Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.

NOW on-demand, Value-Based Care Insights host Daniel J. Marino speaks with Amit Jain, MD, MBA, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins. Together they unpack how organizations can reduce costs while improving performance outcomes such as length of stay and readmission rates—ultimately advancing their value-based care strategy.

By Chris Lally – Over time, lawmakers, payers, and clinicians recognized that misaligned incentives produced waste, clinician fatigue, and uneven results. Value-based care (VBC) reshapes the equation by tying payment to quality, equity, and cost control. But how do you get there?

By Kristen Jacobsen – While some patients feel anxious or resistant to engaging with AI tools, such as virtual agents, others are quite open to it. Understanding when and how to implement AI in healthcare matters because mistakes come with serious consequences for the health of your patients and the financial health of your organization.