Weekly Roundup – January 31, 2026
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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Tag: Interoperability
MEDITECH Announces Passing of Founder Neil Pappalardo; Michelle O’Connor Named Interim Chair
MEDITECH Founder and Chairman A. Neil Pappalardo
What You Should Know
The Loss: A. Neil Pappalardo, the founder of MEDITECH and widely considered the “father” of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) industry, passed away on January…
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What message would you share with orgs preparing for the next phase of nationwide interoperability?
Healthcare data isn’t going to have an “Uber moment.”As Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange, explains, healthcare data is fundamentally more complex than banking—and real progress happens incrementally, not overnight.The goal isn’t simplicity for…
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Does Interoperability Have an ROI? NextGen Says the Answer Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Many IT leaders still hear the same pushback when pitching interoperability investments: where’s the return? It’s a fair question, especially given how long the industry has been talking about it without significant progress. NextGen…
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Does Interoperability Really Have ROI? NextGen Explains Why the Answer Is Yes
[SPONSORED] IT teams hear the same question every budget cycle: does interoperability actually pay off? It turns out the ROI shows up in places most organizations never track.In this interview, Muhammad Chebli, Vice President…
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Readers Write: Killing the Clipboard: Cloud Fax is the Bridge to Patient-Centric Data Access
Killing the Clipboard: Cloud Fax is the Bridge to Patient-Centric Data AccessBy Bevey Miner
Bevey Miner is a healthcare strategist at eFax, a Consensus Cloud Solutions brand.
The Trump Administration’s renewed focus on…
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Where are we at with TEFCA and how is it going?
TEFCA isn’t theoretical anymore.10,000+ organizations connected. 60,000 technical endpoints. A 600% spike in document exchange—in a single month.Mariann Yeager on what early TEFCA rollout looks like in the real world. 👇https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2026/01/05/working-groups-at-the-sequoia-project-promote-data-exchange-compliance-and-privacy/#sequoiaproject #patientadvocates #TEFCA #interoperability…
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Greenway’s Reality Check on Manual Data Exchange and Shrinking Roadmaps
The pace of change in health IT has outgrown traditional multi-year roadmaps. In an exclusive sit-down interview at the Greenway Health User Conference (#Engage2025), David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer explained why the…
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Why Prior Authorization Reform Will Fall Short Without Clinically Trained Agentic AI
The following is a guest article by Gigi Yuen, PhD, Chief Data & AI Officer at Cohere
Prior authorization is entering a moment of major transition. New federal requirements and AHIP-backed commitments taking effect in…
The Proprietary Trap: Why ‘Open Data’ is the Key to Scaling Your Dental Practice in 2026
James Grover, President of Vyne Dental Provider
Care coordination in the dental industry barely exists.
While the medical industry has made progress toward interoperability with several recent initiatives, dentistry continues to lag behind its healthcare counterparts…
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