The phase-out of the Medicare Inpatient-Only list drives value and efficiency, but hospitals lose out on volume and revenue, says Alli Oakes, chief research officer for Trilliant Health.

Virginia Halsey, senior vice president of strategy and product management at FDB, discusses the MCP standard and how it can scale AI safely in clinical workflows and unlock safe automation across medication workflows.

The federal program could be a short-term patch for struggling rural hospitals or the last chance to move rural healthcare onto a model that works at scale. Michael Dalton of non-profit virtual care provider Ovatient explains.

Dr. Stephen Klasko, executive in residence at General Catalyst, will deliver the keynote at the Smart Health Transformation Preconference Forum at HIMSS26, where he'll discuss predictions for tech and his vision for reshaping healthcare delivery.

Shlomi Madar, CEO of SpotitEarly, discusses how the company helps detect cancer by leveraging dogs’ sense of smell, AI technology and reward-based training that teaches dogs to distinguish between healthy and cancerous samples.

Dr. Michael Zappa, chief clinical officer at Cape Fear Valley Health and physician advisor at Juno Health, says maintaining close connections with clinical leaders is essential to optimizing clinical workflows.

Abhinav Shashank, Innovaccer CEO and cofounder, discusses the company's manifesto, Autonomous Healthcare, and previews the HIMSS26 panel where he'll join other unicorn founders to share stories of their origins, failures and breakthroughs.

Head of emerging technologies at Mass General Brigham Esther Kim discusses healthcare technologies' ability to address unmet needs while underscoring the importance of careful, thoughtful adoption to ensure safe, systemwide impact.