Population Health

Healthcare organizations should be strategic about bidirectional data exchange opportunities to reduce duplication and enhance the efficiency of data pipelines, says J. Josh Wilda, University of Iowa Health Care's AVP for information systems and CIDO.

Also, NTU Singapore has launched the $30 million second phase of its aged care technology programme.

The Korean government also plans to extend its healthcare AI partnership to Vietnam and Thailand.

It aims to reach the remaining 63,000 Australians living with the virus who have yet to receive treatment.

Helen Hill, VP and CIO of Michigan-based SEMHIE and a HIMSS26 Founder Changemaker awardee, has helped launch MiHIN, the Michigan health information exchange. She also chairs its interoperability task force and runs a small sub-HIE.

Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, a HIMSS26 Policy Influencer Changemaker, is working to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, having experienced the healthcare system both as a legislator and a cancer patient.

HIMSS26 Changemaker honoree John Paganini says the Northern Ohio HIMSS AI Center of Excellence's diverse roster of members is working to advance healthcare AI in the region.

Data segmentation and computable consent help protect sensitive information while enabling more equitable interoperability, explains Cambridge Health Alliance's Dr. Hannah Galvin, a HIMSS26 Health Equity Changemaker Awardee.

The MITRE Center for Transforming Health's Susan Hull discusses working with diverse communities for over 20 years of involvement with HIMSS to streamline clinical workflows and restore a focus on patient care.

A government-backed initiative has recently collected over a million biospecimens and ultrasound images from 12,000 pregnant persons in India to develop pregnancy AI solutions.