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.
Supporting Predictive Analytics to Improve Clinical Decision Making and Patient Outcomes. To make the most of predictive analytics efforts, the Healthcare IT Today community recommended data normalization, real-time insights, and integration with clinical workflows. Read more…
The Real Barrier in Enterprise Imaging? Cloud Confusion. Colin Hung connected with Monique Rasband at KLAS Research; she said cloud adoption is accelerating, but mismatched cloud strategies across PACS, VNA, and cardiology are creating costly architectural tension. Read more…
Deriving Actionable Insights from Complex Datasets With Analytics and AI. Making this happen, according to the Healthcare IT Today community, starts with good data governance and requires NLP and AI models that can uncover context – particularly at the point of care. Read more…
The Case Against One-Size-Fits-All Digital Health. Dr. Chandi Chandrasena at OntarioMD explained to Colin why primary care clinics should look for flexible frameworks for digital transformation, not a recipe someone else has written. Read more…
CHIME 2025 Fall Forum: AI, Security, Innovation, Technical Debt, and Cost Pressures. Hearing from the experts in San Antonio, John Lynn concluded it’s the best of times and worst of times for today’s technology leaders in healthcare. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Shareable – and Readable – Healthcare Data. David Lazerson at Briya joined Danny Lieberman to unpack the benefits of helping researchers ask questions in plain English and get scientifically robust answers back. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: State of the Healthcare Job Market. John and Colin unpacked the trends impacting the healthcare workforce – and shared the job search tactics that worked best for them. Read more…
Prior Auth: Proving Ground for the White House’s Data Sharing Initiative. Everyone struggles with manual prior auth workflows, noted Ankit Jain at Infinitus. A common data language can help providers and payers share information, eliminating delays and removing guesswork. Read more…
This Year’s Open Enrollment Will Test Health Plans’ Tech Stacks. The combination of premium increases and policy changes will disrupt ACA marketplace open enrollment, noted Lindsey Miller at Softheon. Plans with integrated data infrastructure will be better positioned to support members throughout the process. Read more…
The Hidden Gaps That Put Healthcare Data at Risk. Only 11% of healthcare organizations encrypt data at rest – and fragmented technology only makes things worse, said Frank Balonis at Kiteworks. The answer is prioritizing governance as rigorously as clinical protocols. Read more…
Lessons from Retail: How Healthcare Can Harness AI With Confidence. Retail’s success with more efficient inventory management and more effective customer communication offers lessons for healthcare, said Martin Lewit at Nisum – along with the cautionary tale of building trust in AI tools. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for November 26, 2025: CIO roles in Georgia, Texas, and Vermont. Read more…
Bonus Features for November 23, 2025: Outdated tech causes 11 delays or errors in patient care per org per month; plus, 85% of health plans struggle with provider data inaccuracy. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- National telehealth platform MD Integrations secured a $77 million investment.
- AI agent Hyro announced a $45 million strategic growth round.
- Virtual nursing company OutcomesAI secured $10 million in seed financing.
- Senior chronic condition care solution provider Cairns Health acquired Together by Renee from SixD.
- AVIA acquired Panda Health; their combined digital transformation platform represents over 75% of the nation’s health systems and over 7,000 companies.
- RCM automation vendor R1 acquired Phare Health, maker of inpatient coding and documentation software.
- Access management vendor Imprivata acquired Verosint, a provider identity threat detection and response tools.
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