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Independent reporting on AI, cybersecurity, privacy, and digital health — plus a directory of 300+ practice technology products, side-by-side comparisons, and a guided finder to help you choose. Built for the people responsible for running practices.
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Short notes on product and policy changes, each tied to the primary source and what it means for a practice.
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See everythingCybersecurity/Sep 13, 2026/1 min read
CISA Flags Exploited Vulnerabilities in Network and Imaging Tools
Recent CISA advisories highlight critical vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, MikroTik RouterOS, and Orthanc DICOM imaging servers.
Digital Health/Sep 10, 2026/4 min read
Telehealth Is Infrastructure Now
Telehealth is no longer a project. It is infrastructure, and infrastructure needs owners, contracts, and downtime plans.
Cybersecurity/Sep 7, 2026/3 min read
Your Biggest Risk Is a Reused Password
The most common healthcare breach path is not exotic. It is a working login on an account nobody was watching.
Digital Health/Sep 3, 2026/4 min read
Remote Monitoring Works When the Workflow Does
RPM succeeds or fails on staffing and workflow. The devices are the easy part.
Software/Aug 31, 2026/3 min read
Switching EHRs Is a Business Decision
Most failed EHR transitions were lost in the six months before go-live, not during it.
Privacy/Aug 27, 2026/2 min read
The Tracking Pixel Problem
Analytics and advertising tags on appointment and condition pages remain a meaningful privacy exposure, and one that practices can address quickly.
What It Means
A rule changed. Here is the part that affects your practice.
Digital Health/Sep 14, 2026/3 min read
What It Means: TEFCA Is Real Now
TEFCA is quietly becoming the default way health records move between organizations. Your EHR vendor's choices here will shape yours.
AI/Sep 4, 2026/2 min read
What It Means: New Healthcare AI Rules
The practical effect of the emerging AI rules is that you will be asked to show how a tool is used, reviewed, and disclosed.
Worth Watching
Developments to understand before they require a decision.
Digital Health/Sep 12, 2026/2 min read
Worth Watching: Digital Health Consolidates
The digital health market is consolidating. That changes vendor stability math for every small practice running a patchwork of point solutions.
Technology/Sep 9, 2026/2 min read
Worth Watching: Ambient Docs Go Downmarket
Ambient documentation is becoming an EHR feature rather than a purchase. That changes the questions you should ask.
Cybersecurity/Sep 2, 2026/2 min read
Worth Watching: Cyber Insurance Gets Harder
Insurers have moved from asking whether you have controls to asking for evidence they work.
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Where AI can support healthcare work, where it introduces risk, and how to evaluate the difference.
Cybersecurity
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Technology
Infrastructure, devices, networks, and the decisions behind them.
Software
EHRs, billing platforms, and the vendors healthcare runs on.
Privacy
Patient data, consent, and the overlooked decisions that can create exposure.
Digital Health
Virtual care, remote monitoring, and patient-facing technology.
Practice Operations
The operational side of technology: staffing, process, and continuity.
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