A Multi-Society Effort Is Driving Imaging Interoperability Across Healthcare
Digital pathology is expanding rapidly, but labs face a critical hurdle: making whole‑slide images interoperable across vendors and institutions. A joint webinar by the Digital Pathology Association, the College of American Pathologists, and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine presented a DICOM‑based toolkit and outlined a roadmap for the next one to three years. Speakers highlighted radiology’s successful DICOM adoption as a model, explained the role of IHE profiles in workflow integration, and identified storage, vendor support, and incentive gaps as key barriers. The consortium aims to standardize metadata, drive native DICOM output, and use Connectathons to validate interoperability.
Navigating AI Adoption in Healthcare: Insights From HonorHealth's CMIO
HonorHealth’s CMIO Matt Anderson says AI delays jeopardize competitiveness, with 94% of health leaders fearing lost savings. The system relies on a single Epic instance but mixes third‑party tools, especially for ambient workflow improvements. Anderson stresses rigorous ROI measurement—both hard...
CMS Launched First Wave of Its Health Technology Ecosystem
On April 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the first wave of its Health Technology Ecosystem, showcasing interoperable digital tools from more than 50 companies. The rollout introduces a "Kill the Clipboard" initiative, digital Medicare cards, and...
WakeMed Takes New Approach to Enterprise Clinical Asset Management
WakeMed Health & Hospitals has signed a multi‑year deal with PartsSource to consolidate visibility, service orchestration, and supply‑chain data for more than 38,000 medical devices across its three North Carolina hospitals. The new Asset Uptime platform delivers real‑time telemetry, predictive...
Algorithm Drives Blood Pressure Control Across UC Health Centers
The University of California’s six academic medical centers deployed the UC Way Hypertension Medication Algorithm, raising blood‑pressure control from 68.5% to nearly 74% among roughly 90,000 patients. A two‑year BMJ Open Quality study showed the improvement translates to about 4,860 additional...
HRSA Announces $135 Million Funding Boost for Rural Health and Nutrition Services
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced more than $135 million in new funding to boost nutrition services and strengthen the rural health workforce. $125 million will help over 350 health centers expand food‑based interventions aimed at chronic‑disease prevention, while $11.25 million...
Greenway Health Works With Customers to Implement Agentic AI Features
Greenway Health has launched Novare, an agentic‑AI‑powered EHR platform that rebuilds its clinical, revenue‑cycle and patient‑engagement services from the ground up. The system offers ambient note‑taking, voice‑activated chart search, intelligent coding, automated prior authorizations and real‑time benefit checks, aiming to...
Proposed Federal Budget Includes Major Cuts to Healthcare Funding
The Trump administration’s 2027 budget proposal, released on April 3, calls for sweeping cuts to federal health programs, including a $5 billion reduction for the National Institutes of Health and a $129 million cut to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overall,...
CMS: More Flexible Plan Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries
CMS announced updates to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for 2027, aiming to simplify star ratings, add a depression‑screening measure, and reduce regulatory burdens. The agency will streamline the star‑rating measure set, keep the Diabetes Care‑Eye Exam metric, and drop...
CMS Proposes New Transparency Measures to Strengthen Oversight of Hospice Providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that adds unannounced site visits, revocations of non‑compliant hospices, and a new Medicare.gov icon to flag providers that fail quality‑reporting standards. A publicly available scoring system will evaluate...
How Jefferson Became the First to Achieve URAC Community Health Worker Accreditation
Jefferson Health became the first organization to earn URAC’s Community Health Worker Program Accreditation, establishing a national benchmark for CHW recruitment, training, and integration. The program has expanded from fewer than a dozen CHWs in 2023 to nearly 40 staff,...
Q&A: Duke’s Amanda Randles, Ph.D., on the Future of Digital Twin Innovation
Dr. Amanda Randles of Duke University leads the development of HARVEY, a cardiovascular digital‑twin engine that simulates patient‑specific blood flow across the entire vasculature. The platform, originally requiring the world’s largest supercomputer for a single heartbeat, now runs in minutes...
Q&A: Empowerment Over Information – Rethinking Patient Education
The piece argues that the flood of digital health information has outpaced patients' ability to evaluate and apply it, leaving many feeling overwhelmed rather than empowered. It highlights that clinicians often provide data without guiding patients toward trustworthy sources, and...
Marathon Health’s Newly Appointed CEO Looks to Maintain a Flexible Model
Marathon Health appointed Chris Pricco as chief executive officer, succeeding co‑founder Jeff Wells. Pricco said the company will keep its flexible advanced primary‑care (APC) model, tailoring on‑site or network clinics to each employer’s workforce. He highlighted three priorities: flexible service...
Could North Texas Become a Healthcare Innovation Hub Like Nashville?
North Texas is being positioned as the next healthcare‑innovation hub, drawing lessons from Nashville’s success. Nashville’s HCA family tree, Vanderbilt’s data assets, and venture firms like Frist Cressey have created a collaborative ecosystem that accelerates value‑based‑care startups. In Dallas, the...
