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Experts advise healthcare organizations to ask: "Who will be accountable for decisions influenced by artificial intelligence – the clinician, department, vendor or hospital? And what will be needed to defend AI-influenced decisions?"

Its president, Dr. Baligh Yehia, says the Philadelphia health system has committed to returning 10 million hours back to patient care over the next three years using AI.

Julia Zarb, principal and founder of Blue x Blue, discusses her upcoming HIMSS26 talk, exploring "human in the loop" AI practices and workflows that support human decision-making.

Additionally, AI-driven workflows and advanced analytics will become crucial as hospitals face escalating financial and operational pressures in 2026, one CEO predicts.

Clinical informatics leaders at HIMSS26 will highlight some governance strategies and implementation best practices that could help ensure these in-demand AI charting tools are delivering value for clinicians and other stakeholders.

The popular AI tool for healthcare professionals may also soon come to public outpatient clinics in New Zealand.

Gold Coast Health is the first in Queensland to pilot this concept, initially supporting collaboration between local GPs and developmental paediatricians.

Elation Health and HealthEx announce they are integrating Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence to better synthesize health data for doctors and patients.

Too often, message sending processes are disjointed, says one nursing IT leader – calling for a more personalized approach to comms, both "content and channel wise."

APAC healthcare leaders share how they expect AI in healthcare to evolve in 2026, from governance and clinical adoption to real-world impact on patients and health systems.