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Healthcare now is entering a more mature phase of AI where psychological and practical human challenges are no longer theoretical but the new operational reality with which IT professionals must contend, Altera Digital Health AI exec says at HIMSS26.
Dr. Peggy Allen, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Akron Children's Hospital, offers tips for physicians and nurses on the frontlines of healthcare delivery on how they can use their EHRs to better serve patients.
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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.
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.
Also, the Australian Digital Health Agency has introduced a train-the-trainer toolkit for teaching digital health in universities.
Terry Rubin, cofounder of The Professional Communicators, joins MobiHealthNews to preview his upcoming HIMSS26 talk where he'll discuss problems that arise when experts focus on everything they know rather than what their audience needs to understand.
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The goal is not to micromanage individual clinical decisions, but to shape how technology is governed and trusted at scale, says one consulting firm CEO.
The EHIgnite Challenge antes up $500,000 to help encourage development of new analytics approaches to turning electronic health information into "actionable insights for patient and clinicians."
The new AI to Advance Medicine program is designed to take an academic and practical approach to help students, faculty and staff across the health system use artificial intelligence more judiciously, safely and effectively.
Physician burnout is no longer just a clinical issue. It’s an operational, financial, and workforce crisis. With burnout driving turnover, early retirement, and staffing instability, leaders are under pressure to do more with fewer resources—without compromising care.