Brian Mazanec, deputy assistant secretary at HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and Jeff Butler, owner and consultant at HPH Preparedness Consultants, discuss RISC Toolkit 2.0, which helps with cyber resilience and much more.

AI fuels hospital transformation and personal productivity, but HIMSS26 attendees voiced concerns about its trustworthiness, as well as possible misuse and allowing AI to sideline human voices in decision-making.

Microsoft's Kenneth Harper says agentic AI will soon be able to go beyond preparing documentation to surface important data from captured patient-doctor conversations that can enhance clinical decision-making.

Our HIMSS26 interviews reveal how conference-goers leverage AI to enrich their personal and work lives and the potential AI tools hold for streamlining operations and improving care delivery in the future.

Microsoft's Kenneth Harper says agentic AI will soon be able to go beyond preparing documentation to surface important data from captured patient-doctor conversations that can enhance clinical decision-making.

Founder Changemaker awardee Helen Hill, SEMHIE VP/CIO and founder of the HIMSS Michigan chapter, helped launch MiHIN (the Michigan health information exchange), chairs its interoperability task force and runs a small sub-HIE in the MiHIN system.

Having experienced the healthcare system both as a legislator and a cancer patient, Policy Influencer Changemaker Dianne Primavera, Colorado's lieutenant governor, works to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.

Giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition, according to HIMSS Policy Influencer Changemaker Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health.