By Ross Martin MD MHA FAMIA & Brian Dwyer – Last month, we had the opportunity to attend the 2025 NCQA Health Innovation Summit in San Diego, California, where the conversations focused on improving healthcare quality, equity, and outcomes through innovation. The theme this year was “Reflect, Connect, Inspire,” which felt appropriate.
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By Ivor Campbell – The medical technology sector has long been characterized as the steady, reliable engine of the life sciences world. A sector offering consistent growth, without the wild volatility and boom-or-bust narratives of biotech or the frothy hype of digital health, it may be seen by some as “vanilla”, but it also has the benefit of being robust.
By Amy Ardisana – CMS has released the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, proposing several changes to the QPP and its reporting frameworks. Unlike previous years marked by extensive regulatory overhauls, CMS has proposed a limited number of policies, emphasizing its commitment to program stability while continuing the strategic transformation of healthcare quality measurement.
By Ashish Singh – The Missing Foundation of Digital Health ROI in Asia Pacific and the Middle East – Across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, hospital digital strategy has been dominated by EMR upgrades, infrastructure refresh cycles, and pilot projects in AI and analytics. Investment capital is chasing complexity.
By Sarah Jane Tribble & Arielle Zionts – Echo Kopplin wants South Dakota’s leaders to know that money from a new $50 billion federal rural health fund should help residents with limited transportation options. Kopplin, a physician assistant who works with seniors, low-income people, and mental health patients in the rural Black Hills, shared her thoughts at a meeting hosted by state officials.
By April Miller – Artificial intelligence transforms how modern health care operates, bringing a new level of precision and confidence to the surgical environment. Analyzing real-time data, assisting with imaging and guiding robotic systems help surgeons perform with greater accuracy and consistency.
By Ellie Gabel – How RTLS Are Tracking More Than Just Patients – Real-time location systems have become essential to modern hospital operations, providing instant visibility into the movement of patients, staff and assets across complex health care environments. While traditionally viewed as a patient-flow management tool, RTLS has evolved into a powerful engine for supply chain visibility.
By Laura Young – If you’ve been in any interoperability conversation lately, you’ve probably heard the term Health Data Utility (HDU). It’s the new favorite acronym in health data circles, often paired with big promises about uniting systems, transforming care, and finally solving that persistently elusive data-sharing problem.
By Jim Foote – As cancer becomes the #1 killer of men and the #2 killer of women under 50, with two million new cancer diagnoses and more than 600,000 deaths projected for 2025, oncologists are racing to find tools that can transform biological complexity into clinical clarity.