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Allison Oakes, chief research officer for Trilliant, says the phase-out of the Medicare Inpatient-Only list can drive value and efficiency, but hospitals lose out on volume and revenue.

While hospitals and health systems continue to face an array of significant challenges, human-centered innovations that pair data with agility are helping improve caregiver experience and patient care, the research firm says. 

As part of the group's digital transformation, it is moving to a single platform for managing workforce, finance, planning, and contracts by January 2026.

Health Minister Simeon Brown has outlined investment priorities, which a new Centre for Digital Modernisation of Health will help deliver.

Providers in six states face "a steep learning curve" managing new financial risks, processes and training burdens under the mandatory Medicare prior authorization and claims review pilot starting in 2026, says Jeff Ladner, chief product officer at Onspring.

With a holistic and adaptive cyber resilience plan, Renown Health aligns information security and technology innovations to the organization's strategic pillars, its CISO says. 

"Why are we using this technology," asks Dr. Everett Weiss, medical director for health informatics at Rochester Regional Health. "How is it helping everyone work more efficiently, at the top of their license? And how is it good for patients?"

But somewhat surprisingly, says Martin Gaynor, professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, researchers found no correlation between department closures and negative outcomes for patients driving greater distances.

Healthcare organizations can build executive confidence in technology investments by adopting a structured, outcome-oriented approach that aligns IT initiatives to clinical and operational goals. The HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model can help.

With an eye toward taking the healthcare supply chain to new levels, UPMC on July 8 launched Pensiamo, a new company whose goal is to help hospitals improve the supply chain, where costs are high and getting higher.