• HTI-5’s Information Blocking Red Flags

    HTI-5’s Information Blocking Red Flags

    By Leigh Burchell, vice chair, EHR Association Information Blocking Compliance Task Force. The HTI-5 proposed rule, Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity, includes several significant updates to information blocking compliance provisions. The proposed changes raised red flags because they increase compliance challenges rather than providing the simplification, guidance, and education…

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  • Hospital Cyberattacks Are A Patient Safety Problem

    Hospital Cyberattacks Are A Patient Safety Problem

    By Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala, CEO, Securin. When a hospital’s systems go dark, the danger doesn’t stay in the server room. It moves to the bedside. That’s not a hypothetical. Recent threat intelligence found that healthcare organizations experienced a cyberattack roughly every 10 hours between January 2025 and February 2026 — the highest incident rate of…

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  • AI Won’t Replace Physician Advisors. It Will Replace Their Paperwork.

    By Dr. Wael Khouli, MD, MBA  |  Co-Founder & CMO, Authsnap, Inc. I just came off the stage at NPAC 2026 in Charlotte, where I presented to a room full of physician advisors on practical AI strategies for expanding bandwidth. The questions afterward told me everything I needed to know about where this profession stands…

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  • Why The Digital Technology Gap Threatens Quality Care for Vulnerable Populations In This A.I. Era

    Why The Digital Technology Gap Threatens Quality Care for Vulnerable Populations In This A.I. Era

    By Ryan Dewey Smith, founding executive chairman & CEO, Inperium. Behavioral health and human-centric services delivery is rapidly shifting to digital-first, A.I.-supported, and algorithmic modeling. Far beyond the realm of business functions like automating appointment reminders or facilitating insurance claim submissions, these technologies now are applied in clinical use to augment care. A.I. holds promise…

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