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 – especially if you were busy cooking a turkey, delicious side dishes, or pies.
3D Printing Improves Surgical Accuracy and Safety, One Layer at a Time. At HLTH, Colin Hung met with Gary M. Turner at Ricoh to see how 3D printing creates personalized surgical guides that help surgeons target tumors, plan incisions, and minimize tissue removal. Read more…
How a Gingerbread Man Can Improve Patient Monitoring and Safety. Colin caught up with Julia Strandberg and Joyce De Ala at Philips to learn about the company’s Visual Patient Avatar that consolidates critical clinical information in a single image, much like the flight display in a commercial airline cockpit. Read more…
Oracle Health Raises the Bar on Its EHR. Oracle Health unveiled its next-generation EHR at the recent Oracle Health Summit. Colin was impressed with the “Ask Oracle” bar that accepts typed or voice commands to help users search for valuable information. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: Optimizing the Medication Journey. Dr. Colin Banas at DrFirst joined John Lynn to talk about what it takes to get medication management right – and whether prior authorization and specialty medication make this harder. Read more…
Advancing Behavioral Health Through AI Integration. Amid significant strain on the behavioral health system, research has shown AI can detect conditions, enable personalized treatment, and improve therapeutic approaches, noted Andy Flanagan at Iris Telehealth. Read more…
Innovative Technology Modernizes Benefits Verification During Open Enrollment. Five million Americans need to find new Medicare plans in 2025. Real-time benefits checks help beneficiaries choose the right plan and reduce denials, said Andrew Mignatti at careviso. Read more…
Shifting From Reactive to Proactive Healthcare Delivery. Dr. Paulo Pinho at Discern Health described the value of predictive analytics in early detection and intervention, especially to help older adults close the gap between lifespan and health span. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for November 27, 2024: Multiple roles in informatics and information management, plus California’s Clinicas del Camino Real seeks a Chief Medical Officer. Read more…
Bonus Features for November 24, 2024: Only 16% of patients prefer online pharmacies; medical coding denials up 125% in the last year. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Healthcare phone call automation firm Infinitus Systems raised $51.5 million in Series C funding.
- On-demand medical guidance startup Counsel Health launched with $11 million in seed funding.
- Chronic condition management vendor CopilotIQ merged with Biofourmis, a virtual and in-home care delivery service provider.
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