Strategic Planning

AI will help determine who is achieving their health potential and who is not, helping to fulfill the HIMSS vision for every human everywhere to realize their full health potential, says Anne Snowdon, HIMSS' chief scientific research officer.

The organizations will form a joint task force to evaluate and accelerate potential AI projects and opportunities.

The goal of the new fellowship is to educate pharmacists on preventing medication errors.

Joshua Wymer, with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, talks about the digital health indicator and the opportunity to advance interoperability in the state during the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.

The university is proposing a new nonprofit partnership with Essentia Health, but Fairview Health has criticized the arrangement.

The initiative includes addressing microplastic pollution as a potential contributor to rising cancer rates.

"We're all gonna feel a little stupid sometimes if we wanna get this right," says forum co-emcee Brian Spisak.

Orlando Health describes the project as one of its largest-ever capital investments, with the facility set to open in 2026.

Healthcare problems are not on the medical side, but in the healthcare delivery system, says HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Elizabeth Regan, a professor at the University of South Carolina who teaches informatics.

Initiative will eliminate up to 25% of all reauthorizations, or 10% of overall prior authorizations, PBM says.