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Reducing Health System Strain Starts with Improving Emergency Department Operations

By Saurin Shah – Emergency departments are the frontline of healthcare, handling over 155 million visits annually in the U.S. alone. Yet, despite their critical role, EDs are increasingly burdened by overcrowded waiting rooms, a persistent shortage of healthcare professionals, outdated communication technologies, and a lack of interoperability, all of which create inefficiencies and impact patient outcomes.




From Compliance to Clarity

By Curtis Miller – How Unified Provider Lifecycle Platforms Are Powering Healthcare’s Next Wave of Decision Intelligence – For years, healthcare’s biggest breakthroughs have been driven by the promise of greater insights. Yet, even as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics transform other industries, healthcare continues to wrestle with…


For Good: Trust, Safety, and Resilience at the 2025 CHIME Fall Forum

By Erica Olenski – At the 2025 CHIME Fall Forum, the usual focus on technical architecture, AI, and cybersecurity was still present, but something deeper took center stage. Conversations kept returning to trust, safety, and resilience as essential foundations for digital transformation. This piece reflects on the event through these themes, examining leadership, human-centered design, and system accountability.


Bringing HCC Coding In-House with Generative AI

By David Talby – Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding supports risk scores that drive Medicare Advantage and other value-based payments. With more than half of Medicare beneficiaries now enrolled in Medicare Advantage for 2025 (that equates to roughly 35.7 million people), precision in coding directly affects financial performance and compliance.