HIMSS26

Tuesday's events at HIMSS26 included conversations about how AI is reshaping care and a keynote by Apple's Dr. Sunbul Desai on how wearables are helping consumers manage their health and discover underlying conditions.

Farhana Alarakhiya of Aga Khan University has decades of data experience, and she's using it to create data-driven insights that can solve population health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.

Translation systems are "trained to understand medication dosages, medical codes and other clinical terminology so the AI model works as it should," an Oracle engineer explained at HIMSS26.

To build resiliency across their diverse populations, Colorado and Louisiana are harnessing advanced technical and financial innovations to improve collaboration in healthcare delivery as they balance policy decisions and priorities.

Price transparency for medications and services will make it possible for patients to budget for procedures and shop for better prices with in-network providers, Point-of-Care Partners' Vanessa Candelora says.

At HIMSS26, Amazon One Medical announced the expanded release of Health AI that allows Amazon customers to utilize the chatbot for medical questions and connect with a One Medical provider, if needed.

McLeod Health approached AI deployment with a focus on removing friction from clinical workflows rather than chasing financial returns, says CMIO Bryon Frost.

At HIMSS26, panelists discussed whether healthcare technology is improving care or adding challenges to the healthcare journey for clinicians and patients.

Air-gapped IREs, where critical systems and data can be restored if primary infrastructure is compromised, offer EHR access in a secure cloud environment, leaders from Sentara and AWS showed at HIMSS26 on Wednesday.

Leaders who align artificial intelligence strategy with clinical priorities, provide education and measure impact transparently will be best positioned to scale the technology responsibly and sustainably, adds PointClickCare's CMO.