HIMSS Physicians Community Roundtable - Agentic AI in 2026: How Much Autonomy is Healthcare Ready to Give?

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM · 1 hr. (US/Pacific)

Level 5 | Palazzo E

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

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Agentic AI introduces new challenges around integration, data access, governance, and reliability. In this physician focused roundtable, leaders will discuss why most agentic use cases today remain constrained to non-sensitive or hybrid workflows, and what prevents broader roll out. The conversation will explore how agents interact with existing EHRs and siloed systems, how actions are audited and why human-in-the-loop models remain essential at this stage, for certain workflows. Participants will examine whether incremental autonomy can still deliver meaningful value and the requirements for clinicians to start progressively trusting agentic AI.

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Target Audience

Clinical InformaticistCMIO/CMOPhysician or Physician’s Assistant

Level

Intermediate

Format

Panel Discussion

Learning Objective #1

Learn how health systems are beginning to adopt agentic AI

Learning Objective #2

Identify the practical barriers limiting widespread adoption of agentic AI in healthcare, including system integration, role-based access, governance frameworks, and reliability.

Learning Objective #3

Understand where agentic AI is gaining traction today, particularly in non-sensitive and hybrid human-AI workflows, and why these models matter even without full autonomy.

Learning Objective #4

Evaluate how health systems can safely operationalize agents, including agent creation, triggering, auditing, and change management across teams.

Learning Objective #5

Explore how trust in agentic AI is built over time, and how clinicians and leaders can progressively expand autonomy while maintaining accountability and oversight.