By Victoria Mendonca MS MBA & Shane Bell – If you’ve spent any time around clinicians, you’ve probably heard names like CHA₂DS₂-VASc or HAS-BLED thrown around. These are not secret codes but examples of clinical calculators—tools that help healthcare professionals evaluate risks, guide diagnostic decisions, and determine appropriate treatments.
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By Mark Coetzer – The pace of healthcare modernization is accelerating. With value-based care becoming the norm, organizations across the care continuum are under pressure to improve outcomes, reduce administrative burden, and meet increasingly complex reporting requirements.
By Alan Vitale & Donald Searing PhD – In the digital age of healthcare, data is abundant, but structure is not. Payer organizations are inundated with clinical notes, scanned forms, faxes, and handwritten appeals. These “unstructured” data types – which lack uniformity – slow operations, obscure insights, and increase administrative burden.
By Marko Mijic – For individuals living with mental illness and/or substance use disorders, especially those from communities of color, those living in poverty, older adults, and young people, the pathways to care are often confusing, slow, and ineffective. Yet we are amid a societal shift.
By Stavros Papadopoulos – An estimated 30 percent of the world’s data is generated by the healthcare industry, and it’s increasing at a faster rate than even finance and media. Increasingly, seamless data sharing between hospitals and other types of organizations is proving critical to improving both population and individual health, as well as promoting health equity.
By August Calhoun – Healthcare is at an inflection point. As leaders navigate financial constraints, evolving regulations and patient expectations, the need to deliver safer, more efficient care has never been greater. In the current climate, three key areas are rising to the top of every executive’s agenda: improving care quality, strengthening the workforce and making data more actionable.
By Amy Johnson – For pharmaceutical manufacturers and life sciences organizations, ensuring patients use medications as intended is central to outcomes, safety, and adherence. But when EHR prescribing workflows introduce ambiguity, especially with patient instructions, those goals become harder to achieve.
By Stephen Vaccaro – Offering a solution to the disconnected systems holding Home Care back. Enabled by technology, the industry has streamlined everything from the delivery of test results to treatment timelines, meeting patient needs with unprecedented speed. Industry professionals are continuously seeking ways to deliver care as effectively as possible.
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.