Population and Public Health

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.

Encouraging healthcare consumerism among the young should be another goal, says Greg Farnum, who works in federal strategic advisory at Audacious Inquiry. He digs into these three issues for the year ahead.

Chethan Sarabu, director of clinical innovation for the health tech hub at Cornell Tech, previews his HIMSS26 talk on AI’s environmental impact and actions stakeholders can take to reduce it.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System's X_Labs is pioneering 3D-printed bone grafts. Dr. Mark Zhang, acting assistant under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, shows how.

A clinician duo shares what could be the key to accelerating the sluggish digitalisation of Malaysian primary care.

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. 

Its 2026 Innovation Challenge is designed to attract technologies that can support the island's vision for digitally enabled, sustainable healthcare, says Teresa Cope, CEO of Manx Care.

It aims to develop and deploy AI in medicine, among other digital tools, while fostering global collaboration.

According to Emirates Health Services' H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, the UAE is using clinical and non-clinical AI tools across its facilities to give clinicians time back and to support precision medicine and healthier communities.

The CMS Administrator spoke at length about the Rural Health Transformation Fund at a White House-hosted event designed to promote innovation in payment and flexibility.