Each year, healthcare leaders gather at events like HLTHUSA to discuss the future of care. The stages shine with optimism. The extraordinary booths overflow with AI demos and digital health platforms. The speakers are all top-notch and have discussions that are always “transformative.” But when the lights fade, and everyone returns home to their families, the…
Nearly three in four healthcare organizations report care disruptions due to cyberattacks. That means in most hospitals, it’s not a question of if an attack will happen — it’s when. A recent article in Healthcare Innovation Group revealed that 72% of providers have had care interrupted by ransomware or malware. Even more concerning, 96% have…
Healthcare costs continue to rise, yet outcomes aren’t improving. Employers are investing more in health benefits, but employees still struggle to access coordinated, efficient care. Payers face growing administrative costs and an endless stream of claims, while physicians spend valuable time hunting for missing information. The result? A broken equation that costs everyone — time,…
Care coordination has always been a buzzword in healthcare, but for patients and providers alike, it often feels like a promise that never delivers. Hospital discharges, specialist referrals, telehealth visits—each step creates new data, new notes, and invariably missing pieces of the patient story. Patients bounce between health settings with incomplete fragments of their health…
Every physician has lived this moment: they open the chart, only to find half the story. Labs are missing. Medications are outdated. A hospital discharge note is either buried in another system you can’t access, or missing. Meanwhile, the patient is sitting in front of you, expecting answers. This isn’t rare. It’s the norm. Our…
Imagine this: You see multiple healthcare providers, may even specialty providers for various personal reasons. There’s a ton of healthcare data about you—doctor visits, prescriptions, lab results. Now imagine if the federal government and big tech said, “We’ll gather that for you… for better health.” Sounds convenient, right? Until you realize: at what cost? That…
This week begins Epic’s User Conference, UGM. It has expanded to four days, and is being held in Madison Wisconsin, the homeplace of Epic EHR. We thought it timely, since Epic heralds this user’s conference as, “the gateway to mysterious and wonderful worlds of health technology,” to point out that while the stage may be…
Interoperability is a word we’ve heard in countless keynotes, seen in policy memos, funded through billions of taxpayer dollars, and promised by every vendor pitch deck. And yet, here we are — decades later — still asking: Why is this so hard? Let’s take a step back and unpack what we really mean when we…
As we celebrate July 4th and honor the brave men and women who served our country, we must also confront an uncomfortable truth: Our veterans are still fighting for their healthcare freedom. Specifically, access to their medical records and an ability to coordinate their healthcare. Despite the billions already spent on electronic health records (EHRs),…
BROWNSVILLE, VT, June 11, 2025 Press Release MedKaz CEO, Merle Bushkin, a distinguished figure in the healthcare industry, has been named to Marquis Who’s Who® 2025—a prestigious recognition honoring individuals who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and impact in their field. About Marquis Who’s Who: Marquis has remained the standard for reliable and comprehensive biographical data.…