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Featured · HIT Consultant · August 2026
Solving Healthcare’s 97% Data Waste Management Problem
Recycling makes people feel like they are protecting the planet; yet, up to 70 percent of what gets placed in recycling bins still ends up in a landfill. All the well-intentioned sorting results in waste.
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Recent bylines and features
Fast Company · March 2026
Rural Health's $50B Transformation: Too Fast to Last
Read article →Healthcare IT Today · March 2026
It's Time for "Actioning Information" to Move Past Interoperability's Endless Data
Read article →MedCity News · January 2026
Healthcare Information Sharing Must Expand Beyond Its Hospital-Centric Focus
Read article →Company announcements
June 2026
USA Health and Feeding the Gulf Coast Create Novel Care Model to Address Food Insecurity Post-Hospitalization Powered by Watershed Health
May 20, 2026
Watershed Health Expands Leadership Bench with New COO and CGO
Aug 28, 2025
Pathway Healthcare Creates a Novel, Scalable Triage Model in Behavioral Health Leveraging Watershed
Feb 5, 2025
Watershed Health Names Effie Carlson as Chief Executive Officer
May 2024
Watershed Health Secures $13.6M in Funding to Fuel Adoption by the Industry's Largest Health Plans
Coverage and conversations
July 2026 - FastCompany
CMS killed the fax for billing. Now do it for patient care.
July 2026 - Medical Economics
What if hunger was treated like a vital sign?
January 2026 · Podcast
Advancing Healthcare Innovation Podcast
November 2025 · McKnight's
SNFs Need the Tools to Deliver on CMS' Rules Mandating Safe Transitions
November 2025 · Medical Economics
Information-Blocking Strongholds Keeping Health Care from the Future
June 2025 · Fierce Healthcare podcast
A Bold Bet on Sharing Real-Time Patient Data — with Effie Carlson and Jeff Richardson
Aug 2026
Why Are Some Rural Hospitals Saying No To RHTP Funding?
Aug 2026
USA Health and Feeding the Gulf Coast create novel care model to address food insecurity post-hospitalization powered by Watershed Health
May 20, 2026
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All coverage →Awards and recognition
2026
Top Healthcare Technology Companies of 2026
The Healthcare Technology Report
2026
Nashville Healthcare Council Fellows
Effie Carlson
2025
Fierce Healthcare Innovation Awards — Finalist
Population Health Management
2025
A-LIST Awards — Life Science Innovator
Opportunity Austin and SXSW
2025
Slice of Healthcare 50 Under 50
Effie Carlson
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