Every winter, millions of Americans trade snow boots for sandals and head south — chasing sunshine, avoiding icy roads, and enjoying life as “snowbirds.” But while their lifestyle is mobile, their healthcare often isn’t. If you’re one of the millions splitting your time between two states, you already know the challenge. Different doctors. Different systems.…
Healthcare’s financial squeeze is tightening — and it’s hitting specialists first. This week, CMS confirmed that reimbursement for many specialty services will drop by roughly 2.5% in 2026. That might sound small, but for surgeons, cardiologists, oncologists, and other specialists already running on razor-thin margins, it’s a seismic shift. Specialists are warning of reduced access,…
Across Vermont, rural hospitals are fighting for survival. Declining reimbursements, rising operational costs, and technology demands are forcing some to cut services—or close entirely. For the communities they serve, these aren’t just closures; they’re losses of lifelines. When a hospital shutters, patients drive farther for care, medical staff leave town, and the local economy suffers. But…
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…