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HIMSS26 Executive Summit
Key Insights for Healthcare Leaders
The HIMSS26 Executive Summit featured discussions on leadership, data modernization, AI governance and digital strategy that approached a central challenge from different angles: How healthcare organizations build the systems, implement processes and ensure accountability, all of which are required to scale innovation responsibly.
HIMSS26 Emerge Experience
Healthcare Innovation in Action
Health systems have spent years layering digital tools onto the patient journey — scheduling platforms, portals, virtual care apps, billing systems and automated communications — yet many patients still experience those systems as disconnected environments that are difficult to navigate.
Top Trends of 2026
From Innovation to Impact
At the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, providers, payers, and policymakers convened to examine how the industry is translating rapid innovation into measurable outcomes. Data is increasingly digitized and exchanged. New tools promise to improve efficiency, reduce burden, and enhance patient outcomes. And yet, progress remains uneven.2025 White Papers
HIMSS25 Executive Summit Recap
Strategic Themes for Healthcare Leaders
At HIMSS25, the Executive Summit convened healthcare’s senior-most leaders to confront the pressures and opportunities reshaping the industry. What emerged wasn’t just a list of talking points, but a clear signal. Healthcare leadership today demands more than domain expertise or long-term vision.
Nursing Informatics
A Conversation with HIMSS25 Speakers
Where nursing expertise meets digital transformation, equity, and resilience. At a time when hospitals are racing to adopt AI, scale virtual care, and recover from unprecedented workforce strain, the professionals who understand both patient care and information systems are the ones guiding that transformation in real time.
AI in Healthcare
A Conversation with HIMSS25 Speakers
AI is no longer theoretical. It’s in the workflow, on the care team, and increasingly part of the patient experience. But as adoption grows, so do the complexities. At the HIMSS25 AI in Healthcare Forum, healthcare and technology leaders came together to explore how AI is being implemented, evaluated, and scaled to meet real-world demands.
Healthcare Cybersecurity
A Conversation with HIMSS25 Speakers
Healthcare cybersecurity has moved from theoretical risk to systemic reality.Cybersecurity in healthcare is no longer a back-office issue – it’s frontline infrastructure. At the HIMSS25 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, industry leaders confronted this new reality head-on, sharing strategies that move beyond reactive defense toward systemic resilience.