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.
Studies
- Nearly half (49%) of of C-suite executives rank patient experience as their organization’s top strategic initiative, according to a survey from Sage Growth Partners. That’s up from just 14% in 2020.
- Use of locum tenens (temporary) providers has been 25% higher than expected since the start of 2024, according to a CHG Healthcare report. One-third organizations are using locum tenens to meet rising patient demand.
Partnerships
- At its annual conference, GTC DC, NVIDIA announced a partnership with Innovaccer to develop multimodal AI tools for healthcare. In addition, NVIDIA announced open models as part of NVIDIA Clara, which aims to accelerate medical research, and highlighted implementations at Johnson & Johnson and Lilly.
- Datavant is planning to integrate its clinical data access technology with athenaOne from athenahealth.
- Outpatient imaging provider SimonMed Imaging partnered with Koios Medical, which makes imaging decision support software, to launch Ultrasound+ to assist with breast and thyroid cancer detection.
Products
- Altera Digital Health launched CareInTelligence, an advanced data platform.
- Digital dental lab Dandy unveiled Dandy Vision and DandyCart, respectively an in-mouth scanner and portable workstation.
- Flatiron Health launched six new hematology Panoramic datasets, drawn from more than 500,000 patients.
- Lirio launched Precision Nudging for Life Sciences to help pharma and biotech companies deliver tailored messages directly to patients.
- Oshi Health launched Access+ to help connect GI practices with practitioners for virtual visits. In addition, research from Oshi Health demonstrated improved outcomes for patients treated in its virtual GI clinics.
- Redox expanded Redox Engine, its data integration platform, to enable users to create interoperability workflows tailored to their needs.
- Post-acute RCM vendor SimiTree launched CLARITY, an analytics dashboard.
- Verato announced its Identity Intelligence Agent for Salesforce Agentforce Health.
- VideaHealth launched Voice Notes, an ambient scribe created specifically for dentistry.
- WebMD Ignite launched Ignite Pulse, a marketing intelligence and activation solution.
- Women’s telehealth company Wisp launched a migraine care vertical.
- Wolters Kluwer Health launched AI features in Ovid Synthesis to help organizations with quality improvement and research projects.
Implementations
- Cleveland Clinic deployed Axuall Sync from Axuall to improve the accuracy of its provider directory.
- South Carolina’s Palmetto Primary Care Physicians expanded its contract with Avatara to manage its IT environment.
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs leveraged Oracle Health Community Care to launch an offline-capable mobile app.
Company News
- GenServe.AI launched to give health systems a framework for creating AI Centers of Excellence.
- Forcura and Medalogix rebranded as Mosai and released a combined product suite for post-acute care coordination.
People
- Community care integration platform Unite Us named Taylor Justice as Chief Executive Officer.
- Management services organization ApexHealth appointed Ruth Krystopolski as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
- Eye care EHR Sightview appointed D. Scott Foster as Chief Financial Officer.
- Restorative care software maker Net Health appointed Jonathan Blackburn as Chief Revenue Officer.
- HIE and RCM vendor Vyne appointed Sajid Khan as President, Vyne Intelligent Exchange.
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