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Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: August 13, 2025

Beyond the EHR: How Behavioral Health Teams Are Modernizing Intake and Referrals

You’re a community counselor with a high-risk individual in your office. You recognize they need substance abuse treatment, and that every hour matters. So, you pick up the phone.And wait. After spending 20 minutes on hold with the treatment facility, you finally fax over the referral form and intake documents. But did it go through?...

Blog in Data & Technology

Updated on: March 31, 2026

Enterprise Cloud Fax Technology by Consensus Cloud Solutions Receives FedRAMP® High Authorized Status

Consensus Cloud Solutions’ Enterprise Cloud Fax Government (ECFax®) technology has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) authorization at the High Impact level. This designation, given to cloud-based solutions proven to meet the highest federal data security standards, positions ECFax as the FedRAMP High cloud-based faxing system of choice available to government agencies.ECFax, powered...

Blog in Thought Leadership

Updated on: May 5, 2026

Prioritizing Health Tech Investments: Key Considerations for Leaders

Considering the broad spectrum of priorities that healthcare organizations must juggle today, the wide range of technologies available to address those multi-faceted needs, and the mountain range of obstacles that can hinder digital transformation, how exactly can health leaders achieve the biggest bang for their tech budget?Research conducted by HIMSS Market Insights aimed to answer...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: May 5, 2026

Striking Alignment Around Health Tech Investments

Healthcare leaders have a plethora of priorities to balance. Between patient care, outcomes, access and equity; labor shortages and staff burnout; care coordination across specialties and settings; the impact of inflation on the bottom line; and the rapidly advancing array of tools used to address all these needs — the modern healthcare juggling act is...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: May 5, 2026

Nursing Home Software: Shifting from Clinical Documentation to Care Coordination

What do you think is the biggest impediment to successful transitions of care from hospitals to a skilled nursing facility (SNF)? If you said, “incomplete patient information,” you’re not alone.While about 80% of SNFs have adopted electronic health records (EHR), true interoperability remains elusive, creating dangerous gaps in data sharing. A recent survey of 471...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: May 5, 2026

The Cost of Doing Nothing: What Manual Workflows Really Cost Skilled Nursing

Many skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) still rely on manual workflows, and they cost more than you think.The reason for using these processes isn’t resistance to change. Instead, it’s a lack of interoperability. Even though 8 in 10 post-acute facilities use electronic health records (EHRs) regularly, data sharing remains a challenge. When EHRs don’t connect across...

Blog in Thought Leadership

Updated on: July 23, 2025

MUSE 2025: Innovation, Connection, and Giving Back

The recent MUSE Inspire Conference, held from May 27-30 in Dallas, Texas, was a resounding success. This year’s event promoted insightful conversations, showcased groundbreaking solutions, and fostered valuable connections within the MEDITECH community. It was truly inspiring to witness the collective commitment to transforming healthcare delivery and improving patient outcomes.A cornerstone of the MUSE Conference...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: May 5, 2026

SNFs Are the Blind Spot in Healthcare Interoperability

A 78-year-old Medicare patient is discharged from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after hip surgery. The hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system contains detailed notes about her new medication regimen, her mobility restrictions, and a pending cardiac consultation. But when she arrives at the SNF two hours later, her care team receives a...

Blog in Thought Leadership

Updated on: May 5, 2026

Innovating Around AI: The Shift Towards Integration and Real-World Impact

Artificial intelligence (AI) emerged as the star of the show at HIMSS earlier this year. It was impossible to ignore the influence of AI on every emerging tool and solution touted at the show as HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf jokingly challenged attendees to find 10 booths on the exhibit floor that didn’t mention AI. The dialogue...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: May 5, 2026

How to Close Care Coordination Gaps With Interoperable Cloud Faxing

Upon a patient’s discharge from a hospital, the care team faxed a 40-page transition-of-care document to the patient’s cardiologist. But the fax sat in a bin inside the cardiologist’s office for three days before being manually entered into the provider’s electronic health record (EHR). During that time, no one realized that the patient had been...

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