Category: Healthcare & Interoperability

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Updated on: May 6, 2026

Why Backward Compatibility is the Strategic Priority Your C-Suite Shouldn’t Ignore

Backward compatibility—making a new system compatible with an existing operating system—rarely enters C-suite conversations in healthcare, but it should.That’s because even as healthcare executives expect to make deeper investments in system integration this year, achieving integration becomes faster and far less expensive when leaders explore solutions that help systems talk with each other. This eliminates...
Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability
Updated on: April 24, 2026

HIMSS 2026: The Three Core Trends Shaping Healthcare IT Priorities

Over 24,000 healthcare professionals converged at this year’s HIMSS Global Health Conference in Las Vegas, and one thing was clear: Healthcare leaders are now operating under a mandate of pragmatism, demanding measurable value, auditable governance, and solutions that solve the industry’s most persistent problem: unstructured data.During a HIMSS member focus group session organized and moderated...
Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability
Updated on: May 5, 2026

The Great Cloud Fax Migration: Strategic Insights

The debate over the future of healthcare communication is officially settled. Healthcare isn’t abandoning the fax – it’s elevating it to the cloud. According to a recent independent study by Sage Growth Partners, 90% of healthcare leaders are actively engaged in the cloud fax market. The research reveals that 40% of organizations have already adopted...
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Updated on: April 10, 2026

3 Data Pitfalls and How Providers Are Addressing Them: Takeaways from HIMSS and ViVE 2026

At this year’s HIMSS and ViVE conferences, one theme came through consistently: healthcare’s digital transformation is accelerating, but the underlying data infrastructure isn’t always keeping pace.Through my conversations, I found that many organizations are facing the same core challenges as they expand their AI, interoperability, and cloud initiatives. Here are three of the most pressing...
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Updated on: March 26, 2026

The 1980s Called, and We Upgraded Their Tech: Why Cloud Fax is the Essential Bridge for the New CMS Final Rule

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a regulatory push to modernize outdated healthcare administration. The final rule introduces new standards for electronic exchange and signatures as an alternative to hardware fax machines and snail mail for healthcare claims attachment. Unlike the 2022 proposal, the new rule does not include the...
Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability
Updated on: March 25, 2026

The FHIR-First Mandate: Why 2026 is the Critical Turning Point for Prior Authorization

For health leaders on both the payer and provider sides, the term prior authorization has long been synonymous with administrative friction, fax machines, and clinical delays. However, the regulatory landscape is changing in 2026; prior authorization is undergoing a total identity shift.According to recent AMA surveys, 94% of physicians report that prior authorization causes significant...
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Updated on: March 18, 2026

The Cost of Missing AI Governance in Healthcare

AI adoption in healthcare is surging, growing from 3% two years ago to 22% in 2025, according to research from Menlo Ventures. But adoption is vastly different from success.The harsh reality is that too many healthcare providers struggle to move their AI initiatives past the pilot phase. Newly released data from Black Book Research shows...
Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability
Updated on: February 3, 2026

The Behavioral Health Workflow Fix an EHR Can’t Give

Behavioral health providers want the same thing every care team wants: more time with clients, less buried in paperwork. Yet the general-purpose electronic health records (EHRs) that many small practices adopt weren’t created with therapy-first workflows in mind. Instead, they were designed for structured data like billing codes and compliance checkboxes, not the long-form narrative...