Healthcare’s race to bring artificial intelligence into the clinical workflow is accelerating. Last week in the news, Oracle Health announced new capabilities for its Clinical AI Agent, including AI-powered chart review designed to surface relevant clinical context from across the EHR and summarize patient information for physicians. This goal is for physicians to spend less…
Healthcare technology has a communication problem. We love explaining what technology can do. We use an overabundance of keywords like interoperability, data migration, care coordination, workflow optimization. And while these are all important, the most important element boils down to usability. It has for over 20 years now. You can have the coolest brochures, demos,…
Healthcare has spent years working to make medical information more connected. But there is another question we may not be asking often enough. In fact, we’ve seen this same scenario play out on the popular television series, The Pitt. What happens when that connection disappears? Cyberattacks Remain a Serious Challenge Across Healthcare Comparitech’s ransomware tracker…
Healthcare is moving quickly to bring artificial intelligence into the clinical workflow. AI can document conversations, summarize test results, organize information and help clinicians spend less time clicking through an electronic health record. These are meaningful technology advances. An AI tool may be sophisticated, but it cannot summarize a specialist’s progress note it never received.…
CMS and HL7 hosted their annual FHIR Connectathon this month, bringing together technology developers, payers, providers and interoperability experts to test real-world applications for patient access, prior authorization and healthcare data exchange. CMS introduced an updated version of its Beneficiary Claims Data API. The goal is to provide organizations with claims information sooner while reducing…
Time is one of healthcare’s most limited resources. Every minute a physician spends scrolling through a lengthy chart, opening separate records, searching for an outside test result, or trying to verify a medication is a barrier to timely care, and places patient safety and physician mental health at risk. How Much Time Is Lost to…
If you followed healthcare news this week, one thing became abundantly clear: the news is full of promises. But after listening to this week’s discussions and reflecting on a recent healthcare experience of my own, I’m left with a familiar question: Are we solving the right problem? Let’s dig in. CMS Is Driving Change, But…
We gather to celebrate July 4th, and our nation’s 250th anniversary of freedom this weekend. The freedom to choose. The freedom to build a better future. Yet one freedom that most patients assume they already have simply doesn’t exist. The freedom for their medical information to travel with them. Whether you’re spending the holiday across…
Epic portal messages are up 153% since 2020, and in Q1 2025, about 30% of active Epic patients sent a portal or health app message to a clinician. And this isn’t just in Epic systems. Becker’s reported that 29% of U.S. adults now use AI tools for health information monthly, nearly doubling from 17% in…
This is an interesting question, because most patients believe their medical information is available whenever they need it. After all, we live in a digital world. We have patient portals, apps, online test results, electronic health records, and messages from providers. It feels like our health information should be easy to access. The reality is…