Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Healthcare IT History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Does Rhyme. The industry has a history of implementing best-of-breed clinical solutions, from EHRs to labs to pharmacy management, and having to clean up the mess that point solutions can leave. John Lynn said he sees the same thing happening with AI: Every CIO wants an AI platform, but the market only offers best-of-breed AI at the moment. Will a platform emerge? Read more…
How Physicians Are Using AI to Improve Care and Coding. At the recent Navina Ascend user conference, John sat down with three users that benefit from summaries of patients’ records and meeting Medicare Advantage documentation requirements, among other things. Read more…
How Evolving Regulatory Requirements and Reimbursement Models Influence Health IT Strategy. We asked the Healthcare IT Today experts what the current environment means for providers and payers. Organizations need to emphasize accountability, collaboration, governance, transparency, and adaptability. Read more…
Interop and Data Standardization Challenges That Hinder Payer-Provider Collaboration. Improving data governance, accuracy, and usability help organizations addresses these concerns, according to the Healthcare IT Today community. It’s worth noting that often starts by breaking down data silos. Read more…
Curing Clinicians’ Recall Anxiety and Scheduling Friction. Colin Hung connected with Kate Steele at Axia Women’s Health, an eClinicalWorks customer that found success with patient-self-scheduling and AI scribing by showing physicians evidence of its benefits. Read more…
Is Being a Disruptor Still a Good Thing? Alan Shoebridge at Providence has published an annual list of healthcare disruptors for several years now. He joined Colin and indicated that policy, labor, and social shifts tend to be more disruptive than technology. Read more…
Leading Healthcare CIOs on LinkedIn. Meet the technology leaders at healthcare organizations sharing insights on AI, digital transformation, and the unique needs of rural and community-based organizations. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Sanofi’s Rare Humanitarian Program. Bonnie Anderson at Sanofi talked to Danny Lieberman about the company’s 30-year effort to provide free enzyme replacement therapy in countries where no reimbursement pathway exists. More than 3,600 patients have benefitted to date. Read more…
CIO Podcast: ACOs and Long-Term Care. Mike Camacho at Sound Long Term Care joined John to discuss the role of data, care coordination, and technology in supporting value-based long-term care. Read more…
Why Most Health Systems Can’t Scale AI Past the Pilot. Eric Farr at BrainStorm said traditional app deployment processes don’t work for AI because models and capabilities evolve quickly. Readiness strategies for AI should be continuous, role-specific, easily audited, and tied to user behavior. Read more…
Workforce Readiness Is the Missing Link in Healthcare AI Adoption. Healthcare leaders underestimate the organizational change required to scale AI safely and effectively. Mechanisms that provide visibility, oversight, and concrete guardrails are necessary, noted Anupama Shashank at Kyndryl. Read more…
RCM Moves to the Fore as Margin Pressures Intensify. The front end of the revenue cycle is underinvested relative to how much it affects downstream outcomes, according to Inger Sivanthi at Droidal. Addressing this means reducing the gap between when insights are generated and when action can take place. Read more…
Healthcare AI Needs a Job Description. Dr. Scott R Schell at Cognizant outlined why AI needs to be evaluated like a component healthcare infrastructure and not a clinician, as that will help orgs better understand the role AI should play. Read more…
Pre-Bill Prevention Is Now Non-Negotiable in Coding and Denial Management. Revenue risk is no longer isolated to downstream denials or post-payment reviews, noted Ritesh Ramesh at MDaudit. Leaders need real visibility into risk to proactively prevent denials and strengthen financial footing. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for May 20, 2026: Maryland-based consultancy eSimplicity is seeking a CTO for its Health division. Read more…
Bonus Features for May 17, 2026: Just 59% of healthcare orgs track the performance of their AI agents; meanwhile, 60% of nurses lack confidence in their org’s AI oversight. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Health AI performance and ROI monitoring platform Optura announced a $17.5 million Series A funding round.
- IKS Health acquired ARAI Solutions to accelerate development of its AI stack and create its own small language model.
- Chartis company and payer advisory firm HealthScape Advisors acquired PayerAlly, an independent pharmacy consulting firm.
- Real-world data exchange vendor HealthVerity acquired Symphony Health, a commercial healthcare data business formerly part of ICON plc.
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