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What healthcare IT leaders need now and how we are responding

As I marked my first year as chief growth officer at Nordic, I took time to reflect on the conversations that shaped the past 12 months. Whether I was attending an industry event like HIMSS, VIVE, CHIME, or ACHE Congress, or meeting with leaders across their operational and clinical environments, the themes were remarkably consistent. Healthcare teams are carrying enormous responsibility, […]

Designing for Health: Sarah Gebauer, MD [Podcast]

In this episode, Dr. Craig Joseph sits down with Sarah Gebauer whose career spans anesthesiology, palliative care, clinical informatics, consulting, and AI governance. Dr. Gebauer explains how her diverse background from strategy consulting at Bane lead her to national security AI evaluation. She also discusses her work of designing effective healthcare tools. On today’s episode […]

HIMSS 2026: 6 priorities healthcare IT leaders should focus on next

HIMSS 2026 delivered no shortage of ideas, insights, demos, and bold predictions. Over a few days, we heard candid challenges, hard-won lessons, and real success stories from health systems of every size, alongside leaders across government, academia, nonprofits, and the private sector working at the forefront of AI, data, and cybersecurity.  For healthcare IT leaders, […]

We optimized the medical record for everything… except medicine

Bryan Vartabedian recently wrote a sharp piece naming something clinicians have felt for years but rarely articulate clearly: much of what lives in the medical record looks professional, sounds plausible, and contributes very little to patient care. He called it medical slop. The term fits. Slop isn’t new. What’s new is the speed, scale, and […]

Designing for Health: Interview with Michael Hallsworth, PHD and Meredith Jones [Podcast]

In this episode Michael Hallsworth discusses the ideas behind his recent book, The Hypocrisy Trap, and explains why hypocrisy might not be as straightforward, or as bad as, we think. Meredith Jones shares practical tools rooted in behavioral science that help clinicians and public health professionals have more constructive conversations with patients. On today’s episode […]

The Healthcare IT Leader’s Field Guide to HIMSS26

Welcome: why this guide exists HIMSS26 offers insights, connections, and fresh perspective, but with packed agendas, a crowded exhibit hall, and constant demands on your time, it can be hard to focus on what matters most. Nordic created this guide to help you spend your time intentionally. It reflects what we’re seeing across hospitals and health systems globally, highlighting sessions, topics, […]

Designing for Health: Interview with Becket Mahnke, MD [Podcast]

This episode examines how clinician well-being, patient communication, and digital workflows intersect inside modern healthcare organizations. Through Dr. Becket Mahnke’s experience as a pediatric cardiologist and Chief Medical Information Officer, the conversation highlights why reducing cognitive burden and redesigning care teams requires far more than technology fixes. They explore how expectation-setting, team-based workflows, and data-driven […]

Meeting health systems where they are on the digital modernization journey

If you’re a digital health leader today, you’re likely balancing a long list of priorities from AI momentum and rising cybersecurity risks to shifting budgets, workforce strain, and a modernization journey that rarely feels linear.

Designing for Health: Interview with Lisa Kilgore [Podcast]

This episode explores the complex ecosystem that underpins modern healthcare technology. From connected medical devices to the infrastructure, workflows, and security practices required to support them. They examine why clinical tools can no longer be understood as standalone products, but as tightly integrated components of a broader system that must function reliably to protect patient safety.

Breaking the cycle: reducing costs in NHS re-procurement

The NHS is under immense pressure to deliver more for less. With budgets stretched and demand rising, procurement has become a frontline issue for sustainability. Yet despite best intentions, repeated re-procurement exercises often inflate costs rather than reduce them. Fragmented approaches, short-term fixes and lack of alignment between clinical, operational and commercial teams can lead […]