Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Studies
A DrFirst survey of more than 1,000 Americans concluded that one-third of Americans have taken anti-anxiety medications to manage family stress during the holiday season. That’s significantly more than the 19% of Americans who have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. Politics, family drama, and love life are the topics of conversation that are most likely to increase anxiety, the survey said.
The latest healthcare industry financial benchmark from Syntellis found that hospital margins remain in the red, at -2%, but a drop in expenses per discharge and a rise in outpatient revenue suggest that pressure may be easing. On the physician practice side, offices have seen significant gains in productivity and revenue, but those have been eclipsed by direct expenses.
Partnerships
- Nuance announced a collaboration with Perspectum, which provides technology to support care for chronic metabolic diseases. In addition, Nuance added two health systems to the Nuance Precision Imaging Network: Baptist Health in Kentucky and Einstein Healthcare in Pennsylvania.
- Dental software maker Henry Schein One is partnering with VideaHealth to release AI-enabled X-ray analysis tools.
Products
- Remote monitoring company Clear Arch Health released a mobile app that patients access to health data, educational resources, and messages from providers.
- NLP software maker emtelligent expanded its emtelliSuite platform to include several apps for reading and interpreting radiology results.
- The results of a clinical trial show that use of XRHealth VR and AI software helps to reduce hot flashes and improve well-being in women with breast and ovarian cancer.
- Marketing communications company Paubox launched a new contact management tool for Paubox Marketing, its marketing automation product.
- Financial engagement and payment platform RevSpring released Conversations, which supports bidirectional communication with office staff or automated agents.
- More than 60% of health plans that got a 5-Star rating from CMS use Inovalon software, the data and analytics vendor announced.
Sales
- Kettering Health is using Nest Collaborative to provide virtual lactation consultations at the health system’s four maternity centers.
- New England-based urgent care network Emergence Health Holdings is deploying VisualDx for guidance with diagnosis and treatment decisions.
- Ohio-based Dayton Children’s Hospital chose VisiQuate for revenue and denials management.
- French cancer center Gustave Roussy Institute chose Synapse Medicine for clinical pharmacy and medication reconciliation services.
People
- Urgent care EHR vendor Experity appointed Dr. Benjamin Barlow as Chief Medical Officer.
- RCM consultancy MDaudit announced three leadership team appointments: Raj Joshi as CISO, Jaenna Babajane as Vice President of Customer Experience, and Nisheet Goenka as VP of Engineering.
- Acute care safety monitoring platform AvaSure made four C-suite appointments: Chief Financial Officer: John Vaillancourt as CFO, David Roth as Chief Marketing Officer, Chris Kocsis as Chief People Officer, and Jacob Hansen as Chief Product Officer.
- In-home physical therapy provider Luna announced Amber Mauro as Head of Therapist Acquisition and People Operations.
- Medicare ACO platform Vytalize Health named Frank Bordonaro as Senior VP of Value-Based Care and Network Development.
- AI-based administration and care managment platform AvodahMed added four members to its Medical Advisory Council.
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