The Five Pillars

Data, Intelligence, Informatics, Technology, and Impact — the editorial arc of HealthDataCon 2026.

The five pillars

Every HealthDataCon 2026 session is anchored to one of five editorial pillars. Together they cover the full arc from raw data to measurable outcomes.

Data

Governance, quality, interoperability, and the foundational layer of trustworthy health data. Topics include data models, standards (FHIR, USCDI, OMOP), data sharing agreements, and the operational discipline that turns raw feeds into a reliable substrate.

Intelligence

Analytics, AI, and applied intelligence that turn data into decisions. Topics include generative AI in the clinic, predictive models in production, evaluation and safety, and the practical realities of deploying AI inside a regulated environment.

Informatics

Clinical informatics, workflow, and the human science of data in care. Topics include the CMIO and CNIO agenda, workflow redesign, clinical decision support, documentation burden, and the informatics of team-based care.

Technology

Platforms, cloud, security, and the infrastructure powering health data. Topics include cloud data platforms, event streaming, cybersecurity and resilience, identity and access, and the reference architectures behind modern digital health.

Impact

Outcomes, equity, cost, and the measurable difference data makes. Topics include value-based care performance, quality collaboratives, health equity measurement, cost-of-care analytics, and the honest reckoning of what health data has and has not changed.