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New research explores how artificial intelligence foundation models trained on electronic health record data can be tested to prevent threats to patient privacy and protect against re-identification of ePHI by threat actors. 

Heather M. O'Sullivan, a nurse and leader of MGB's Healthcare at Home program, previews her HIMSS26 session, where she'll show how to identify and prioritize gaps in a home-based acute care model.

Unlike claims or EHR data, diagnostics reveal what's occurring biologically in real time – often before symptoms emerge. Especially when combined with AI, it can support smarter treatment decisions, one CEO says.

Ahead of HIMSS26, Sairohith Thummarakoti of Texas A&M University–Kingsville previews his talk on how agentic AI and low-code platforms can automate routine claims and prior authorization workflows.

Virtual care must be the VA's next great innovation, says Kent Dicks, CEO of Life365, who says telehealth should scale to meet the agency's needs and bring better care to veterans.

Lacey Jensen, RN, the health system's director of informatics education, previews a HIMSS26 session where she'll focus on the blended learning approach with computer adaptive tools to enhance efficiency and boost knowledge.

According to a revised breach notification, the provider sent out an additional 470,000 letters for a ransomware attack initially reported last year as affecting upwards of 8,000 individuals. 

Responding to the Trump administration executive order that aims to supersede several state laws already setting safety guardrails, many vendors say that a unified approach is preferable to a "patchwork of conflicting policies."

Severance Hospital researchers have developed an AI platform that converts paramedic voice reports into clinical records, predicts patient deterioration, and recommends suitable transfer hospitals.

Its private operator says one of its modules, not the whole app, was compromised, based on an independent forensic analysis.