By Thomas Kluz – The discovery of Yamanaka factors by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, which can reprogram adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, ignited serious scientific interest in whether aging might be partially reversible.
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By Ben Crocker MD – The debate over the return on investment (ROI) of ambient AI clinical documentation has reached a critical juncture. What began as a narrow question – Do AI scribes increase productivity enough to justify their cost? – has turned into something more revealing: a broader reckoning with how health systems define value in the clinical AI era.
By Gil Bashe – India is fast evolving from an investment market into a strategic partner where policy, digital infrastructure and scientific scale reshape the global geography of health innovation.
By Stacy Pur MBA BSN RN – Despite widespread technology advances, the majority of healthcare providers still rely on manual processes and outdated platforms to exchange medical information, and imaging centers are no exception. At least 75% of patient records and referrals are still sent via fax between health systems or shared in non-digital forms, requiring…
By Vallikranth Ayyagari – In today’s healthcare information technology landscape, achieving true interoperability remains a persistent hurdle, often leading to fragmented data and inefficient workflows. The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard from HL7 offers a practical pathway forward, enabling smoother data exchange.
By Jen McCormick and David Ostrowsky – Prior. Authorization. Lumped together, the two words have long been the bane of patients’ experience in navigating an often-byzantine healthcare system. Whether you’re a patient with diabetes waiting ever-so patiently for insulin or one suffering from multiple sclerosis and in dire need of…
By Ashish Singh – Building Financial Cases for Clinical Communication Investment – Most clinical communication business cases fail at the board level. Not because the technology doesn’t work. Not because the clinical need isn’t real. The problem is simpler: the financial framing doesn’t match what decision-makers actually care about when allocating capital.
By Daree Allen Nieves – A Black History Month Wake-Up Call on Patient Engagement – Health systems that evaluate remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions unknowingly select vendors whose patient education systematically excludes 40% of their patient population.
By Laura Young – The future of tech enabled care has never felt more real than it does heading into 2026. We are standing at a moment where statewide interoperability, Medicaid modernization, AI acceleration, and community level transformation are converging to reshape how data supports the people who need it most.