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.
News
- CMMI released the 2022 performance results for the direct contracting value-based care model, which has since been redesigned and renamed the ACO REACH Model. All told, participating entities achieved net savings of more than $484 million. That’s an increase of more than 10x from 2021, though the gains are explained in part from a longer reporting period and more providers participating.
- Digital health funding has dropped to levels not seen since 2016, with just $3 billion in global funding announced in Q3, according to the latest report from CB Insights. In addition, the number of total deals announced, 247, is the lowest count in nearly a decade.
Studies and Surveys
- Nearly 80% of patients say the billing experience is important when choosing a provider, according to a report from Salucro Healthcare Solutions. Additionally, two-thirds of patients said they prefer text or email reminders about their bills, while demand for contactless payments has doubled in two years.
- Only 17% of healthcare technology VCs said generative AI is “significantly” changing their investment strategy, according to a poll from GSR Ventures. Another 12% said the technology isn’t changing their strategy at all – leaving the majority, at 71% to say generative AI is impacting their investment strategy “somewhat” or “a little.”
- Retaining qualified IT talent is the top operational challenge for 44% of healthcare organizations, the latest industry outlook report from Stoltenberg Consulting found. When it comes to financial priorities, the main concern for 56% of organizations is getting the most out of existing EHR or ERP systems.
- A recent Cedar Gate Technologies analysis of its member database indicated 55% of women with commercial insurance are unlikely to get a mammogram even though clinical guidelines suggest they should. The study also found that the average age of a breast cancer diagnosis for commercially insured women is 58, compared to 63 for other women.
- About 60% of patients are comfortable with their provider sharing information about social needs such as food, transportation, or housing with other providers, according to the latest ONC Data Brief.
- While 74% of clinicians have changed a diagnosis or altered a treatment plan based on insights from third-party tools integrated with their EHRs, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights adversely impacts patient care, according to a survey from Insiteflow.
- Although 45% of healthcare finance professionals said autonomous coding works well and 16% place complete trust in it, a majority of those surveyed (52%) said they don’t know what it is, according to a report from HFMA and AGS Health.
Partnerships
- California HHS designated nine Qualified Health Information Organizations to facilitate information exchange in the state starting in 2024.
- WebMD Ignite and Freshpaint are partnering to incorporate patient privacy into healthcare marketing services.
- Point-to-point encryption vendor Bluefin is integrating with CORE payment products for government and healthcare customers.
- Google Cloud solution provider SADA is collaborating with Peerbridge Health to build its enterprise clinician portal and deploy its cardiac monitoring platform.
- Patient engagement software Intiveo has integrated with Sensei Cloud, the patient and practice management platform of Carestream Dental.
- Maternity care platform Mother Goose Health is partnering with Nest Collaborative, a virtual lactation consultation platform.
Product and Company News
- Staffing firm SnapNurse has relaunched as SnapCare and is offering its float pool management software at no cost.
- FutureRx launched PlexxusAI to help health plans improve medication adherence and pharmacy care management.
- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company rolled out Accessibility Hub by RRD, which manages alternative document formats for healthcare and insurance.
- Weight loss program Found launched Found Assistant to provide personalized insight on on nutrition, movement, health habits, and more.
- Personal safety technology vendor LogicMark launched the Freedom Alert Plus device and the complementary Care Village platform.
- Ventric Health received FDA 510(k) clearance for Vivio, a device that aids in the diagnosis of heart failure.
- Data integration platform 1upHealth joined the early adopter program for NCQA Digital Content Services.
- Cardiac data management company Implicity was shown to reduce alerts from implanted cardiac devices by nearly 58%, according to a paper published in the Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal.
Sales
- Maryland-based Urology Associates is adopting Avenda Health’s Unfold AI platform and integrating it with its own PrecisionPoint Transperineal Access System to identify cases of prostate cancer.
- Pennsylvania-based Integrated Medical Health implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow.
- Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital implemented RapidAI stroke imaging and workflow products.
- Nebraska-based Midwest Surgical Hospital selected Wolters Kluwer Health Simplifi to manage pharmaceutical compounding documentation.
Certifications
- Chronic disease workflow management vendor Rimidi received provisional certification status for TX-RAMP, which is Texas’ risk and authorization management program.
- Workflow automation vendor Lumeon received HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification for Lumeon Conductor.
- Fivetran attained HITRUST Implemented, 1-Year (i1) Certification for the Fivetran Automated Data Movement Platform.
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