Your Vendor Passed Its Test. Did the Mission Pass Yours?
A Supplier Update Can Change More Than One System The supplier marked its update complete. A dependent clinical workflow now takes a different path. Consider…
Archive - Federal Health IT
Results: 38
Read Article
A Valid FHIR Response Can Still Be an Unusable Answer
Read ArticleA Successful Response Does Not Guarantee a Useful Answer The interface returned a successful response. The person who needed the information still could not act…
One Patient, Two Medication Lists. Which One Guides the Next Step?
Read ArticleData Exchange Does Not Resolve Conflicting Records Two systems found the right patient. They returned different medication lists. Now the team needs more than a…
An EHR Rollout Succeeds One Local Workflow at a Time
Read ArticleA Central Dashboard Cannot Prove Site Readiness The program dashboard says the site is ready. Can its staff complete the work they will face on…
Before health AI scales, who owns its mistakes?
Read ArticleA Successful Demo Does Not Establish Accountability The AI pilot impressed everyone in the room. Then it produced a wrong answer. Who could pause it?…
The prior authorization API works. Why is the patient still waiting?
Read ArticleA Working API Does Not Prove the Workflow Works The authorization request went through. The patient is still waiting. Where did the process stop? Consider…
Before You Buy Another Health IT Tool, Find the Real Capability Gap
Read ArticleNew Technology May Duplicate Existing Capabilities Health IT capability gap analysis helps organizations distinguish existing functionality from unmet mission needs before they purchase another tool.…
When Health IT Goes Down, Can the Mission Continue?
Read ArticleDowntime Exposes Hidden Dependencies Health IT downtime threatens operational continuity when programs do not understand the systems, data, workflows, and manual contingencies that support critical…
What Rework Reveals About Health IT Delivery Quality
Read ArticleRework Reveals Delivery Gaps Repeated rework signals more than a difficult development cycle. It reveals where requirements, development, testing, defect resolution, and release decisions stopped…
How Technical Debt Undermines Health IT Modernization
Read ArticleModernization Can Carry Old Problems Forward Technical debt undermines health IT modernization when programs carry unresolved configurations, dependencies, duplicate capabilities, and workarounds into the new…
Why Health IT Go-Live Does Not Equal Mission Success
Read ArticleGo-Live Does Not Prove Success Health IT go-live confirms deployment, not mission success. Programs must also determine whether users can complete their work, releases perform…
Why Health IT Requirements Fail Real-World Workflows
Read ArticleRequirements Can Miss the Real Work Health IT requirements fail when teams document system functions without capturing real workflow steps, decision points, exceptions, dependencies, and…
