Updates from HL7 FHIR DevDays 2026
Healthcare interoperability has reached an inflection point. The question is no longer whether FHIR will become the foundation for healthcare data exchange; the question is how organizations will…
The Dark Side of Interoperability: Shifting to Governance
Last Tuesday I sat in the audience at The Shop at the CAC for a StartupNOLA panel on AI in healthcare. Aimee Quirk and Denise Basow from Ochsner…
A Brief History of CMS ACO Models and What’s Next with LEAD
As the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) prepares to launch the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model in 2027, we wanted to take a look back…
Are We There Yet? Reflections from the 2026 ASTP Annual Meeting
Landing in Washington, D.C. always carries a certain weight. They say a place contains everything that’s ever happened in it, and in D.C., that means centuries of decisions,…
The HTI-5 Reset: ASTP/ONC Proposes Cutting 50% of Certification Criteria
The proposed HTI-5 rule from ASTP/ONC (maybe they can shorten the acronyms while they are cutting the red tape?) represents a seismic shift in EHR certification requirements. After…
CMS Digital Health Ecosystem: Killing the Clipboard & The AI Revolution
On Thursday, November 13th, 2025, the Dynamic Health IT (DHIT) team traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem Connectathon, joining health tech leaders, policymakers,…