The Healthcare IT Leader’s Field Guide to HIMSS26

Welcome: why this guide exists HIMSS26 offers insights, connections, and fresh perspective, but with packed agendas, a crowded exhibit hall, and constant demands on your time, it can be hard to focus on what matters most. Nordic created this guide to help you spend your time intentionally. It reflects what we’re seeing across hospitals and health systems globally, highlighting sessions, topics, […]

Interview with Becket Mahnke, MD [Podcast]

This episode examines how clinician well-being, patient communication, and digital workflows intersect inside modern healthcare organizations. Through Dr. Becket Mahnke’s experience as a pediatric cardiologist and Chief Medical Information Officer, the conversation highlights why reducing cognitive burden and redesigning care teams requires far more than technology fixes. They explore how expectation-setting, team-based workflows, and data-driven […]

Interview with Lisa Kilgore [Podcast]

This episode explores the complex ecosystem that underpins modern healthcare technology. From connected medical devices to the infrastructure, workflows, and security practices required to support them. They examine why clinical tools can no longer be understood as standalone products, but as tightly integrated components of a broader system that must function reliably to protect patient safety.

Breaking the cycle: reducing costs in NHS re-procurement

The NHS is under immense pressure to deliver more for less. With budgets stretched and demand rising, procurement has become a frontline issue for sustainability. Yet despite best intentions, repeated re-procurement exercises often inflate costs rather than reduce them. Fragmented approaches, short-term fixes and lack of alignment between clinical, operational and commercial teams can lead […]

Join us for a night of networking

Join Nordic for an after‑hours networking happy hour at HIMSS. Connect with your chapter’s industry experts over great drinks and insightful conversation. This complimentary event is open to members of all HIMSS chapters.