Patient Engagement

After piloting it locally in Wisconsin, the company announced the release of the ambient scribe tool and built-in AI capabilities for its nationwide customer footprint.

While hospitals and health systems continue to face an array of significant challenges, human-centered innovations that pair data with agility are helping improve caregiver experience and patient care, the research firm says. 

AI needs to be designed to address what matters most to patients and families, says Laura Cooley, who is speaking at HIMSS26.

It's the gold standard for analytics today, says Dr. Ryan Bosch of Acentra Health and a health system veteran – a proven model of care and data that can drive technical, clinical and business success.

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.

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.

The Future Communities Institute and its partners in the San Francisco Bay Area plan to use AI to act as a force multiplier for street medical teams that help to improve patient outcomes and social referrals for the region's homeless.

Encouraging healthcare consumerism among the young should be another goal, says Greg Farnum, who works in federal strategic advisory at Audacious Inquiry. He digs into these three issues for the year ahead.