When we look back at 2025, I hope we’ll point to the gains technology helped make for equity this year. Health IT leaders are beginning to recognize the impact that lack of tech equity has had on health equity, from access to care to care coordination and outcomes. More than half of healthcare IT leaders […]
AI took center stage at HLTH 2024, where an estimated 12,000 healthcare stakeholders came to Las Vegas to explore what’s new, what’s next and what’s needed in the industry. But unlike discussions at past HLTH events, there was a noticeable shift away from what AI could do for healthcare, in theory, toward use cases for […]
Being able to access patient information at the point of care is essential to delivering accurate diagnoses and timely treatments. When making care decisions, relevant and up-to-date data within providers’ workflow can facilitate collaboration and enhance communication across the continuum of care to drive better health outcomes. Yet making data easily accessible between different systems […]
The Rule, Which Doesn’t Apply to Commercial Insurers, Sets Time Limits on Responses and Enforces Access API’s To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently finalized a rule requiring health plans to send prior authorization decisions within three calendar days for urgent requests and seven calendar […]
I feel fortunate to have had an opportunity over the last 20 years to witness the ever-evolving landscape that shapes the American Healthcare system. With all our complexities and highly regulated environment, it is hard to keep up with the changes that structure how all the stakeholders collaborate to deliver the best health outcomes for […]
