Technology strategy and management for health care IT leaders. IT budgeting, staffing, vendor management, governance, strategic planning, and the decision-making realities facing CIOs, IT managers, and health care administrators responsible for technology.

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The Microsoft 365 Outage Was an Email Problem Until It Wasn’t: What Health Care IT Should Do Now, and After

This article reflects Microsoft's public status updates as of approximately 10:30 UTC (12:30 a.m.

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White House AI Framework Exempts Open Models. The July Evaluation Leaks Are What Matter for Health Care IT.

On August 4, 2026, White House officials sat down with executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Micro

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Congress Stalled on Paying for Medical AI. CMS Went Ahead Anyway.

The Health Tech Investment Act has been sitting in the Senate Finance Committee for fifteen months.

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Conduent's 25 Million Record Breach

Twenty-five million people.

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The HIPAA Risk Hidden in Your Portal Analytics

A Practical GA4 Configuration Audit for Healthcare Portals and the 2026 MEDITECH Expanse Renewal Guide for CAHs.

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Risk Management Joins Risk Analysis Scrutiny

OCR's Risk Analysis Initiative has now produced 12 enforcement actions, and the program is expanding.

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The Real Price Tag of Regulation: How Successive Rules Drive Up Health Care Costs

Picture a small Critical Access Hospital in the rural Midwest.

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