POCP Blog


From Optional to Essential: Why Life Sciences Should Embrace EHR Dashboards to Improve Care & Quality

In our last post, we explored what EHR dashboards are and what it takes to develop them. Now let’s dig into why they matter to life sciences—and how incorporating them into your...

What Life Sciences Teams Need to Know About EHR Dashboards

In today’s data-driven healthcare environment, dashboards are more than just visual tools, they’re strategic assets. When designed with purpose, EHR-based dashboards can support...

CMS Pledge Program: Make Health Tech Great Again, Momentum or Mirage?

Level-setting: What the Pledge Program Is—and Isn’t When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) unveiled the Health Tech Ecosystem pledge initiatives, the announcement...

HTI-4 Final Rule: What It Means for Real-Time Prescription Access, APIs, & Industry Strategy

On July 31, 2025, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) finalized the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm...

Surfacing Clinical Calculators in the EHR at the Point-of-Care

Co-authored by Shane Bell, EHR Practice Lead

A Meaningful Shift: Administration & Payers Unite to Reduce Prior Authorizations

On June 23, 2025, Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, announced a...

What Comes Next for Price Transparency? CMS RFI and New Guidance Signal Push for Accountability

In our May 2025 HIT Perspectives article, we unpacked the decade-long journey of healthcare price transparency and why most stakeholders would agree we’re still not where we need...

Inside the Room: Reflecting on the CMS/ASTP Listening Session

I was honored to attend the June 3 CMS and ASTP/ONC Health Technology Ecosystem RFI Listening Session in Washington, D.C.—an invitation-only meeting convened by the Centers for...

Prescribing Clarity Isn’t Optional: Why Life Sciences Teams Should Care About Electronic Prescription Precision

For pharmaceutical manufacturers and life sciences organizations, ensuring patients use medications as intended is central to outcomes, safety, and adherence. But when EHR...