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…
Imagine you’re a patient who lives in a small rural community. Your local clinic manages your diabetes and hypertension. A cardiologist two hours away adjusted your lipid medications last year. And because of recent rural health closings, you recently visited an emergency department in another county after experiencing dizziness. You arrive at the rural clinic…
Healthcare access is becoming increasingly fragile in rural America. Hospitals are closing. Clinician shortages are growing. Entire communities are losing local access to care, forcing patients to travel farther, wait longer, and manage increasingly fragmented medical histories. And when care becomes fragmented, the burden often shifts to patients and families. The Numbers Are Alarming More…
For more than 15 years, the U.S. healthcare system has invested billions into digitizing healthcare through the HITECH Act, EHR adoption, interoperability frameworks, prior authorization systems, and now initiatives like CMS’ “Kill the Clipboard.” The promise was simple: connect care for patients and improve documentation for clinicians. Seamless interoperability. Instant access to patient information anywhere…
Healthcare had another busy week of “modernization” headlines. CMS is proposing expanded interoperability and prior authorization requirements, including broader API use and faster decision timelines for prior authorizations. The intent is to: reduce delays, increase transparency, and make healthcare data move more efficiently. Does this latest initiative solve the problem of fragmented patient records? Not…
Healthcare keeps getting more advanced. More platforms. More portals. More integrations. And yet, the one thing providers still don’t have? A complete patient record at the point of care. Instead, we’re working in fragmented system silos and information gaps. . Records are spread across systems. Phone calls to track down results. Portals that don’t talk…
This week in healthcare, the headlines are loud: New federal pushes to expand digital health data sharing Continued investment in AI-driven clinical decision tools Discussions about interoperability frameworks and a nationwide exchange More provider burnout tied to administrative burden and fragmented workflows Headlines like these could signal progress. Yet, in practice it’s a different story.…