By Brian Laberge – AI applications are exploding across healthcare, both for consumers and providers. With big-name AI models just announcing new health-focused applications for their bots, there is a greater urgency to ensure that data is ready for these platforms to achieve accuracy and maximize impact.
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By Kishore Pendyala – Compliance by design has emerged as a defining advantage for AI‑driven healthcare IT startups, reshaping how they earn trust and compete in a rapidly shifting regulatory landscape. As CMS and ONC continue to refine expectations around data privacy, interoperability, algorithmic transparency, and patient rights, startups that embed…
By Stephanie Fraser – AI is expanding rapidly across healthcare, but its long-term impact will depend on how organizations address deeper structural challenges such as workforce shortages and funding constraints, HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf said during the annual HIMSS conference in Las Vegas last week.
By Shannon Walker – Compliance oversight is becoming more complex in healthcare organizations. In 2026, proactive compliance will increasingly intersect with workforce well-being, health IT governance, and executive accountability.
By Stephanie Fraser – The focus reflects growing national attention on rural care delivery, particularly following the launch of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a five-year, $50 billion initiative designed to help states strengthen access to care, modernize infrastructure, and stabilize rural providers.
By Lisa Capra PhD MBA – Healthcare organizations face a concerning staffing crisis. A recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll found that 55% of healthcare employees are looking to switch to a new role in the coming year, citing a lack of career advancement, personal development or education opportunities among their top concerns.
By Inger Sivanthi – In discussions with physicians over the past year, documentation fatigue has become a recurring theme. The concern is not about learning new systems or adopting new tools. It is about time. Many clinicians describe finishing their last patient visit only to begin another round of chart completion that stretches into the evening.
By Lee-Ann Ruf – When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) initiative in January 2026, more than 700 hospitals across the country took another significant step toward enacting value-based care.
By Noah Breslow – For a long time, hospitals could count on one thing: even when reimbursement was complicated, it was still mostly predictable. Care was delivered, claims were submitted, and while denials happened, revenue generally followed. That is no longer the case.