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In 2026, healthcare data will show a unified view of the patient Health systems are entering an era of intelligent data management where real-time validation, data quality scoring and robust governance are paramount, says Kevin Ritter of Altera Digital Health.

Utah launches AI pilot for prescription refills With the program, the first of its kind, patients with chronic conditions can obtain legally authorized, automated prescription refills for pharmacists to process.

Owning digital health's future in the Middle East | Healthcare IT News Instead of buying digital innovations, Middle Eastern countries should focus on creating and scaling up their own products while developing local workforces, says Alvarez & Marshal's Mazin Gadir.

Mass General Brigham offers a successful framework for hospital-at-home Heather M. O'Sullivan, a nurse and leader of MGB's Healthcare at Home program, previews her HIMSS26 session, where she'll show how to identify and prioritize gaps in a home-based acute care model.

Stanford Healthcare cuts EHR training time by half while increasing learning retention Lacey Jensen, RN, the health system's director of informatics education, previews a HIMSS26 session where she'll focus on the blended learning approach with computer adaptive tools to enhance efficiency and boost knowledge.

India, Korea hospitals deploy stroke AI and more briefs Also, Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad, India, has unveiled an AI-powered clinic for diagnosing lung nodules.

AI-enabled EHR-RCM platform saves 5-clinic group $79K in just 3 months The Therapy Network has reduced claim denials by one-third and more than doubled its therapist visit volume. Its therapists now spend less time writing notes and more time seeing patients, and the billing team catches issues before claims go out.

Telehealth prescribers urge feds to act quickly on virtual Rx As the third pandemic-era waiver allowing virtual prescribing of controlled substances sunsets, more than 180 telemedicine providers and advocates are asking OMB and DEA to act immediately to protect patients.

Digital upskilling coming to rural GPs General Practice Registrars Australia has started providing access to a cloud-based practice management system, with likely plans to support further digital health training and tool development.

CMS unveils ACCESS model to expand digital care for Medicare patients ACCESS is a decade-long initiative to expand tech-enabled care and outcome-based payments for Medicare patients with obesity, diabetes, chronic pain and depression.

How OSF HealthCare is using RPM to serve maternity deserts The rural Illinois health system says more than 80% of the mothers it reaches out to with an option for remote patient monitoring decide to enroll – and 75% stay actively engaged to be monitored for the first six weeks of postpartum care.

Can states sustain Rural Health Transformation Program goals? The $50 billion in funding to be allocated annually among all states over 10 years may be insufficient, even as the RHTP could put pressure on the rural healthcare system over the long term.