Executive editors from Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews share what they learned about AI during the first official day of HIMSS26, including clinical, financial and operational deployments at Mass General Brigham.

Day 1 of HIMSS26 saw attendees from 75 countries gather to share ideas, technologies and strategies shaping the next era of digital health innovation. Here's a glimpse of what went on.

Including nurses in the development process will ensure that new AI products support nursing workflows rather than forcing nurses to adapt to the technology, according to Kaiser Permanente's Surya Shenoy and Jerri Westphal.

Predictive analytics support AI tools and help clinicians connect with patients, but Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, says that, globally, only about 30% of analytics capacity has been realized.

HIMSS26 started on Monday in Las Vegas with topic-focused preconference forums that set the tone for the rest of the week. Listen to conversations with some of top minds in AI, cybersecurity and digital health.

HIMSS editors discuss hot topics explored during the first day of HIMSS26, including measuring the ROI of AI tools, scaling AI across organizations and how AI is being used both for cybersecurity and by threat actors.

General Catalyst's Dr. Stephen Klasko discusses his HIMSS26 Smart Health Transformation Forum keynote, which outlined how care delivery might become more personalized, "tailored and swift" during a Taylor Swift presidency.

HIMSS events share a common backbone of education, networking and innovation, but each gathering tailors content to regional policy and topics concerning the host country's healthcare ecosystem, says Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO.