Artificial intelligence has dominated much of the conversation on healthcare technology over the past three years. That trend continued at the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas last week. The sector is hopeful AI could assist with major challenges like workforce shortages, burnout and an aging population that needs more care. As the technology rapidly advances, the industry is increasingly adopting AI agents that can act more autonomously and updating their governance strategies to keep up with the rapid pace of innovation, experts said at HIMSS. Those agents could be a cybersecurity risk, and health systems will need to pay close attention to how they verify non-human users of their systems.
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Source: https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/himss-2026-takeaways-ai-innovation-agents-cybersecurity-governance-interoperability/814812/