Interoperability

A doctor-tech leader from India argues that genomic data infrastructure, resistance forecasting and sovereign AI discovery tools will be critical to future regional pandemic response.

HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf was honored during the HIMSS Native American & Indigenous Health Symposium for his commitment to the community.

Also, General Practice New Zealand has called for minimum cybersecurity standards in primary care following recent reports of breaches.

At HIMSS26, two leaders from New York's Office of Mental Health will describe how they managed semantic data exchange challenges with FHIR and terminology mapping, improving care coordination and critical time intervention for vulnerable individuals.

Ahead of HIMSS26, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Thomas Keane discusses his plans for the show and discusses TEFCA, HTI-4, HTI-5, imaging data, behavioral health exchange and more.

In less than a year, Denmark's Digital Skin Cancer Diagnostics (DSCD) initiative has transformed the pathway for suspected skin cancer, cutting waiting times from 18 weeks to just one day and reducing unnecessary biopsies by up to 35%.

The clinical data exchange company filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit led by the electronic health record giant, dismissing the action as a "smear campaign" designed to stifle interoperability and maintain Epic's market dominance.

As hospitals manage rising service demand in a complex regulatory landscape, cloud is emerging as the essential enabler of next-generation, AI-driven diagnostics – secure, scalable and ensuring continuity in increasingly interoperable ecosystems.

Whiddon deputy CEO and COO Alyson Jarrett shares plans to explore data analytics, virtual care, and AI after establishing interoperability across 24 nationwide settings.

HIMSS provides support and community and is advancing EHR initiatives to connect Tribal health systems.