By Vish Srivastava – Specialty practices are engines of clinical insight. Every patient encounter generates information that cannot be found in clinical trials: real-world treatment patterns, longitudinal outcomes across diverse populations, and responses to therapies in patients who don’t qualify for the studies that brought those therapies to market.

This rule, finalized by the HHS, through CMS, the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury along with the Office of Personnel Management, directly addresses bottlenecks by helping to reduce the number of ineligible disputes entering the system at a lower cost to payers and providers.

Remote monitoring makes evidence-based practice more dynamic. It brings nursing judgment closer to the patient’s daily reality. It also raises the bar for education, protocols, and technology design. The strongest programs treat devices as tools, while keeping the nurse-patient relationship as the core operating system. When that balance holds, connected care expands the reach of nursing science and improves how early interventions land.

By Freddie Sanchez – The recent Canvas data breach sent shockwaves through education, but it’s a situation all too familiar for those of us in healthcare. For years, our industry has consistently been a top target for bad actors, and that trend is unlikely to change anytime soon.