Fragmented systems hinder care in tribal regions, and Brenda Hood, client experience analyst at HealtHIE Nevada, says that seamless data exchange is essential to closing care gaps and improving access to treatment.

Tom Leary, HIMSS senior vice president and head of government relations, says leaders from CMS, the VA and the Office of Civil Rights will discuss new frameworks, strategies and rule changes that will impact healthcare stakeholders.

Josh Wilda, University of Iowa Health Care's AVP for information systems and CIDO, says that healthcare organizations can maximize TEFCA access to streamline and improve data exchange costs.

Attending Global Conference yearly enables in-person meetings and conversations that deepen the commitment the 75% of HIMSS members involved in its 22 communities have to their shared work, according to HIMSS' Tammy Kwiatkoski.

Aashima Gupta, Google's global director for healthcare solutions, says that generative and agentic AI can work together to solve healthcare's pain points by preparing documentation and assisting in call centers.

Matching financial incentives to patient outcomes is necessary to getting away from fee-for-service, says Brian Overstreet, CEO of Arbital Health.

Dr. Ami Bhatt, chief innovation officer at the American College of Cardiology, says wearables can spot subtle physiological changes to enable earlier intervention for patients with cardiometabolic disease.

UCI Health's Dr. Deepti Pandita, HIMSS-AMDIS Physician Executive Leader Changemaker Awardee, says that her many years of HIMSS membership led her to join the HIMSS Physician Committee and, eventually, to become its chair.