Mike Miliard

The collaboration will see five of the biggest health data exchanges in the U.S. working with the planned Qualified Health Information Network on the interoperability framework.

The program, called Transform, will help tech startups with a focus on machine learning, data engineering, analytics, healthcare, biotech, cybersecurity, IoT and more.

Patient identity is a great weakness in healthcare infrastructure, according the physician informaticist who led the algorithm research, which is aimed at boosting interoperability and patient safety.

IDC Health Insights recently published its 2023 Worldwide Healthcare Predictions report. Mutaz Shegewi, the firm's research director, unpacks those findings.

With its spinoff now complete, it's hired the machine learning expert – who has leadership experience in the private sector, at Amazon and in government at the FDA – to help develop new approaches to analytics and personalized care.

Regulatory difficulties, workforce shortages, financial pressures, evolving patient expectations, an aging population and more will combine to make the next year uniquely challenging, say tech company CEOs, but they're challenges that can be met.

Where are vaccine supply chains, value-based care, AI, telehealth and other trends headed next year? C-suite leaders from an array of vendors weigh in on provider/payer relations, the healthcare workforce and more.

Critical access and community hospitals will use the cloud-based EHR to improve care coordination and deliver better outcomes for their patients.

Its FutureScape 2021 report foresees a half-decade of health systems still grappling with – but learning from – the COVID-19 disruption of the past year.

From interoperability to social determinants of health, to patient engagement and experience, the interviews and topical deep-dives of our multimedia features gained a wide audience this year.