By Shereese Maynard – 2025 was not a bad year; it was an honest one. If 2024 was the year healthcare innovation talked loudly, 2025 was the year it cleared its throat and started speaking plainly. Inside health systems, innovation teams were trimmed. Marketing departments were reduced or eliminated altogether.

From the Health IT Buzz Blog – We all know what it’s like to get forms completed with all the right information (and to get it done quickly!), and patients seeking determinations on their eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance know this all too well.

Health systems are swimming in data, yet often lack the human-centered perspective needed to use it well. Nurses, who are with patients from the moment they arrive until they walk out the door and beyond, have the clearest view of how care actually unfolds. This makes them essential to the evolution of health IT tools meant to serve real people, not just abstract workflows.

By Devin Partida – Software defects in clinical information technology (IT) systems present a growing legal risk. They can cause patient harm or data breaches, leading to lawsuits. What can health care and IT professionals do to manage this risk?