Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Revolutionizing Healthcare With RTLS. Dr. Mohammed Smadi at Penguin Location Services updated John on how standardization is streamlining real-time location services and pushing it beyond asset tracking into broader IoT strategy. Read more…
Patients, Regulations, and Cybersecurity at the DirectTrust Conference. John made the trek to St. Louis and covered DirectTrust’s work with the Digital Therapeutics Alliance as well as why organizations need to build resiliency in a challenging cybersecurity environment. Read more…
Epic EHR Hosting and Resiliency in the Cloud With Rackspace. Rackspace is the largest third-party hosting provider of Epic. The company’s Jason Jones and Jack Crowley sat down with John to discuss what it takes to host Epic properly and how organizations can operate with a more resilient mindset. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Security and Awareness Culture. Brian Shea at MedOne Healthcare Partners joined John to discuss what organizations may be missing if they chase too many shiny objects. Brian also described what transitioning to the cloud has meant for security. Read more…
Data’s Role in Shaping the Future of Member Engagement and Health Equity. The combination of data analysis and digital engagement is critical to helping health plans build trust with members, said Jordan Armstrong at ResultsCX. Read more…
Better Vendor Management and Data Security Can Strengthen Your Weakest Link. Third parties account for the biggest data breaches in healthcare. Matt Murren at True North noted the importance of negotiating liability as contracts are being written – and continuously reviewing contracts. Read more…
Homecare Is Built on the Compassion and Dedication of Caregivers. Stephen Vaccaro at HHAeXchange highlighted the company’s recent survey, which found making a difference motivates caregivers to do their job. That’s something that can’t be taught. Read more…
Why Traditional Healthcare Institutions Should Act More Like Startups. Noah Waxman at Cactus outlined why embracing consumer-centric design and prioritizing providers’ needs can help health systems make the most of their innovation efforts. Read more…
How Community Hospitals Benefit From Payment Innovation. Patient collection rates have fallen below 50%. That makes it imperative for rural and community hospitals to leverage technologies that drive faster self-pay payments, according to Tom Furr at PatientPay. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for September 25, 2024: Systems analyst roles with multiple hospitals and health plans, along with numerous other positions. Read more…
Bonus Features for September 22, 2024: 80% of orgs have at least one cloud misconfiguration in place, plus Suki-MEDITECH integration is live at 12 health systems. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Human Longevity completed an oversubscribed $39.8 million Series B financing round.
- AI-powered health companion Rejoy Health completed a funding round that secured a $125 million valuation.
- Samsung received approval to complete its acquisition of Sonio, maker of software for prenatal care.
- Billing solution providers PatientPay and ClearGage closed their merger.
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