Healthcare IT News January 9, 2026
The vice chair of practice transformation in radiology at Penn Medicine previews a HIMSS26 session that offers a look at best practices for governance of artificial intelligence from departments.
Successfully putting artificial intelligence to work in healthcare requires much more than just the technology, of course. CIOs, CMIOs, CNIOs and other health IT leaders must work together on governance.
Tessa Cook, associate professor and vice chair of practice transformation in radiology at Penn Medicine, knows this very well, given the health system’s early lead in deploying AII in its radiology departments.
Top-down and bottom-up
Cook will be discussing AI governance in session, titled “Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Enterprise AI Governance Lessons Learned from Radiology,” in March at the 2026 HIMSS Global...







