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Updated on: April 16, 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...

Blog in Data & Technology

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a regulatory push to modernize outdated healthcare administration.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: March 18, 2026

Follow-up Fallout is Your Imaging Center’s Quietest Profit Killer

In a world of diagnostic imaging, producing a clinically clear, high-quality scan is often seen as the finish line. But for the patient – and for your imaging center’s bottom line – the scan is just the beginning. Data reveals a staggering disconnect in the continuum of care: nearly half of all radiology follow-up recommendations go...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: February 23, 2026

Healthcare Referral Management: How Small Healthcare Teams Can Close the Loop on Patient Care

A client comes into your behavioral health practice complaining of constant fatigue and brain fog. You hear them out, ask a few questions, and decide it’s time to loop in their primary care provider (PCP). After the session, you fax over a referral.From there, you’re left in the dark. Did the other office get the...

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...

Blog in Healthcare & Interoperability

Updated on: January 14, 2026

How Intelligent Document Processing Helps Imaging Centers Beat the Radiologist Shortage

Delayed diagnostic reports and growing backlogs represent more than an operational headache; they are a direct threat to patient outcomes and an imaging center’s financial health. As the national radiologist shortage intensifies, the pressure on imaging centers to maintain high-quality, timely care has reached a critical point.As a nurse who moved into product leadership, I...

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Updated on: January 13, 2026

Inside the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: What Rural and Post-acute Care Organizations Need to Know

The information provided on this website and the resources available for download are for informational and educational purposes only. The content does not constitute legal or other professional advice. A lot of commentary has been written about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which was signed into law in 2025. As I’ve written about before,...