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.
Designing Prescription Infrastructure for the Transparency Era. Raj Ramaswamy, CTO at Buzz Health, details how real-time accuracy moving from a competitive edge to a baseline requirement has shifted the prescription pressure point to infrastructure. Read more…
Why Ambulatory Groups Need Standardized IT Infrastructure – and the Right MSP Partner. Unchecked technology sprawl has a huge effect on efficient care delivery— contributing to IT complexity, posing a security threat, etc. Steven Norris, Vice President of Technical Services at HCTec, describes the best way to avoid this by adopting a standardized IT infrastructure. Read more…
The Needs of Back Office Health IT Systems: What is Being Well Addressed by IT and What Still Needs Work. Our wonderful Healthcare IT Today community shares what back office health IT systems needs are being well addressed by IT, as well as what areas of back office health IT systems still need some work. Read more…
Elevating Cybersecurity: Effective Threat Intelligence for Large-Scale Healthcare IT. Large-scale healthcare organizations are currently handling a dangerous cocktail of mounting cyber threats, complex IT environments, limited staff, and alert fatigue. The solution? Adopting the best threat intelligence platform that reduces noise, automates analysis, and delivers actionable insights without adding to operational complexity. Read more…
Leading ACCESS Model Participants. The 10-year, voluntary CMS Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model went into effect on July 5th. There are more than 150 accepted applicants — here are some of the leading ones. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast – Episode 76: Making Your Life Science Research Impossible to Overlook. Danny Lieberman sits down with Dr. Boris Gorelik, Founder and CEO at Loud Camel, to discuss his new startup and the ins and outs of life science research. Read more…
CIO Podcast – Episode 120: Healthcare Education and Training with Stephanie Lahr. John Lynn is joined by Stephanie Lahr, MD, CMO at uPerform, to discuss how healthcare education and training is often overlooked, despite being so vital. Read more…
Why AI Fails in Surgical Care, and How to Get It Right. “More than 80% of AI projects fail to reach production across industries, with similar findings in healthcare. For surgery specifically, the gap between promising algorithms and clinical impact remains large.” Dr. David Atashroo, Chief Medical Officer of Perioperative at Qventus, explains the failings of AI in surgical care and suggests what needs to be done to get it right. Read more…
The Global HIM Evolution: Why AI Requires Human Data Stewards According to HIMAA. Colin Hung makes another stop on his journey to understand the evolution of the HIM profession. He sat down with Kathleen Rogers, Member & Profession Services Manager, and Danika Bakalich, Director of Workforce Advocacy & Development from HIMAA to discuss what the Aussies are doing for their HIM professions. Read more…
Beyond IT Governance: Why Clinical Technology Requires Its Own Operating Model. Tanya M. Martin, MBA-HCM, Sr. Director, Clinical Technology Services at Tufts University, details how the expansion of clinical technology has created a structural gap in healthcare, meaning it now requires its own operating model. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for August 26, 2026: Multiple operational roles, as well as community health and analyst roles. Read more…
Bonus Features for August 23, 2026: Epic announces real-time prior authorization checks; 38% of organizations face network or security disruptions weekly. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- CHG Healthcare expands CRNA staffing capabilities with their acquisition of KREWE Anesthesia.
- OpenLoop adds investments to how it expands, with its newest investment in Happy Sleep.
- Flagler Health is building the AI operative system for musculoskeletal care with recent $50M Series B funding round.
- Trusted Health acquires ShiftOS to advance agentic staffing and scheduling for health systems.
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