilots to high-speed, validated rollouts that meaningfully improve patient outcomes by maintaining three key guardrails, according to presenters at HIMSS26.