Realizing digital health potential is about incorporating all of the tools of leadership, standards and innovation, says Changemaker Award recipient Dr. Tamara Sunbul, digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor in Saudi Arabia.  

More than half of providers and 43% of payers have yet to start work on the Application Programming Interface (API) requirements of the interoperability and prior authorization final rule, according to a survey by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).

Build strong partnerships and cultivate diverse perspectives to solve complex challenges and integrate technology into workflows, says Mouneer Odeh, the new chief data and AI officer at Cedars-Sinai.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has signaled plans to make cuts to the Medicaid program, saying it wants to put an end to “mounting expenditures,” such as housekeeping for non-Medicaid-eligible individuals, and high-speed internet for rural healthcare providers.

Northwell Health and Nuvance Health’s roughly $18 billion proposed merger, which has been in the works since last year, has received final regulatory approval from the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy, the organizations announced this week.