HIMSSCast: The benefits of SASE

But continuity, confidentiality and compliance aren't the only imperatives hospitals and health systems need to manage when IT systems are down and workflows are suddenly paper-based, says Rebecca Romine, health law shareholder at Polsinelli.

Rural IT experts will share cost effective strategies for handling limited resources, staffing and infrastructure needs and discuss regional collaboration at HIMSS26, says Jim Roeder, CIO and VP of IT for Lakewood Health in Staples, Minn.

HIMSS editors discuss hot topics explored during the first day of HIMSS26, including measuring the ROI of AI tools, scaling AI across organizations and how AI is being used both for cybersecurity and by threat actors.