As National Influenza Vaccination Week wraps up, it’s a good reminder that there’s still time to get protected against flu. This Friday Five highlights key updates for the current season and offers guidance on prevention and care.
WEEKEND: Dec 6 – Dec 7 Check out what’s on this weekend marathon airings of your favorite shows. And get a sneak peek of what’s new next week on Value-Based Care Insights and Health Cent$. Catch up on your favorite shows.
January 20th, 2026 1pm – 5pm ET – This fourth annual half-day virtual summit sets the tone for the year ahead, offering a strategic look at how health systems can strengthen digital trust, integrate AI securely, and build enterprise-wide resilience.
This year’s all about celebrating nurses and putting them at the forefront of healthcare innovation. As one of the premier events for digital health leaders, ViVE offers a unique chance to shape the future of healthcare, connect with key influencers, and explore the latest in technology-driven care.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of HCAA’s Voices of Self Funding, Xsolis’ AI Amplified, Health Launchpad and HIMSS’ The Healthtech Marketing Show, Unscripted: The AMCP Podcast, and Infinx’s Revenue Cycle Optimized.
From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, Massive cuts to medical research and Medicaid. Waves of layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services. Ongoing uncertainty around federal subsidies to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. 2025 has been a rough year for federal health programs.
Check out the most recent episodes now on-demand from We Have Trust Issues, Healthcare de Jure, Value-Based Care Insights, Digital Health Talks, This Just In, and Health UnaBASHEd.
A new collaboration among nine major U.S. health systems from the American Telemedicine Association Center of Digital Excellence shows that virtual care is largely substitutive, replacing office visits rather than adding new ones.
Health IT product news from Edifecs, ixlayer, Royal Philips, Altera Digital Health, Molecular Designs, Avanade, Collette Health, Teladoc Health, Caregility, VNS Health, athenahealth, HSBlox, Ambience Healthcare, Baptist Health, Wolters Kluwer Health, TalkDesk, PointClickCare, emtelligent, Lapsi Health, AVIA, and more.
STARTING December 1: Tune in this week for these highlighted shows. Don’t miss new episodes of Health Unabashed, This Just In, News You Can Use, Healthcare de Jure, and We Have TRUST Issues.
From all of us at Answers Media Network we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving Day is not only a time to gather with friends and family to eat a sumptuous meal and count blessings, it’s also National Family Health History Day. Healthcare providers encourage you to use this day to share and care about this and other serious diseases.
Looking to keep your finger on the pulse of the nursing industry? Check out this month’s top nursing news stories from around the globe.












