Category: Healthcare & Interoperability

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Updated on: August 19, 2026

Rural America’s Healthcare Crisis: The Top 10 Most Vulnerable States

In Texas, fifty rural hospitals are at risk of closure. That is more than any other state in the country. Behind Texas, in descending order: Kansas (44), Tennessee (27), Georgia (25), and Mississippi (24).Behind those numbers is a typical Friday afternoon at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) that takes patients from those vulnerable hospitals. The...
Blog in Data & Technology
Updated on: August 18, 2026

How Healthcare AI and NLP are Eliminating Administrative Burdens for Health Systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) has officially evolved from being a trendy topic to a useful tool. In fact, 50% of healthcare leaders in the Q4 2025 McKinsey US Gen AI Healthcare Survey reported they’ve already adopted AI. As margins continue to decline in 2026 for hospitals and healthcare systems, efficiency is crucial to staying ahead. Artificial intelligence...
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Updated on: August 6, 2026

Migrating to the Cloud: Closing the Hidden PHI Security Gaps in Outdated Federal Fax Workflows

Federal agencies continue to rely on fax as a trusted method for transmitting sensitive information, especially protected health information (PHI). In federal health agencies and programs, fax remains deeply embedded in workflows, and the assumption has long been that fax is inherently secure. However, that assumption doesn’t reflect how fax is used today. Transmissions may be...
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Updated on: July 14, 2026

The MEDITECH Advantage: Why EHR Integration Experience Matters

EHR integration decisions are rarely limited to the EHR itself. For healthcare leaders, they also determine how well the organization will manage interfaces, preserve operational continuity, and support future interoperability. In MEDITECH environments, those decisions carry even more weight because interface complexity tends to expand during upgrades, consolidations, and broader digital transformation efforts.This is where...
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Updated on: June 16, 2026

From Paper to Progress: Faxing to the Future

Legacy communication methods present a significant roadblock for healthcare organizations striving to modernize their technology infrastructure. While electronic health records have digitized patient data, the reliance on traditional paper fax machines continues to burden IT budgets, compromise data security, and stall operational efficiency.Recent regulatory changes, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pushing...
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Updated on: June 2, 2026

Eliminating Communication Breakdowns in Post-Acute Care with NLP AI Technologies

A patient with metastatic cancer arrived at a skilled nursing facility, where she, unfortunately, was supposed to be admitted into hospice care. However, the paper-based packet of discharge orders that accompanied her transfer didn’t contain the instructions for hospice care or pain relief. And because this breakdown in information transfer occurred on a Friday afternoon,...
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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...