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Johnny Hecker
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ViVE and HIMSS 2025: A View from the Front Lines of Healthcare Innovation

After a whirlwind couple of weeks at ViVE and HIMSS 2025, one thing is clear – healthcare’s digital transformation is happening at an accelerated pace – and the impacts are real and measured. These two industry-defining conferences brought together tens of thousands of healthcare leaders, technology innovators, decision-makers, and a record number of exhibitors to discuss...
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AI Can Help Solve Prior Auth’s Connectivity Problem

Nine out of 10 physicians say prior authorization negatively impacts patients’ clinical outcomes, according to an American Medical Association (AMA) survey. As the volume of prior authorization requests rises, physicians and patient advocates say the problem is only getting worse. In fact, a New York Times opinion piece describes prior authorization as “medical injustice disguised...
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Beyond The Buzzwords: Leveraging AI To Improve Existing Technologies

I've noticed the discussion around which technologies have the potential to make a difference across industries and which ones have “lost their shine” mystically vanishes when digital or AI-powered innovation is applied. Legacy tech has often evolved and is simply mislabeled, but even more, it is perceived to be holding us back in our digital...
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Busting the Myth: Digital Fax is Still Vital in Healthcare—and AI is Transforming It

Bashing fax has almost become a luxury belief in healthcare, but the reality is that digital fax remains essential for many providers. When we as an industry fail to recognize that reliance on digital fax is necessary for these “digital have-nots,” like post-acute care facilities, mental health clinics, birthing centers and substance use disorder clinics, we...
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To Advance Health Equity, We Must Stop Shaming Fax

The disdain for fax in all its forms isn’t new. But at a time when small healthcare organizations struggle to afford an EHR, the question remains: Who are the digital haves to judge the digital have-nots? In the push to accelerate data interoperability, “ax the fax” is a common battle cry. Many healthcare stakeholders view...