The goal of a patient portal is to facilitate patient engagement – to give patients a more integral and active role in their own healthcare.
But recent research shows that 65 percent of patients believe that coordinating and managing healthcare – two areas where a portal should be helping – is overwhelming and time-consuming. This friction can have an impact on care outcomes: 54 percent of patients believe their health would be better if they had more support navigating the healthcare
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How Visitor Management Can Make or Break Safety Plans
Workplace violence was estimated to cost healthcare organizations $18.27 billion in 2023. This spend included treatment for victims, security staffing for facilities, and violence prevention programs, among other costs. But more often than not, one of the biggest vulnerabilities to violence in healthcare often goes overlooked: visitor management.
Violent incidents aren’t solely caused by patients. Many times, incidents involve the visitors who enter healthcare facilities without proper
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Cityblock Health and Mercy Health Partner to Transform Medicaid Care in Ohio
What You Should Know:
- Cityblock Health, a value-based provider specializing in the complex needs of the Medicaid population, and Mercy Health, part of the Bon Secours Mercy Health system, announced a strategic collaboration in the greater Cincinnati and Toledo areas of Ohio.
- Cityblock will provide care extension services to complement the primary care services already delivered by Mercy Health’s existing provider network.
Wrap-Around Care Coordination
This wrap-around care
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CHIME-KLAS: The Digital Health Most Wired National Trends Report 2025
What You Should Know:
- The Digital Health Most Wired (DHMW) National Trends Report 2025, produced by CHIME and KLAS Research, signals a crucial evolution in healthcare technology.
- The insights in this report reveals how high-performing organizations achieve measurable outcomes across infrastructure, cybersecurity, analytics, interoperability, patient engagement, and clinical quality, turning digital investment into meaningful, sustainable impact.
Digital Maturity Defined by
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Life or Death Logistics: Why 1 in 5 Donated Organs Are Not Transplanted Due to Communication Failure
In organ transplantation, timing isn’t just critical. It is the difference between life and death. Every transplant is a race against the clock, requiring precise coordination among donor hospitals, transplant centers and surgical teams. Yet despite the stakes, the system designed to save lives is often hindered by something deceptively simple: poor communication.
The problem: Outdated tools in a high-stakes process
Even as medicine advances, many transplant teams still rely on fragmented,
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Fundamental XR and Elsevier Launch Mixed Reality Innovation Program for Enterprise AI
What You Should Know:
- Fundamental XR, a leader in advanced immersive technologies, today announced the launch of its Mixed Reality Innovation Program in partnership with Elsevier global leaders in Healthcare education and publishing.
- AI-driven Contextual Spatial technology is now rapidly emerging and with the arrival of devices such as Apple Vision Pro, Meta Ray Ban Display, ChatGPT ‘io’ and Apple’s yet to be named AI/AR glasses.
Enterprise Immersive Readiness Program
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AI Risk Alert: Hospitals Underinvest in Governance Despite Looming 2026 Scrutiny
What You Should Know:
- Despite the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across clinical and operational workflows, a new survey by Black Book Research of 182 U.S. hospital leaders reveals widespread underinvestment in AI governance, safety, and compliance.
- The survey reveals the median 2026 budget share for AI governance and safety is critically low, standing at just 4.2% of the combined IT and Quality/Safety budget.
The Quiet Risk: Widespread Underinvestment in AI
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How AI Frees Nurses and Clinicians to Focus on Care and Quality
It is no secret that clinical staff, particularly nurses, are under constant demand to do more with less. While AI has generated plenty of headlines for its promise to revolutionize care delivery, its true value will be measured by how it supports those on the front lines.
For nurse abstractors, whose work is essential for quality reporting, registry submission, and clinical decision-making, AI can offer something truly impactful. Time.
As more hospitals and health systems deploy AI-driven
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InterSystems Launches: Generative AI AI Assistant for Faster Patient Record Access
What You Should Know:
- InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering over 1 billion health records worldwide, announced the launch of the InterSystems HealthShare AI Assistant.
- The new generative AI capability is designed to assist clinicians, case managers, and administrators in accessing and understanding patient information faster and more intuitively.
Generative AI: The New Conversational Interface for Health Records
Built on the trusted foundation
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Digital Health Meets Life Insurance: How Technology Is Redefining Financial Protection and Preventive Care
For decades, life insurance and healthcare operated in parallel but separate worlds — one focused on managing financial risk, the other on improving physical health. But in an era defined by digital transformation, that boundary is fading fast. Advances in health data, wearable technology, and artificial intelligence are bringing the two industries together in ways that could fundamentally reshape how people understand protection, prevention, and long-term wellness.
This convergence isn’t
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