By Sarah Jane Tribble, Arielle Zionts, & Maia Rosenfeld – In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic problems that leave rural Americans without access to good health care. Now, the clock is ticking.
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From the Health IT Buzz Blog – In our first post in the Digital Dividends blog series, we explored how more individuals than ever are accessing and using their health information online, especially those managing chronic conditions or a recent cancer diagnosis.
By Zac Amos – Artificial intelligence powers healthcare operations, clinical decision support and administrative efficiency, but cybercriminals use the same tools to carry out more convincing, scalable and adaptive fraud. AI-enabled schemes exploit complex systems, data and human trust, making strong governance, technical controls and organizational awareness essential.
By David Ostrowsky – Among the many issues that Americans, both patients and practitioners, have with their country’s healthcare system are that a.) the administrative hassles for insurance matters can be burdensome and b.) the patient-doctor relationship is increasingly void of good old face time.
By Daree Allen Nieves – I attended the CES 2026 Digital Health Summit in Las Vegas for the first time, and sharing the hard truths about why technically sound products keep failing in the real world for patients, caregivers, and patient advocacy organizations. If you’re building, buying, or implementing healthcare technology, these insights can help you close the gap between what you build and what your users actually need.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of December that we think deserve sharing again.
By Frank Zamani – A physician needed to share large imaging files with a specialist. The hospital’s file transfer system was too slow, so she used Dropbox instead. Three months later, a compliance audit revealed PHI for 2,400 patients had been stored on an unauthorized platform, no encryption, no access controls, no business associate agreement. The potential HIPAA penalties: up to $1.7 million.
By Philip Wickline – For all of the technological advancements that have unfolded in healthcare over the past several years, one relic of the past still seems to sum up today’s patient experience. The clipboard. It’s a potent symbol of just how much responsibility and redundancy healthcare providers continue to thrust onto patients when it comes to gathering and sharing data.
By Ivor Campbell – The arrival of ChatGPT as a mass consumer tool, available to anyone with a smartphone or a PC, in November 2023, heralded a new Armageddon scenario for the global employment market. The fear that machines would replace humans within months was quickly replaced with a new narrative…