By Julie Bastien – Last month, healthcare leaders came together in Las Vegas for the HIMSS ‘25 Strategy Summit—a powerful “check-in” ahead of the spring 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference. This gathering wasn’t just another meeting; it was a chance for us to pause, reflect, and thoughtfully consider…
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Joshua Liu MD explains 3 unpopular opinions he has about digital health.
By Jennifer Sagerian and Tammy Coutts – According to the BOIA, 90% of US adults said the internet was “essential” during the pandemic. However, more than 97% of homepages tested in 2021 had identifiable issues preventing them from conforming with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
By Kevin Chaney & Sanjeev Arora MD – AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program, which this year commemorates its 20th anniversary, has consistently encouraged the adoption of technologies to enhance not only healthcare quality and safety, but access too.
By Jamie Leachman RN BSN – When it comes to advancing Veteran care, effectively assessing patients when they leave hospitals can play a vital role in reducing readmissions. A recent NIH study found that hospital readmissions within 30 days point to potential care quality issues, along with increased mortality risks.
Joshua Liu MD explains 6 ways to get your health system peers bought-in to digital health.
By Kim Boyd – In an era where data fluidity is transforming healthcare, life sciences manufacturers must stay attuned to evolving Health IT policies given that many of these policies have downstream effects on life sciences and access to expanded deidentified and aggregated datasets.
By Alex Kontur – Often functioning behind the scenes, standards play an enormous role in our daily lives. Nearly every aspect of our modern world is shaped by standards, including our homes (building codes, electrical outlets), cars (safety requirements, fuel efficiency), and the food we eat (nutrition labels).
By Jay Nakashima & A. John Blair III MD -Trust is essential when it comes to accessing health care data. That is why we have been so consistently laser-focused on trust and “getting it right” for the patient as we’ve launched a new government-sponsored health data exchange framework.