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During the HIMSS26 closing keynote, actor Jeremy Renner reflected on his recovery and the need for better care coordination and communication in healthcare.

Day 3 of HIMSS26 featured Dr. Mehmet Oz and other CMS leaders discussing how AI and digital technologies are poised to improve Americans' health as well as actor Jeremy Renner sharing his powerful story of recovery, care and healing.

At HIMSS26, leaders from Emory Healthcare and Mass General Brigham discussed how initiatives like the Healthcare AI Challenge aim to help health systems make safer deployment decisions.

Editors from MobiHealthNews, Healthcare Finance News and Healthcare IT News review the sessions and keynotes they covered during the second official day of HIMSS26 as well as what they were looking forward to seeing on the final day of the conference.

Highlights from the second full day of HIMSS26 include conversations about how health systems can deploy AI, increase price transparency, find the right vendor partners and improve governance.

At HIMSS26, Nathan Tierney, former deputy CIO and chief people officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, discussed how executives can navigate constant disruption by using structured decision-making frameworks.

At HIMSS26, Amazon One Medical announced the expanded release of Health AI that allows Amazon customers to utilize the chatbot for medical questions and connect with a One Medical provider, if needed.

At HIMSS26, panelists discussed whether healthcare technology is improving care or adding challenges to the healthcare journey for clinicians and patients.

At HIMSS26, Verily Life Sciences announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics to combine Galaxy Watch8 with Verily's precision health platform to further clinical research.

Cory Warner, Uber Health's global head of growth and operations, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss a new tool that lets health systems and payers set parameters for self-booked rides.