Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Michael Spaeder of the University of Virginia previews his upcoming HIMSS26 talk on using AI and machine learning to detect potentially catastrophic health events.

With an artificial intelligence-powered medical search and decision support platform, the health system's physicians can access the latest clinical evidence for use in patient care.

The funding will help the company scale its AI-powered, in-network virtual psychiatry platform, which employs more than 800 full-time psychiatrists.

This comes as it recently extended the screening age to 74 and started transitioning to a population-based digital register.

So says Ryan M. Cameron, Children's Nebraska's newly minted chief information and innovation officer. He says provider organizations should pursue a small set of agentic AI projects – not as pilots for innovation's sake, but as fixes for concrete problems.

With the clinical artificial intelligence agent, doctors are able to spend less time sifting through drop-down menus and typing on their laptops to document patient visits, the EHR company says.

After seven years of developing the mental health artificial intelligence for providers and payers and investing in regulatory clearances, the VC-funded health tech company is ceasing commercial operations and offering its models as open source tools.

An interactive workshop at HIMSS26 offers healthcare leaders hands-on advice for integrating LLMs into clinical workflows – and engineering them for cost effectiveness and speed. 

CustoMED uses 3D printing to create patient-specific surgical instruments designed to precisely match each patient's anatomy. Dr. Amit Zabtani, the company’s cofounder and chief medical officer and an orthopedic surgeon at UCLA, explains.

This session provides a clear, research backed view into where organizations stand today, the most significant barriers slowing advancement, and the priority areas executives should focus on to reduce fragmentation, improve data usability, and strengthen connected care capabilities for 2026 and beyond.