Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, Aidoc's global CMO, says his HIMSS26 keynote explored case studies and lessons learned from scaling AI across 1,700 hospitals in 19 countries.

Data shows that 700 of 1,800 rural U.S. hospitals are at financial risk, with 300 facing possible closure within three years, according to Belina Sapkota and Sarah Zak, NHIT INSPIRED interns.

Provider frustration over prior authorization is real but doesn't tell the whole story of the patient journey, says Brian Smith, chief pharmacy officer at Shields Health Solutions.

By 2027, health systems must meet CMS regulations for issues including prior authorization and data access. eHealth Exchange's FHIR consultant Scott Rossignol says that complications including EHR readiness are delaying progress.

Policymakers seek to understand healthcare's AI applications so they can create guardrails that protect patients without stifling new technology developments, says Demetri Giannikopoulos, Rad AI CIO.

KLAS' Mac Boyter and Suki CMO Kevin Wang discuss KLAS ROI validation reports quantifying the value ambient AI clinical documentation tools can provide, including one client's average $1K revenue gain per provider per month.

Lawrence Voyten, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force, says the task force educates chapter advocates on upcoming state and federal healthcare legislation and how it may impact vendors, patients and the industry.

Physicians have access to evidence-based guidance in the room as the conversation unfolds through a new partnership between Abridge and NEJM and JAMA, says Abridge Clinical Strategy Director Matt Troup, PA.