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…
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…