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.
Why NextGen Is Being Selective and Prudent With AI in 2025. In an exclusive interview, NextGen CEO David Sides sat down with Colin Hung to discuss an AI approach that helps practices achieve meaningful changes without overwhelming their systems or compromising quality. Read more…
Precision in Practice: A Deeply Clinical Approach to AI. Colin caught up with Amit Phadnis at RapidAI, who talked about why it’s so important for AI outputs to be directly integrated within PACS systems, along with how AI can reduce radiology’s many administrative burdens. Read more…
Improving Data Collection and Analysis to Address Health Inequities. The first step is gathering data from more diverse sources, the experts in the Healthcare IT Today community said. From there, it’s often a matter of deploying AI responsibly as part of a larger strategy to of building trust with vulnerable patients. Read more…
Why the FDA’s Involvement in AI Is a Good Thing. Dr. Samir Shah at Qure.ai talked to Colin about how FDA regulation of AI tools ensures their reliability, which is critical for building trust in the technology and expanding its adoption. Read more…
Keeping an Eye on Elderly Patients With Radar, Not Cameras. Colin caught up with Jamey Edwards at Cairns Health to learn about non-intrusive ways to monitor vital signs, track movement, and even sense changes in behavior patterns. Read more…
Reducing Health Disparities and Promoting Equity in Underserved Communities With SDoH. Addressing financial equity, increasing access to care, and improving diversity in clinical trials are some key areas of focus from members of the Healthcare IT Today community. Read more…
Improving Access to Behavioral Health Crisis Support Services. John Lynn interviewed Vatsala Kapur at Bamboo Health about using technology as well as workforce innovation to expand access to behavioral healthcare, particularly in rural areas. Read more…
First #HITsm Bluesky Chat: ViVE 2025 Conference Preview. The #HITsm chat is returning on January 31 at noon Eastern on Bluesky! With ViVE 2025 hitting Nashville in a couple weeks, we’ll use the inaugural #HITsm chat on Bluesky to preview the conference. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: Dissatisfaction With Healthcare Costs. John and Colin unpack why healthcare costs so much and whether rising costs are sustainable. They also debate whether the industry can reverse the trend. Read more…
Though Supplemental Benefits Skyrocket, Access to Care Remains a Challenge. Ashish V. Shah at Dina described why health plans need to bring digital transformation to care coordination in their efforts to help members access in-home support, meal services, and other supplemental benefits. Read more…
Beyond Patching: Securing Medical Devices Postmarket. Patching is essential to medical device security, but it’s often reactive. Runtime protections help protect devices from unknown vulnerabilities when immediate updates aren’t feasible, said Joseph M. Saunders at RunSafe Security. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for January 22, 2025: Roles with providers from Alaska to Ohio to Massachusetts. Read more…
Bonus Features for January 19, 2025: 183 million patient records were exposed in cyberattacks in 2024; meanwhile, 74% of organizations rely on manual processes for workforce management. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Workforce education and training vendor Relias acquired Feedtrail, maker of patient experience and reputation management software.
- Restorative care software provider Net Health acquired Alinea Engage, which offers patient engagement software for private and senior rehabilitation therapy providers.
- Remote teleradiology company ONRAD acquired Direct Radiology, the teleradiology group of Royal Philips.
- Innovaccer secured $275 million in Series F funding.
- Connected medical device company FIRE1 completed a $120 million financing round.
- Medication adherence and access vendor TailorMed secures $40 million in financing.
- Practice Better secured $13 million in growth capital; the company offers practice management software to health and wellness providers.
- Claims appeal vendor Cofactor AI launched with a $4 million seed round.
- Third-party EHR integration vendor Red Rover raised $4 million in seed funding.
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