Quality and Safety

More focused collaboration among stakeholders can help bolster community health, says Kirk Mathews of the Missouri Medicaid Transformation Office ahead of his presentation at HIMSS26.

In a preview of her HIMSS26 session, Dr. Kari Yacisin also explains how health systems must assess their readiness for new AI tools and advocate for responsible, ethical adoption that supports healthcare's focus on humanity.

The public-private effort offers practical examples, common language and reusable tools Medicaid organizations can adapt for their own needs. It's all meant to help states move from uncertainty to confidence with AI.

The electrode technology is designed to improve neurological care for patients with motor issues and pain, using thin-film, flexible electrodes implanted on the brain. Dave Rosa, CEO of NeuroOne, explains.

More than 2,000 post-acute facilities will have the opportunity to access admission, discharge and transfer data integrated into a patient's longitudinal record, according to the Cheese State's designated entity for health information exchange.

Hartford HealthCare and MIT codeveloped H2O, an analytics platform using machine learning to optimize hospital operational efficiency including improving length of stay and staffing efficiency.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System's X_Labs is pioneering 3D-printed bone grafts. Dr. Mark Zhang, acting assistant under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, shows how.

Primary care physicians can prioritize conversations on heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and frame them around the need for whole-person health. Brain health deserves the same approach, and new technologies are making it easier, says Dr. Julie Wood.

In its annual Top 10 list of health technology hazards, the patient safety group puts AI bots at the top – with blackouts, communication failures and other cyber risks close behind.

New York Cancer and Blood Specialists embedded platform for structured digital data collection in platform for in-room education and gained numerous efficiencies.