Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards on Thursday, June 4, 2026. These awards celebrate the outstanding books published in 2025 by small, independent, and university presses. You can view all of the winners here:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2025/
"Each year, as our number of entrants increases and diversifies, the job of narrowing each genre category to a select few finalists gets harder," notes Editor-in-Chief Michelle Schingler. "But that also makes the judges' ultimate selections all the more exciting. We so look forward to their final choices, and we are so proud to celebrate this year's exemplary slate of winners."
"I am deeply honored to have this book recognized by Foreword Reviews," remarked Dr. Ho. "There has always been a temptation to rush headlong into the next technological wave — and today is no different with generative AI. The story of the information infrastructure under the U.S. healthcare system-- is one of more than thirty years of policy decisions, market distortions, competing agendas, and unintended consequences. The result is a health information system optimized for billing and compliance rather than for learning and care. AI development now inherits that legacy. Without understanding how we got here, we are likely to repeat mistakes, only faster and at far greater scale. I hope this recognition brings the book to a wider audience of patients, physicians, researchers, and innovators who will push for AI to responsibly bridge the divide between clinical care and research — rather than continue to cement the billing imperative of the system we have today."
Rushing Headlong is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and booksellers everywhere in both print and e-book formats.
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About Foreword Reviews
Since 1998, Foreword Reviews has provided trade book reviews of the best titles from independent presses. In print and online, its FOLIO: award-winning design and editorial content makes the magazine a favorite among librarians, booksellers, and readers — an excellent resource when it comes to purchasing books. Foreword INDIES, its online content and print magazine, have been helping to showcase diverse independent presses and their authors for over 26 years. The Library Insights Summit, held pre-ALA, is a collaborative, day-long conference co-hosted by Foreword, which provides publishers and librarians space to network and learn from each other.
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About S. Yin Ho, MD, MBA
S. Yin Ho, MD, MBA has spent more than two decades at the forefront of health information technology, clinical research, and digital health innovation. A Yale-trained emergency physician with an MBA from Harvard Business School, she has led health IT initiatives at Pfizer, Medidata, and Aetion. She founded the health economics analytics technology firm Context Matters (later acquired by Clarivate), and most recently served as interim CEO of Veradigm, where she spearheaded a key acquisition to develop health-specific generative AI models with electronic health records to support clinical research.
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