October 29, 2026
The patient at the center: A blueprint for meaningful interoperability
The healthcare industry has spent decades building the IT infrastructure required to connect disparate systems, often measuring progress by whether a technical exchange was simply possible. But as MEDITECH's Mike Cordeiro outlines in a recent three-part series for Health Data Management, that ...
October 20, 2026
A roadmap for rural healthcare: Securing and maximizing transformation funding
Rural healthcare organizations are an essential part of the national healthcare system. They also face myriad complexities and challenges: financial instability and closures, workforce shortages, geographic and access barriers, shifting patient demographics, and many others. As a result, these ...
October 15, 2026
Don't automate what you don't understand: A 4-step approach to workflow automation
Decades into the digital transformation of healthcare, faxing remains a widely used communication channel, and in most hospitals, the staff handling those inbound documents — triaging, indexing, routing, filing — are doing it largely by hand, one document at a time.
June 18, 2026
Lives in the Balance: Reflections on the real impact of interoperability
As a product manager working to advance MEDITECH's interoperability efforts, my days are typically filled with balancing the excitement of innovation and the responsibility of positively impacting patient lives. Putting aside that I am a patient myself, as we all are, it can be difficult to know ...
May 20, 2026
The hidden fraud risk in vendor and B2B payments that’s costing hospitals
The most dangerous moment in hospital finance operations isn’t when the payment is released — it’s everything that comes before it. Every vendor and business-to-business (B2B) payment, patient refund, and accounts payable transaction represents a potential entry point for fraud. One compromised ...
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March 24, 2026
Thoughts on the HHS RFI on Artificial Intelligence: How we get to innovation, trusted adoption, and equitable impact
The Office of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather stakeholder input on how best to support the application and adoption of AI in the clinical space. It reminded me of an old saying in New England, “You can’t get there from here.” Sometimes — ...
March 10, 2026
Why trust is the foundation of national health data exchange — and why we need to protect it
We’re closer than ever to achieving true nationwide interoperability. After decades of fragmentation, false starts, and competing standards, the U.S. finally has multiple national‑scale exchange models taking shape — from TEFCA to CMS‑aligned networks and other emerging frameworks that connect ...
March 5, 2026
Beyond data: MEDITECH reveals smarter path to connected care at ViVE 26
The ultimate purpose in healthcare IT isn't just about obtaining data, but about what we can do with it. Good data is essential in connecting care, and harnessing its power is the first step toward a fully unified care experience.
February 5, 2026
What rural healthcare leaders need now
Last May, when H.R.1 was first introduced in the House, the bill that would come to be known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was already causing consternation among healthcare leaders across the country — particularly in smaller and rural communities. Here at MEDITECH, we assembled a task ...
November 18, 2025
3 podcasts on the latest in healthcare technology and policy [Podcast]
Changes in healthcare — from technology to policy and beyond —happen quickly. The following podcasts are a great way to stay informed on a range of topics from a range of leaders in the field: policy experts helping you understand the implications of the latest pieces of legislation, hospital ...