Between clinical demands, IT constraints, and growing security and compliance risks, the AI vendor landscape has become loud, crowded, and hard to navigate. Vendors are moving faster than healthcare organizations can realistically evaluate making it difficult to separate real value from marketed hype. Join us for a free webinar to help sort through the clutter and find answers! Thursday, February 5, 2026 11:00 - 11:30 ET https://www.linkedin.com/events/7422312065526132736/

We’re delighted to welcome Praveen Medabalmi  as the newest member of the FASTx Partners team as a Fractional Chief Medical Informatics Officer! Praveen is a physician executive with more than 15 years of leadership in clinical informatics, healthcare IT strategy, digital transformation, and patient safety across FQHCs, academic medical centers, adult hospitals, and children’s hospitals. He is skilled at bridging clinical practice, digital innovation, and business strategy t

For many health centers unsure where to start, AI adoption can feel overwhelming. This guide focuses on concrete, measurable outcomes in access, equity, and workforce sustainability, aligned with how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) leadership and funders (like HRSA and NACHC) are framing priorities, rather than chasing technology types. You can download and read the guide here . Whether you’re curious about AI or ready to launch pilots, FASTx Partners is here to hel

A recent discussion with Padma Sastry, Chief Information Officer at Lowell (MA) Community Health Center, illustrated a moment many health centers are facing today: the push to adopt AI in ways that genuinely improve patient access, provider satisfaction, and financial sustainability. Lowell serves more than 40,000 patients and operates in a multilingual, underserved community, with services spanning primary care, specialty care, and social determinants of health. You can down

Community health centers and mission-driven organizations are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and increasing data demands. Artificial Intelligence  (AI) offers real opportunities but only if it’s adopted thoughtfully, safely, and in alignment with your mission. FASTx Partners brings decades of healthcare IT, clinical and operational leadership to help you harness AI in a way that is strategic, compliant, and impactful. Earlier this month, the College of Healthca

𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯, 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗶𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. It was one of those moments that stayed with me and a reminder of what’s possible when we commit to building a healthcare system rooted in access, equity, and innovation. It reaffirmed why this work matters. All these years later, I’m still inspired by that vision of helping h

We’re thrilled to welcome Armando Cortez  as the newest member of the FASTx Partners team. With over two decades leading healthcare IT and major digital transformation projects, Armando brings a rare depth of experience that spans acute & post-acute care hospitals, FQHCs, EHR vendor leadership, and more. What Armando Will Help You Achieve Modernize Your Health IT Infrastructure Retiring legacy systems, optimizing cloud platforms, and implementing robust data management & secu

In my years as a healthcare CIO, I have seen new technologies arrive with a mix of anticipation and skepticism. One of the clearest examples is when cloud computing began to enter the healthcare space. The concerns were real: Would patient data be secure? Who controls the data once it leaves our servers? Could we meet HIPAA compliance requirements? What if the internet went down? At the time, most of our core systems lived in server rooms we could physically touch, maintain,

Just as Fenway Park bridges history and innovation, health centers also face the challenge of balancing traditional practices with the need for modernization. This is where a fractional CIO comes into play.

Like maestros, fractional executives provide a limited yet impactful presence, offering strategic expertise without a full-time commitment.

Fractional executives are prepared to provide collaborative, visionary leadership with optimal efficiency and at a fraction of the cost

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