Organizational Governance
Abhinav Shashank, Innovaccer CEO and cofounder, highlights the company's recently published manifesto, Autonomous Healthcare, and previews his upcoming HIMSS26 panel with other unicorn founders on tackling challenges in health tech.
Emerging Technologies
Esther Kim, head of emerging technologies at Mass General Brigham, shares how the health system evaluates new technologies and decides which innovations to explore while considering clinical need, operational feasibility and scalability.
Revenue growth will come from clinical outcomes versus document mechanics, says Steve Mongelli, president at mPulse.
For his upcoming HIMSS26 presentation, ChristianaCare's Greg O'Neill discusses how practical tools like plain language, pictograms, multilingual translation and tailored discharge instructions can boost medication compliance.
Intermountain Health CISO Erik Decker talks about the SMART toolkit, which identifies critical healthcare functions so leaders can plan ways to keep their organizations running in case of cyberattacks.
According to Clearwater's Jackie Mattingly, sustainable cybersecurity funding for rural hospitals remains elusive, with many states allocating little to no Rural Health Transformation Program money to security.
Emerging Technologies
Alexander Richter, executive director and head of the SciTech Innovation Hub at SciTech Scity, which recently won the World Economic Forum's 2025 Public-Private Collaboration Award, discusses the selection process for piloting and scaling health tech.
Tom Gillette, CIO at Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Erich Glasbrenner, the health system's chief nursing informatics officer, are focused on transforming patient access and experience in the year ahead.
Lakewood Health System's Jim Roeder says building regional alliances enables rural hospitals to share expertise, strengthen defenses and keep care available when cyber incidents happen.
Teresa Cope, Manx Care CEO, discusses the Isle of Man's 2026 Innovation Challenge that seeks tools that address the island's health system's needs, including improving access and efficiency for a small, geographically distinct population.