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.
Epic Ambient AI Charting, Plus More Updates on Epic’s AI Solutions. John Lynn connected with Corey Miller at Epic to learn about the work that went into the company’s new charting tool, which has full context of the patient’s chart to orient documentation and orders to that specific patient. John and Corey also discussed the potential presented by integrating AI Charting with other Epic systems. Read more…
Rethinking Resilience in Radiology Workflows. RapidAI CEO Karim Karti joined Colin Hung to talk about supporting radiology systems that can continue functioning without full connectivity – a critical need amid cyberattacks or other disruptions to IT infrastructure. Read more…
How AI Enhances Outreach to Blood Donors. John talked to Lynne Briggs and Chris Miskel at Versiti, as well as Dr. Justin T. Collier at Lenovo, about using AI to provide personalized outreach to donors, automate documentation, and seek more precise diagnoses and treatment options. Read more…
Turning Analytics Into Actions That Clinicians Actually Use. Colin connected with Holly Rimmasch and Kathleen Merkley at Health Catalyst, which emphasizes the value of near-real-time data as something clinicians can recognize, remember, and act on while cases are still fresh. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Payments, Pain, and Pragmatic AI. John Chinnici at Ledger Run joined Danny Lieberman to discuss why delayed, incorrect, and bureaucratic payment processes are an accepted but damaging status quo in clinical research. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: Intriguing Stats. John and Colin unpack the meaning behind stats such as 25% of active ChatGPT users asking health-related questions and 80% of health systems using generative AI for RCM. Read more…
America Needs a Healthcare Clearing Corporation. Decades ago, Wall Street was overwhelmed by millions of physical documents. The industry transformed itself by standardizing transaction formats, automating matching, unifying technology requirements, and centralizing payments. It’s time for healthcare to do the same, said Stuart Z. Goldstein. Read more…
How to Reduce No-Show Appointment Rates With One Button. No-shows cost an average of $150,000 per physician annually, along with the negative impact of waster resources and delayed care. The solution is simple, according to Joep Leussink at AddEvent: An “Add to Calendar” button in appointment confirmation and reminder messages. Read more…
HTI-5: Less Red Tape, More AI Flexibility. In the latest post in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series, Dr. Nick Barger at DrFirst noted the ASTP/ONE proposal to reduce certified EHR criteria in HTI-5 and indicated that HTI-4’s fast-approaching deadlines for real-time prescription benefit checks and electronic prior authorization remain in place. Read more…
Removing Friction in Healthcare IT Starts With Identity and Access. Clinical staff have different levels of access at each facility they visit, which IT teams have previously treaded as islands. Effectively managing identities is a matter of setting permissions early on, as this will reduce vulnerabilities and improve patient care, said Paul Dant at Radiant Logic. Read more…
The End of Manual Enrollment? How Intelligent Automation Is Taking On First-Mile Insurance Data. Brokers can spend up to 60% of their time cleaning up data, according to Deepak Singh at Adeptia. Putting intelligent document processing in the hands of business users is an important step forward. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for February 4, 2026: The University of Texas Medical Branch seeks a VP and CIO. Read more…
Bonus Features for February 1, 2026: 64% of nurses wouldn’t feel legally protected if an AI tool caused patient harm; 59% of patients use at least one app to manage medications. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Automated MRI scanning software Vista closed $29.5 million in Series B financing.
- Imaging repository 4DMedical announced AU$150 million in new institutional placement.
- Acuvance acquired ROI Healthcare Solutions, which provides hospital ERP implementation and optimization professional services.
- Rapid Care acquired DeepDoc, maker of an AI platform for medical record analysis and summarization.
- Serve Robotics acquired Diligent Robotics, provider of AI-powered robot assistants for healthcare.
- Data management company Harmony Healthcare IT acquired Blue Elm, a MEDITECH data solutions provider.
- Rehab therapy software maker Net Health acquired Keet Health, a WebPT company.
- Global contract research organization Worldwide Clinical Trials acquired Catalyst Clinical Research, a specialized oncology CRO.
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