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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.
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.
Ambient AI has streamlined documentation, but Hannah Ellerbee, Guidehouse partner, says it can also connect data from patient visits to revenue cycle processes to create a more seamless, data-driven clinician experience.
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.
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.
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.
GDIT's Donnie Parish and Oracle's Mik Patel discuss Native communities' complex healthcare challenges and how a strong digital front door can help improve care access and engagement.
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.
Since its inception two years ago, Changemaker honoree John Paganini says the Northern Ohio HIMSS AI Center of Excellence's diverse roster of members is working to advance healthcare AI in the region.
Heidi CEO Dr. Thomas Kelly says the company has expanded its AI care partner to include a global evidence tool that lets clinicians query their preferred sources and delivers context-aware answers to help improve patient care.
Attending HIMSS events enables professors to learn about new healthcare IT trends and align their curricula to industry realities, according to Changemaker Award recipient Cedric Truss of Georgia State University.