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Medical researchers at Mass General Brigham say the self-supervised foundational model can identify inherent features from brain MRI datasets and is adaptable to other healthcare applications, including brain cancer treatment.

The field of targeted therapy could evolve to enable even more precise, individualized treatment strategies, says Sergio Calvo, general manager of theranostics at GE HealthCare, who discusses the company's role in developing and investing the technology.

Michael Clark, OnPoint Healthcare Partners president, explains artificial intelligence hygiene in practice management. Health AI at the point of care requires verification, while a "human on the loop" troubleshoots AI agents automating processes.

With its Zero Harm 24/7 project, the patient experience organization is asking health systems to help drive improvements in transparency and culture by establishing a standardized patient and staff safety framework. 

The organization identifies, pilots and scales healthcare innovations through close collaboration with public- and private-sector partners, says Alexander Richter, executive director and head of the SciTech Innovation Hub at SciTech Scity.

Epic, Oracle and Humana have announced new integrated capabilities. Meanwhile, Corti says through its new infrastructure on NVIDIA that healthcare organizations can create artificial intelligence agents and scale without clinical risk.

Professor Chan Kwon Jung, director of Smart Hospital and Biobank at Seoul St.Mary's Hospital, underscores the need for national support in implementing AI systems in hospitals.

At HIMSS26, nursing informatics leaders and digital strategists will explore how to close communication loops, drive ROI and balance workforce challenges when deploying new technologies across health systems.

Jim Roeder, CIO and VP of IT for Lakewood Health in Staples, Minn., says expert rural IT panelists at HIMSS26 will share cost effective approaches to handling limited resources, staffing and infrastructure needs and discuss regional collaboration.

Tom Gillette, CIO at Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Erich Glasbrenner, the health system's chief nursing informatics officer, are focused on transforming patient access and experience in the year ahead.