Healthcare IT Today
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By: Grayson Miller
As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2026 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on what will happen in the coming year, and boy, did they deliver. We, in fact, got so many responses to our prompt this year that we have had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out the community’s predictions down below and be sure to follow along as we share more 2026 Health IT Predictions!
Check out our community’s Health Equity predictions:
Cathy Hartman, Chief Healthcare Solutions Officer at Paradigm
“As we look ahead to 2026, AI has the potential to become another source of digital inequity that exacerbates health disparities. The stakes are higher than ever – for example, surgery decisions are among the most complex and costly choices members face, and low health literacy often leads to unnecessary procedures and poorer outcomes. Empowered members, who understand their options and actively participate in shared decision-making, are more likely to avoid inappropriate surgeries, follow pre- and post-op instructions, and recover faster. As payers continue to feel the regulatory and provider pressures around legacy UM tactics like prior authorization, the introduction of solutions that directly impact health literacy and drive collaboration with providers continue to gain attention.”
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