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Nurses, health systems, educators and industry leaders are aiming to guide responsible use of healthcare AI through The Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Consortium. With AI workflows impacting care and accountability, nurses are "hungry for guidance," says Jing Wang, RN, dean of FSU College of Nursing.

At Dermatology Partners, 25% of AI-routed calls are resolved through appointment-related tasks. Staff are optimistic about clinical task workflow – their near-term goal is to exceed a 50% AI resolution rate.

The public Queensland health service is integrating remote monitoring and clinical decision support capability, with initial application in post-acute care and chronic condition management.

Involvement with the HIMSS Foundation has helped Zebra Technologies CNIO Kassaundra McKnight-Young improve her efforts to develop technologies that give clinicians more time for direct patient care, she says.

For every provider who switches from virtual human scribes to AI ambient voice scribes, the 100-provider Seattle group practice saves about $2,000 per month. And there's more, as one of the pediatricians details.

At HIMSS26, panelists said the OR is a "black box" evolving into a connected ecosystem, with surgical video and procedural data providing new ways to prevent complications.

CIO Richard Taggart says the framework introduces a risk-based governance model for AI use in NSW public hospitals and establishes an AI advisory service to review projects and guide safe implementation.

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, a HIMSS Davies Award winner, is testing artificial intelligence tools that modernize referral management and triage, boosting patients' access to care, according to two health system execs.

Translation systems are "trained to understand medication dosages, medical codes and other clinical terminology so the AI model works as it should," an Oracle engineer explained at HIMSS26.

McLeod Health approached AI deployment with a focus on removing friction from clinical workflows rather than chasing financial returns, says CMIO Bryon Frost.