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
- Though patient acuity has increased by approximately 5% in the last six years, according to a Vizient report, overall mortality declined by 33% from 2019 to 2025.
- Misuse of AI chatbots topped ECRI’s annual list of health technology hazards, followed by a lack of preparedness for sudden loss of access to electronic systems and patient records.
- Meanwhile, a Wolters Kluwer Health survey found nearly 20% of healthcare professionals use unauthorized AI tools in the workplace.
- A Software Finder survey found 35% of patients would switch doctors if their digital tools were frustrating or outdated.
- While 85% of healthcare IT leaders view passwordless authentication as very important, only 7% have fully implemented passwordless access for clinical and non-clinical staff, according to an Imprivata survey.
- A Hinge Health report found 40% of providers lack the time or resources to help patients fully understand musculoskeletal condition and treatment options.
- Credentialing issues lead to $1 million in lost bills annually for as many as 25% of providers, according to a survey from Intelliworx.
- More than half (53%) of healthcare organizations expect supply chain challenges to get worse in 2026, according to a symplr survey.
- Medicare and Medicaid cuts are having a moderate or significant impact on 81% of health system pharmacies, according to research from Cencora.
- Along the same lines, a survey from MRO found 72% of healthcare leaders are concerned about how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will impact their organizations financially.
- A ProgenyHealth study found 96% of the nation’s potential birth-giving population lives in an area with a shortage of mental health professionals.
- A report from InStride Health and The Wharton School’s Health Care Management Department found 88% of clinical evaluators said AI scribing tool allowed them to be more present in sessions with patients and families.
- Research from Innovaccer found 62% of healthcare organizations say fragmented data systems are the top barrier to scaling AI. In addition, Community Care of North Carolina selected Innovaccer for decision support in care management.
- A report from Bessemer Venture Partners found AI companies captured 55% of all health tech funding in 2025, a total that has nearly doubled from 29% in 2022. In other news, Bessemer Venture Partners promoted Sofia Guerra to Partner.
Partnerships
- Pharmacy management software from Inovalon is now integrated with AlayaCare‘s nursing management platform. Meanwhile, Inovalon launched Clinical Trial Eligibility Screener, which evaluates patient eligibility against study-specific inclusion and exclusion criteria.
- Prenatal and oncology testing capabilities from BillionToOne are now integrated with Epic‘s Aura diagnostics suite.
- Virtual care form Equum Medical is now available on AvaSure‘s enterprise virtual care platform.
- Disease detection and care coordination company Viz.ai launched a real-time clinical intelligence service for Salesforce’s Agentforce Life Sciences.
- Pathology reporting tools from Voicebrook are now integrated with Fujifilm‘s Synapse Pathology PACS.
Products
- Amazon One Medical launched Health AI, an assistant within its One Medical app.
- Greenway Health launched its Agentic AI Factory, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services.
- Kontakt.io introduced Patient Flow Agent to help hospitals manage patient movement admission to discharge.
- Reputation management company rater8 added AI Insights to the rater8 Visibility Engine to help medical practices get real-time answers from patient feedback data.
- Reveleer announced EVE Hybrid AI, its next-generation prospective risk adjustment engine built on Google Cloud.
- SandboxAQ today launched AQAffinity, an AI model for predicting drug affinity before clinical trials enter the wet lab.
- Ventra Health launched vCision, an RCM improvement platform, in partnership with CitiusTech.
Company News
- Aidoc received FDA clearance for its AI triage solution, which aims to address ED crowding and imaging backlogs.
- Michigan-based Corewell Health launched organ donation registration in MyChart through a Donate Life America partnership.
- Ohio-based Aultman Health System implemented Nabla‘s ambient AI within Oracle Cerner.
- Qure.ai secured a grant from the Gates Foundation to build AI-powered, point-of-care ultrasound.
People
- Medication management company DrFirst appointed Valerie Mondelli as Chief Commercial Officer.
- Consultancy Chartis welcomed Sara Vaezy as Chief Product and Technology Officer.
- Quality and care management technology vendor Acentra Health appointed Deborah Ricci as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
- Multi-specialty provider network Akido Labs named Matt Siegler as Chief Network Officer.
- Virtual care provider Ovatient announced seven leadership appointments and promotions.
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