Interoperability

Related: Health Gorilla has responded to the lawsuit filed by Epic and several affiliated healthcare providers earlier this month.

Melissa Kotrys of the Contexture health information exchange previews her HIMSS26 panel session exploring how health data utility capabilities support Medicaid and public health objectives. 

The company tells the court that it intends to file a motion to dismiss because the state "cannot support any of its claims as a matter of law."

Its 2026 Innovation Challenge is designed to attract technologies that can support the island's vision for digitally enabled, sustainable healthcare, says Teresa Cope, CEO of Manx Care.

So says Dr. Andrew Mellin, CMIO at Surescripts, who also predicts prior authorization will become less challenging as prescribers in greater numbers turn to automated prior authorization technologies.

At HIMSS26, leaders from HL7 Da Vinci Project and Aetna will show how C-suite leaders – and all patients – can benefit from the interoperability spec, which is enabling process automation for more informed decision-making about pricing.

Beset by challenges on many fronts, small and rural health organizations are harnessing new technologies to improve care delivery and keep their doors open.

OCHIN, Reid Health, Trinity Health and UMass Memorial Health join the electronic health record vendor in a new federal lawsuit alleging improper access and monetization of 300,000 patient medical records.

Elation Health and HealthEx announce they are integrating Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence to better synthesize health data for doctors and patients.