By Kent Dicks – Over the past decade, health systems have embraced the call to digitize. Telehealth has surged. Digital health apps are everywhere, and wearable devices now track everything from heart rates to glucose levels to sleep patterns and dreams or whether you snore. But with every new innovation comes another login, another workflow, and another layer added to an already overburdened system.
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By Bernard J. Wolfson – Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people, warn analysts, patient advocates, and Democratic political leaders.
By Percival Kane, Jr., MHA & Iain Jewitt – As the healthcare landscape rapidly evolves, digital transformation is often seen through the lens of clinical systems, telemedicine, or data interoperability. Yet, one critical factor is often overlooked: the experience of physically navigating hospital environments.
By Devin Partida – Healthcare IT and accounting work hand in hand to provide patients with safe and affordable virtual services. Maintaining secure environments protects customer data and increases trust, encouraging people to return for more services when needed.
By Ellie Gabel – The rapid digitization of healthcare has ushered in a new era of connectivity and efficiency, led by the rise of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). This vast network of connected medical devices — from infusion pumps and patient monitors to smart imaging systems — forms the digital backbone of modern hospitals and laboratories.
By Zac Amos – Healthcare IT leaders already understand that attackers have them in their sights, but the gulf between knowing and acting remains wide. Penetration testing — or pen testing — closes that gap by providing proof of how systems can be breached and data exfiltrated.
By Jackie Fortier – A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on covid vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others.
By Matt Fisher – The risk to privacy and security of healthcare information, despite all of the headlines, does not only come from outside attackers. Inside threats are real and can go undetected for potentially longer periods of time.
By Timothy Casey – Healthcare leaders, here’s the hard truth: Cyberattacks are no longer a “what if”—they’re a when. In 2024 alone, more than 500 major breaches compromised millions of patient records. And while most organizations think they’re covered, the reality is far more dangerous: