At this point, the H3IT 2026 Conference invites abstract submissions on the intersection of home healthcare, hospice, informatics, and technology for presentation at the H3IT Annual Conference, which will be held in October, 2026 in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme — Interoperability to Support Care at Home — highlights the critical need for seamless coordination of data, systems, workflows, and stakeholders to improve care delivery, quality, and sustainability in home-centered environments. Therefore, in addition to submissions in other areas of H3IT, we particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions that explore how interoperability enables innovation, evaluation, implementation, and policy development across the home healthcare and hospice ecosystem. Submissions may address technical, organizational, clinical, regulatory, or socio-technical dimensions of interoperable care systems. Topics of interest include — but are not limited to — the following areas:
- Interoperability, Data Standards, and Health Information Exchange. Frameworks, terminologies, integration architectures, TEFCA compliance, cross-system coordination in home-based care, open-source solutions, collaborative platforms, and scalable infrastructures supporting long-term interoperability.
- AI, Data Analytics, and Decision Support in Home-Based Care. Development and evaluation of AI systems, predictive analytics, NLP, generative AI, and data-driven clinical or operational decision support.
- Telehealth and Connected Care Ecosystems. Remote monitoring, ambient intelligence, smart home technologies, and interoperable care delivery platforms.
- Health IT Implementation, Adoption, and Organizational Maturity. Technology readiness, project management, platform-based development, and scalable deployment strategies.
- Data Quality, Security, Privacy, and Trust. Governance frameworks that enable safe and effective information sharing across care environments.
- Policy, Regulation, and Value-Based Care Models. Evaluations of federal initiatives, reimbursement systems, fraud prevention, and ROI analyses tied to interoperable technologies.
- Learning Health Systems: Quality and process improvement, documentation quality, coding accuracy, and continuous learning infrastructures.
- Workforce, Caregivers, and Organizational Innovation. Workforce development, caregiver support, and new care delivery models enabled by integrated information systems.
Submission Tracks
i. Research Track: For completed or ongoing research studies.
ii. Practice Track: For applied implementation experiences and policy initiatives.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts must be submitted by May 1, 2026 (11:59 PM) via email attachment to submissions@h3it.org. Late submissions will not be considered. Each abstract should:
- Use 11-point font
- Use ½-inch margins
- Be limited to one page, excluding references. References should begin on page two, and citations should follow a numbered format (JAMIA style recommended).
- Include: Title, Author names, Email addresses, Primary institutional affiliations
- Structured as follows:
- Background
- Objectives
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
Review and Acceptance
Submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee based on relevance, originality, significance, and adherence to formatting requirements. Authors will be notified by email. Accepted abstracts must incorporate requested revisions and submit a camera-ready version for archival publication. Accepted presentations will be designated as oral or poster sessions. At least one author must register and present at the conference.
