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.
Hyro’s Free AI Agent for Targeting Patients Who May Lose Insurance. As OBBB goes into effect, millions of Americans will likely lose insurance coverage. The impact will be a long tail of a long tail of churn and re-verification as patients start and stop coverage, according to Aaron Bours at Hyro. He talked to John Lynn about the company’s free AI agent for coverage renewal and support. Read more…
Interoperability, AI Integration, Security, Leadership, and More at MEDITECH Live. Video interviews from the user conference described implementing ambient AI at scale, focusing on foundational technology, and reshaping clinical workflows to give time back to clinicians. Read more…
How Should the Government Be Involved in Data Sharing? We posed this question to the Healthcare IT Today community. Answers included setting standards, providing guidance, protecting patients from harm, and encouraging vendors to collaborate and innovate. Read more…
Big Announcements from the eClinicalWorks National Conference. Reporting from Orlando, John highlighted why eCW created PRISMA (to summarize medical records, not just offer clinicians links to it) – and how the company has a future vision of clinical and administrative staff interacting with the EHR using smart glasses. Read more…
CharmHealth Is Betting on Physician Practice Loyalty. CEO Pramila Srinivasan talked to Colin Hung at the company’s user conference, where CharmHealth emphasized building a peer network for physicians in small practices and using the EHR as a tool for meaningful research. Read more…
What Happens When More Work Is Disguised as Change? Dr. Michael Blackman at Greenway Health joined Colin to share his thoughts on using AI as a “quick second opinion” for decision support and as a documentation assistant while ensuring humans have the final say. Read more…
Why Interoperability Still Feels Stuck. Colin sat down with Paul Wilder at the Commonwell Health Alliance, who said labs and pharmacies are the missing voices in today’s data-exchange framework because they’ve been forced into document-based interoperability standards. Read more…
Understanding Safe Frameworks for AI Adoption. Acentra Health’s Todd Stottlemyer joined John to explain the role of the Safe AI and Medicaid Alliance in addressing issues of compliance and equity in AI – especially in a dynamic market. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Business Development in Europe. Danny Lieberman caught up with Tigran Arzumanov at Basel-based BDaaS, who discussed the role of an experienced sales team in supporting expansion from the United States to the European Union. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: Information Blocking Enforcement. John and Colin debate whether HHS pledges to crack down on information blocking will be effective. They also discuss whether vendors and patients alike are getting access to the right data. Read more…
The Hidden Cost CIOs and COOs Can’t Ignore: Misaligned Tech. Technology misalignment shows up in fragmentation, adoption gaps, workflow friction, and eroded employee confidence, noted Rhonda Gibler at Carenet Health. Leaders should respond by emphasizing simplicity and real outcomes. Read more…
Why Are Healthcare Employees Going Rogue With AI? Lauren Spiller at ManageEngine said it’s not recklessness but, rather, a sign that workers are early adopters of anything that could help patients or colleagues. Organizations need to make sure governance frameworks and technical controls keep pace with adoption. Read more…
Are Mobile Devices the Answer to Healthcare’s Burnout Problem? Many organizations struggle with mobile device deployment. Access controls, loss prevention, device provisioning, and user training help get the most from shared devices, said Dr. Sean Kelly at Imprivata. Read more…
Why Public Health Data Needs to Modernize. Keith Boone at Audacious Inquiry described why agencies need to consider transitioning from HL7 V2 to FHIR, as modern data architecture supports public health initiatives such as population health, value-based care, and addressing health inequities. Read more…
Healthcare’s Device Crisis Is a Patient Safety Crisis. Two-thirds of healthcare organizations experience care disruptions following security incidents. Strategies such as endpoint management and network segmentation can help protect mission-critical medical devices, noted Apu Pavithran at Hexnode. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 1, 2025: NYU Langone Health and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are both searching for a CMIO. Read more…
Bonus Features for September 28, 2025: 90% of claims denials require human review before resubmission, plus 73% of biopharma teams got false insights thanks to incomplete data. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- RLDatix subsidiary RLDatix Life Sciences and MediSpend announced a definitive agreement to merge.
- Data modernization vendor Prominence Advisors acquired Tegra Analytics, a life sciences analytics consultancy.
- GovCIO completed the acquisition of SoldierPoint Digital Health from Iron Bow Technologies.
- Care transitions platform company Cascala Health raised $8.6 million in seed financing.
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