From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken major steps to help people with medical debt in its nearly 14-year history. It issued rules barring medical debt from Americans’ credit reports and went after debt collectors who pressured customers to pay bills they didn’t owe.
By Laura Brummett – Nurses are the backbone of healthcare, but they’re not always recognized for their integral contribution to patient outcomes.
Healthcare workforce management has always been complex, especially given the fluctuating nature of patient volumes. Traditional staffing models often struggle to keep up, leading to burnout among nurses and compromised patient care. Nursing shortages contribute to errors, higher morbidity, and mortality rates.
By Devin Partida – Clear communication in health care can mean the difference between life and death. When delays, miscommunications and inefficiencies disrupt treatment, they directly impact patient outcomes. Traditional modes of communication may have worked in the past, but human error and forgetfulness can hinder its effectiveness.
By Stephanie Fraser – At HIMSS25, President and CEO Hal Wolf addressed a packed room of press attendees in Las Vegas, emphasizing record-breaking attendance and the industry’s growing focus on AI integration, cybersecurity, and scenario planning as healthcare leaders navigate regulatory uncertainty.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of February that we think deserve sharing again.
Balancing efficiency, care quality, nurse satisfaction, cost containment, and the inherently fluctuating nature of nurse staffing needs is challenging. Since the 1980s, nurse float pools have helped hospital staffing leaders strike that balance.
By Whende Carroll MSN RN NI-BC FHIMSS – At the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, nurses will have immense opportunities for learning and networking that span several essential and timely nursing informatics specialty topics, addressing technology, data, health equity, education, innovation and leadership.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January that we think deserve sharing again.
By Darius Tahir – Shannon Sharpe was having one of those 15-minutes-of-internet-infamy moments. Social media blew up in September after the retired Denver Broncos tight end — accidentally, he later said — broadcast some of his intimate activities online.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The second Trump presidency launched with a bang at the Department of Health and Human Services, where a traditional pause on public communications was expanded to an effective stoppage of scientific work, as health agencies were ordered to cancel meetings, travel, and efforts on outside publications.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast “What the Health?” presents a conversation with Francis Collins, former National Institutes of Health director and White House science adviser.
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