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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs delivers more than 127 million healthcare appointments annually while managing a massive, years-long EHR modernization effort. At the same time, clinicians across the system are facing growing documentation demands, workforce shortages and the cognitive…

Every minute a stroke goes unrecognized, a patient loses an average of 2 million neurons. Yet fewer than 30% of acute ischemic stroke patients are treated within the first hour — when treatment is most effective. The gap isn’t always…

No matter how diligently health systems plan, they cannot control the many external factors that create volatility in supply chains for vital healthcare resources. However, health systems can build resiliency into their organizations to mitigate the impact supply chain fluctuations…

Picture a radiology revenue cycle where prior authorization issues get caught before claims go out, documentation gaps get flagged in real time and denial trends actually inform the next intake conversation. That’s the operating model the strongest radiology RCM teams…

Patient trust in healthcare has fallen sharply — only 24% of Americans now believe providers prioritize care over profits, down from 77% in December 2021. For a growing share of patients, that judgment is forming online, before they ever schedule…

Imagine a revenue cycle where likely denials are flagged and corrected before the claim ever leaves the building — where downstream issues are resolved without landing in a manual work queue, and where every transaction processed makes the system smarter…

As care delivery for rare cardiac diseases evolves, many health systems are working to establish more programmatic, systemwide approaches to recognition, diagnosis and management. But fragmentation across clinical decision pathways remains a persistent challenge. A December 2025 Becker’s Healthcare survey,…

Operations leaders see the promise of AI in credentialing — faster onboarding, lower administrative burden, accelerated time to revenue. They also see the risk: AI doesn’t absorb liability. Healthcare organizations do. NCQA standards still require human oversight for committee review,…