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AI can open up opportunities in schedules to get patients to clinics faster, as it also transforms how healthcare is delivered, says Dr. Baligh Yehia, president of Jefferson Health.
Eitan Okun, head of the Paul Feder Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease Research at Bar-Ilan University, talks about an ongoing multi-year project that suggests pregnant women with a Down syndrome fetus face a greater chance of cognitive decline.
The CMS program known as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model requires PA for 17 services, but Carol Howard, VP of innovation and adoption at Janus Health, says she can see it expanding before the end of the pilot period.
Epic's Trevor Berceau and Sutter Health's Dr. Richard Milani discuss how their organizations linked FDA-approved monitoring devices directly to MyChart to let chronic care patients send data easily to their charts between visits.
HIMSS Media editors discuss how growing use of AI in healthcare, TEFCA expansion, regulatory uncertainty and upcoming interoperability final rules may impact patient care and clinician experiences in 2026.
When integrated with the EHR, automated technology upped billing from 2,500 remotes per month to 3,800 remotes per month, says Sallie Gustafson, RN, director of Medical Affairs at Murj.
Bill too frequently and CMS gives denials and physicians find it impossible to know the right time, says Sallie Gustafson, RN, director of medical affairs at Murj.
Making AI-driven changes adds $4 million to $6 million per 10,000 discharges each year, equaling tens of millions of dollars in additional reimbursement, says Todd Van Meter, CEO of Accuity.
The money must be spent on sustainable initiatives such as reducing avoidable readmissions or length of stays, expenses that need data and analytics to start bending the cost curve, says Anna Basevich, SVP at Arcadia.
AI, virtual care and cybersecurity were hot topics in 2025, but HIMSS Media editors talk about how regulatory uncertainty, reimbursement cuts and affordability concerns may impact health systems in the new year.