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3 Ways to Take Your Practice to the Next Level in 2026 #HITsm
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3 Ways to Take Your Practice to the Next Level in 2026 | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Paul Vigario, Founder and CEO at SurfCT The most reliable methods of growing a private medical or dental practice haven’t changed much over the years. And yet they remain a well-kept industry secret. The particulars might look a bit different from year to year, but the underlying concepts
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January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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A Behaviorial Health Clinician's Perspective on AI Clinical Notes #HITsm
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A Behavioral Health Clinician’s Perspective on AI Clinical Notes | Healthcare IT Today
As most readers of Healthcare IT Today know, AI medical scribes that automate clinical documentation are all the rage. Over the past couple years, these solutions have really matured and you're finding them taking care of the documentation and relieving that burden from clinicians. As I've talked to dozens of companies that offer these solutions,
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January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Best Value Software Platforms for Med Spa Management: Features and Pricing Compared #HealthIT #MedSpa
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Best Value Software Platforms for Med Spa Management: Features and Pricing Compared | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Meevo. Running a med spa business requires more than providing quality beauty treatments. It involves juggling complex schedules, tracking inventory, promoting services and securing patient records. The right platform should help boost client experience and revenue growth. Discover the best value software for med spa management to help
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January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Does Interoperability Have an ROI? NextGen Says the Answer Is Hiding in Plain Sight #HITsm #HealthIT
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Does Interoperability Have an ROI? NextGen Says the Answer Is Hiding in Plain Sight | Healthcare IT Today
Many IT leaders still question whether interoperability delivers a real financial return. In this interview, NextGen Healthcare’s Muhammad Chebli explains why ROI shows up in everyday operations like no-shows, referral volume and inbox overload, revealing value that’s been hiding in plain sight.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Are You Experiencing Data Chaos or Clean Identity with Your EMPI? #HITsm
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Are You Experiencing Data Chaos or Clean Identity with Your EMPI? | Healthcare IT Today
Identity management is one of the most challenging problems healthcare IT organizations face. For those not familiar with identity management, you may wonder why it's such a big problem. I saw it first hand when I first started working in healthcare at a student health center at a university. We automatically uploaded the patients each
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January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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AI Is No Longer Optional in Radiology Operations According to GE Healthcare #HITsm
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AI Is No Longer Optional in Radiology Operations According to GE Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
Radiology operations are under strain as staffing shortages and demand continue to rise. In this conversation, Roland Rott, CEO and President of Imaging at GE Healthcare, explains why AI is becoming essential to maintaining access, efficiency, and operational stability.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Medication Management Traps for EHR Vendors #HITsm
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Medication Management Traps for EHR Vendors | Healthcare IT Today
Almost 20 years ago I wrote an article titled "Develop Your Own EMR - Are You Crazy," followed 7 years later by the article "Develop Your Own EMR - You're Still Crazy." The premise of those articles was that no one feature of the EMR was a barrier to entry for those wanting to create
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January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Digital Health Solutions at CES 2026 #HITsm #CES2026
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Digital Health Solutions at CES 2026 | Healthcare IT Today
I think this is the 20th year since I first attended the annual CES conference in Las Vegas. When I first started attending CES, there wasn't any healthcare to be seen. I know. I searched everywhere for it so I could justify the time off work to attend. Fast forward 20 years and there's massive
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January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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CIO Podcast - Episode 107: Sutter Sync with Richard Milani #HITsm
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CIO Podcast – Episode 107: Sutter Sync with Richard Milani | Healthcare IT Today
For the 107th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Richard Milani, MD, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at Sutter Health, to talk about Sutter Sync! We kick this episode off with Milani explaining what exactly Sutter Sync is. Then we talk about what went into the decision-making process
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January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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What Does It Take to Obtain Health Equity Accreditation? Process Explained #HITsm
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What Does It Take to Obtain Health Equity Accreditation? Process Explained | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by URAC Health equity accreditation has become a critical benchmark for healthcare organizations striving to deliver fair, data-driven and inclusive care. However, it can be challenging to comprehend the steps required to achieve health equity accreditation, especially within frameworks designed for today’s digital healthcare landscape. This guide breaks down
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January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Bonus Features – January 25, 2026 – 35% of patients would switch doctors if their digital tools were frustrating, 20% of healthcare workers use unauthorized AI tools, plus 33 more stories #HITsm
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Bonus Features – January 25, 2026 – 35% of patients would switch doctors if their digital tools were frustrating, 20% of healthcare workers use unauthorized AI tools, plus 33 more stories | Healthcare IT Today
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to
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January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Expert Medicine, Loose Screws, and Food Pyramids - Fun Friday #HITsm
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Expert Medicine, Loose Screws, and Food Pyramids – Fun Friday | Healthcare IT Today
Happy Friday Everyone! You did it. You made it through another week. Hopefully you had an amazing week and accomplished many great things that impacted other people's lives for good. As we head into the weekend, we thought it was time again for another editition of Fun Friday. This week's cartoons were shared by the
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January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Almased - Natural Health Superfood Protein - Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 45 #HITsm
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Almased – Natural Health Superfood Protein – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 45 | Healthcare IT Today
We're excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guests today are Jamie Luu, RDN, LDN, Strategy and Nutrition Manager, and Ronja Krieger, Chief Nutritionist at Almased. The Almased-type diet can boost natural satiety signals via GLP-1 and PYY — that is real and meaningful. But
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January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Weekly Roundup – January 24, 2026 #HITsm
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January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Without Patient Input, AI for Healthcare is Fundamentally Flawed #HITsm
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Without Patient Input, AI for Healthcare is Fundamentally Flawed | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Nabila El-Bassel, Ph.D. DSW, Founding Director of the Social Intervention Group at the Columbia University School of Social Work What if a physician assumed her patient was healthy, just because he seldom came to the clinic? Researchers uncovered serious flaws in an artificial intelligence (AI) tool used by
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January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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A Healthcare IT Leader Preview of ViVE 2026 #HITsm
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A Healthcare IT Leader Preview of ViVE 2026 | Healthcare IT Today
As those who read Healthcare IT Today regularly know, we attend a lot of healthcare IT conferences throughout the year. One of the newest conferences we attend that has grown to be one of the most influential is the ViVE conference that is co-organized by HLTH and CHIME. As ViVE is just around the corner,
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January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Technology. It Needs Its Tools to Work Together. #HITsm
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Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Technology. It Needs Its Tools to Work Together. | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT keeps adding new tools, yet frontline frustration continues to grow. In this conversation with IHI’s Josh Clark, the focus shifts from buying more technology to fixing how existing systems and data work together in care delivery.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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The Business of Empathy: Why Patient Experience is More than Just Numbers in the Revenue Cycle #HITsm
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The Business of Empathy: Why Patient Experience is More than Just Numbers in the Revenue Cycle | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Matt Lauer, XM Data Scientist at Qualtrics Revenue cycle leaders must embrace a holistic perspective on patient feedback, recognizing that even minor improvements in satisfaction scores can signify substantial progress. There is a critical need to integrate the revenue cycle into a broader patient experience strategy by democratizing
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January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Akumin’s Drop Trailer Brings Mobile Imaging to Ground Level #HITsm
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Akumin’s Drop Trailer Brings Mobile Imaging to Ground Level | Healthcare IT Today
As imaging backlogs grow, health systems are looking for faster ways to add capacity without major construction. Akumin’s mobile drop trailer, introduced at RSNA25, brings ground-level access and higher throughput to mobile imaging, while allowing for greater scale for imaging operations.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Greenway’s Reality Check on Manual Data Exchange and Shrinking Roadmaps #HITsm
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Greenway’s Reality Check on Manual Data Exchange and Shrinking Roadmaps | Healthcare IT Today
The pace of change in health IT has outgrown traditional multi-year roadmaps. Greenway is adjusting by delivering in shorter cycles, with David Cohen pointing to provider–payer data exchange as one example of where faster execution matters right now.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Why Radiology Is Where AI Actually Earns Clinician Trust #HITsm
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Why Radiology Is Where AI Actually Earns Clinician Trust | Healthcare IT Today
As healthcare organizations move from AI pilots to daily use, trust has become the limiting factor. Radiology shows how specialization and workflow fit, not scale, determine whether clinicians actually rely on the technology.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Why Prior Authorization Reform Will Fall Short Without Clinically Trained Agentic AI #HITsm
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Why Prior Authorization Reform Will Fall Short Without Clinically Trained Agentic AI | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Gigi Yuen, PhD, Chief Data & AI Officer at Cohere Prior authorization is entering a moment of major transition. New federal requirements and AHIP-backed commitments taking effect in 2026 are pushing health plans to modernize legacy workflows that have long frustrated providers and delayed patient care. In response,
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January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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How Will Consumer Health Tech Impact Provider Organizations? - Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 184 #HITsm
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How Will Consumer Health Tech Impact Provider Organizations? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 184 | Healthcare IT Today
For the 184th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about how we think consumer health tech will impact provider organizations! We kick this episode off by sharing what consumer health tech has us most excited. Next, we talk about what consumer health tech we think won't last. Then, we debate how
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January 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Philips: Cloud Imaging is about Time and Access not Infrastructure #HITsm #Radiology
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Philips: Cloud Imaging is about Time and Access not Infrastructure | Healthcare IT Today
Cloud imaging conversations are shifting away from infrastructure and toward a more pressing issue: time. In this article, Philips’ Dario Arfelli explains how cloud imaging is changing the way radiology teams work, helping radiologists and IT leaders reclaim time while expanding access for patients.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Bonus Features – January 18, 2026 – Only 1 in 25 orgs confident third-party risk assessment aligns with actual risk, AI and automation are top investment priority for 56% of orgs, plus 27 more stories #HITsm
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Bonus Features – January 18, 2026 – Only 1 in 25 orgs confident third-party risk assessment aligns with actual risk, AI and automation are top investment priority for 56% of orgs, plus 27 more stories | Healthcare IT Today
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to
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January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM