By Lauren Barca MHA RN BSN – Health plans are reaching more members than ever before, but that has not necessarily translated into better engagement or better outcomes because most of that effort stops after the first interaction.

Marking the one-year anniversary of the Health Tech Ecosystem Initiative when the private‑sector health‑tech companies pledged to help CMS modernize data exchange. So what is the progress? There has been some meaningful progress, some lagging areas, and need for continue multi-stakeholder coordination.

By Amit Bhatnagar – A 53-year-old woman moved through the ordinary processes of modern medicine in precisely the way the system demands. She had imaging done after suspicious findings appeared on a mammogram, then a biopsy, followed by a pathology report confirming malignancy. The result existed and had not been…

By Russell Teague – Healthcare is getting better at seeing its risk. The hard part is now what we do after the finding. During the first half of 2026, organizations have been identifying more risk than ever, but they are remediating less of it according to Fortified Health Security’s rolling risk assessment data.