The Missing Clinical Voice in Healthcare ITBy Susan Grant, DNP, RN
Susan Grant, DNP, RN, is chief clinical officer at Symplr.
For years, the weight of healthcare technology decisions has fallen solely on…
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HHS plans to expand its use of AI, primarily to improve administrative efficiency, and also to deliver real-time patient guidance by analyzing medical records.
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Three-fourths of poll…
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The Spokesman-Review and The Washington Post say that the VA remains on track to expand its Oracle Health EHR rollout to 13 more medical centers in 2026 despite the problems that…
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This week’s encounter with Big Health System brought additional frustrations, along with a profound desire to sell them consulting services.
My appointment was scheduled with a nurse practitioner. It was supposed to be…
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Surveyed provider executives expect the chief AI innovation officer to become the most important new C-suite role, and most say that the chief AI officer and the CIO / CTO positions are rising fastest…
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Igniting Smart Strategy: Rationalizing Your Application PortfolioBy Amy Penning
Amy Penning is senior application analyst with CereCore.
The complexity of managing clinical, administrative, and operational applications in healthcare organizations continues to grow. While…
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A new, 10-year CMS model called ACCESS will test whether an outcome-aligned payment approach can expand access to technology-enabled chronic care management in Original Medicare starting in July 2026.
CMS says that…
It’s been a bumpy couple of weeks. I have spent more time than I generally prefer in the patient, family, and caregiver role.
I hate to say that I saw mostly the bad and…
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Best Buy’s CFO says in the company’s Q3 earnings call that it record a $192 million asset impairment charge for exiting Best Buy Health, which it says was caused by pressure in…
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New Zealand’s health minister announces a 10-year investment plan to convert the 65% of hospitals that use paper records to digital systems.
The plan calls for a single national digital medical records system,…
