The question is how to leverage technology to make healthcare more accessible to everyone, says Keisuke Nakagawa, UC San Diego Health’s director of strategic impact and a 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient.
Patients taking Evvy’s vaginal health test see the results of four specific fertility markers and learn what they can do to improve them for better fertility outcomes, says Priyanka Jain, CEO and cofounder of Evvy.
Construction will soon begin on the AdventHealth Cancer Institute at Winter Garden, a $43.2 million investment from AdventHealth designed as a response to the growing demand for cancer care in the West Orange and South Lake counties of Florida.
The volatility of President Trump’s tariff policies is making it difficult for hospital executives to pin down the effect they will have on the supply chain and budget. CFOs are also weighing the effect tariffs will have on the economy and inflation, according to Paul Keckley, managing director of The Keckley Report.
Average pay for physicians rose 3.6% during 2024, a new Medscape report has found, but it’s one of the lower raises since the company began tracking physician compensation in 2011, and the overall sentiment among physicians regarding fair compensation is declining.
President Trump has signed an executive order on prescription drug prices that walks back the “pill penalty” decried by PhRMA in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
HIMSS 2025 Changemaker Award recipient Cathy Menkiena of Health Catalyst says she began her journey as a clinician who learned how to use IT through a clinical lens and stays current with the ever-evolving technology.
A big risk is from third-party dependence for services, with some organizations not testing continuity plans should a breach happen, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.
Tennessee-based health system Ascension Saint Thomas is entering into a joint venture with PathPoint Health, a metabolic care provider, to help individuals prevent and manage metabolic conditions, including diabetes and obesity.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2026. The 2.6% is based on a market basket update of 3.4%, less a proposed 0.8 percentage point productivity adjustment, under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule for fiscal year 2026.