By Kerry Barker RN – During National Nurses Month 2026, it is important to acknowledge a persistent reality in our industry: health information technology (health IT) is often viewed as a hurdle for nursing staff to overcome. Communication disconnects between nurses and IT professionals remain commonplace and frequently intensify during major system changes.
The KLAS Awards are the equivalent of the Oscars of the Health IT Industry. We rounded up a few of the 2026 winners: MRO Corp, CereCore, Collette Health, Centauri Health Solutions, InterSystems, Fortified Health Security, Secure Exchange Solutions, PayZen, PointClickCare, Omega Healthcare, DynaMedex, Rhapsody, Edifecs, and more.
The CereCore Podcast release: Focus on what’s most important for a health system. That’s what Kevin Olson, CIO at Jupiter Medical Center, explains as he talks about their Epic implementation, the challenges and opportunities of unifying fragmented systems, and governance in IT decision-making.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of Health Launchpad and HIMSS’ The Healthtech Marketing Show, CereCore’s The CereCore Podcast, Infinx’s Revenue Cycle Optimized, Point-of-Care Partners’ The Dish on Health IT and more.
The CereCore Podcast release: On this episode host Phil Sobol, speaks with Dr. Patrick Woodard, the Chief Information Officer at Monument Health. Monument Health operates the busiest ER in South Dakota, serving a remote area where the nearest comparable trauma center is over 300 miles away. Take a listen.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of Roetzel’s HealthLaw HotSpot, Infinx’s Revenue Cycle Optimized, and FINN Partners’ FINN Voices.
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The KLAS Awards are the equivalent of the Oscars of the Health IT Industry. We rounded up a few of the 2025 winners: Cynerio, Waystar, Bluesight, NRC Health, IKS Health, Collette Health, ZeOmega, Wolters Kluwer Health, Inovalon, Intelerad, Claroty, Doximity, eVisit, Xsolis, Omega Healthcare, CereCore, Nextech, eVideon and more.
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 July that we think deserve sharing again.
By Peyman Zand – 2020 and 2021 events pushed the healthcare industry into uncharted territories of digital transformation at an unexpected and often uncomfortably rapid pace for many providers. And this was the silver lining for many CIOs who really wanted to make the shift earlier but lacked the impetus or buy-in for sweeping changes.
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