Ferrum Health and Sutter Health to Share Practical Blueprint for Scaling Clinical AI at HIMSS 2026
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SAN FRANSISCO - March 2, 2026 – Ferrum Health, the AI governance platform for health systems, announces that its CEO, Pelu Tran, will speak alongside Dr. Jason Wiesner of Sutter Health at HIMSS 2026. The joint session will focus on how health care organizations can move beyond early AI pilots to build sustainable, enterprise-wide clinical AI programs grounded in governance, accountability and real-world results.
The session, From Pilot to Practice: Building Scalable Artificial Intelligence Governance in Healthcare, will examine how health systems are working through the shift from early enthusiasm to the hard work of deployment, monitoring and governance. With hundreds of AI tools available across areas such as breast imaging, many organizations are struggling to operationalize AI in ways that scale safely and deliver consistent value.
“When AI works in health care, patients benefit earlier and more equitably. But that only happens when health systems move with intention. Governance is not a brake on innovation; it’s the structure that allows AI to earn trust, improve outcomes and scale responsibly across an entire organization. I am looking forward to sharing practical advice to give health systems an understanding of this in practice,” explains Pelu Tran, CEO of Ferrum Health.
Drawing on Sutter Health’s real-world experience, Tran and Wiesner will explore how deliberate, policy-driven infrastructure has supported early cancer detection and improved patient outcomes. The discussion will address common barriers, including internal misalignment, regulatory complexity and siloed data. They’ll outline a replicable governance model that treats AI accountability as a shared responsibility across clinical, operational and IT teams.
“AI in healthcare isn’t a feature race. It’s a governance challenge. At Sutter, we’ve focused on reducing the compliance surface area for clinicians while creating a scalable framework for validation and observability. Some deployments have meaningfully improved workflow and detection. Others required recalibration. At HIMSS, we’ll share what we’ve learned about building AI that clinicians trust and systems can sustain,” says Dr. Jason Wiesner, Chair, Imaging Service Line at Sutter Health.
Attendees will leave with implementable guidance on advancing from isolated pilots to coordinated, enterprise-wide AI governance. Topics will include decision frameworks for AI deployment, performance monitoring approaches, policy evolution over time and the role of emerging technologies in supporting responsible scale.
Session Details
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 9:45 AM to 10:15 a.m. Pacific
Location: HIMSS 2026
Ferrum Health will also be exhibiting at HIMSS within the Microsoft Booth, located at Venetian Level 2, Booth #2812. Attendees are invited to connect with the Ferrum team to learn more about how health systems are operationalizing AI governance in practice.
About Ferrum Health
Ferrum Health connects AI insights across service lines, turning fragmented deployments into enterprise clinical intelligence. Our vendor-neutral suite validates and monitors clinical AI models within a health system's owned, secure environment. Organizations use Ferrum to deploy models faster, validate performance objectively, and maintain complete visibility across their AI portfolio. Backed by $31 million in funding, including a Series A led by Foundry, serving more than 350 care sites globally.
About Sutter Health
Sutter Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system dedicated to providing comprehensive care throughout California. Committed to advancing innovative patient care, healthy outcomes and community partnerships, Sutter Health is pursuing a bold new plan to reach more people and make excellent healthcare more connected and accessible. Currently serving more than 3.5 million patients, thanks to our dedicated team of more than 60,000 employees and clinicians, and 14,000+ affiliated physicians, with a unified focus on expanding care to serve more patients.
Sutter delivers exceptional and affordable care through its hospitals, medical groups, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care clinics, telehealth, home health, and hospice services. Dedicated to transforming healthcare, at Sutter Health, getting better never stops.
Learn more about how Sutter Health is transforming healthcare at sutterhealth.org and vitals.sutterhealth.org.
