Quality and Safety

A proposed joint research centre aims to introduce and promote the uptake of elderly care technologies with particular focus on Cantonese-speaking populations.

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.

Mount Sinai Health System, ARC Innovation Center and Nvidia are working together to apply AI to vast datasets that could unlock genomic insights and help researchers better understand how patients could respond to therapies.

The Tennessee health system achieved break-even on the surgical department investment in less than three months – and projections indicate a five times annualized return on investment, the RN VP of surgical services reports.

A top AI researcher at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describes the good and the bad of patients' increasing use of large language models to research their health. Health systems must embrace this new trend, he says.

Decision follows 15-state lawsuit over the elimination of seven childhood vaccines from their recommended status.

Dr. Paul A. Testa, CHIO at NYU Langone Health, says artificial intelligence demands the same level of institutional commitment, governance and cultural investment that the best health systems brought to EHR adoption.

That's the industry's next test, and what should be the big topic of conversation at HIMSS26, says the health technology lead at Accenture. Every AI deployment should be tied to measurable ops or clinical outcomes, he adds.

Andrew Rubin, senior VP for clinical affairs and ambulatory care, will describe at HIMSS26 how the provider has enabled a complete transformation in how its staff interacts with patients – and with each other.

Upon validation, device developers will also have the opportunity to showcase their connected care technologies in the Oracle Healthcare Marketplace.