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 that 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.
Reports
- An HFMA survey found 27% of healthcare organizations are actively deploying AI at scale across multiple functions, and another 53% are conducting pilots.
- Sixty percent of healthcare organizations are prioritizing better analytics and insights in 2026, according to Strata Decision Technology report, and 53% are focusing on comparative data and benchmarks.
- More than half (56%) of healthcare leaders are optimistic that operational and technology investments could stabilize their financial outlook, according to a LeanTaaS survey.
Products
- Amazon One Medical launched a GLP-1 Management Program that integrates primary care, Amazon Pharmacy, and virtual care options.
- Atropos Health announced Alexandria, the Atropos Evidence Library, which contains more than 33 million artifacts of real-world evidence.
- ConcertAI introduced Cadence Suite, which uses specialty pharmacy, claims, and SDoH data to help resolve barriers to patient access to medication.
- eClinicalWorks introduced the healow Chronic Care Management Specialist Service, which will conduct monthly outreach to patients.
- Fan Pier Labs released MyChart Connector, which connects Epic MyChart to Claude via Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Homecare management solutions for providers HHAeXchange launched Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Services.
- HOPPR introduced HOPPR MC Chest Radiography Narrative Model for translating chest X-ray images into descriptive, structured text.
- Infinitus Systems launched Infinitus Studio to enable users to design and deploy AI agents without needing to know how to code.
- Kazmira Therapeutics launched 1Cannabis, an online medical cannabis education platform.
- Workflow automation company Luma Health announced its spring 2026 product release, which includes a workflow builder and analysis of incoming faxes.
- Lumeris announced Native Audio for Tom, bringing conversational AI its Primary Care as a Service platform.
- NuvemRx launched Mission Control to bring insights and guidance to pharmacy care operations in community health.
- OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Clinicians and also introduced HealthBench Professional, an open benchmark for clinician chat tasks across care consults, writing and documentation, and medical research.
- EHR vendor Rethink Behavioral Health announced BillAI by Rethink, an intelligent billing system.
- Timely by DrFirst launched a provider engagement solution to help resolve issues that delay filling specialty pharmacy prescriptions.
- Pharmacy solutions company VytlOne released VytlAIQ for optimizing 340B and specialty pharmacy services management.
- West Technology Group subsidiary WestCX launched WestCX Orchestrate to coordinate engagement; it’s initially launching in the pharmacy market.
Implementations
- Indiana-based Columbus Regional Health chose Shields Health Solutions to support specialty pharmacy management.
- Self-Insured Schools of California expanded its partnership with WellTheory, an autoimmune disease care platform.
Company News
- Avenda Health’s Unfold AI is now included in Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedules across 7 western states; the product aims to help diagnose and treat prostate cancer.
- Peer-reviewed research from Brook found AI-powered continuous care for hypertension outperformed traditional RPM by 26%.
- Remote monitoring company CareTrack integrated with Epic and has been added to Connection Hub on Epic Showroom.
- Rectangle Health successfully completed an independent PCI DSS v4.0.1 assessment for its Practice Management Bridge platform.
- Dental AI platform VideaHealth rebranded as Videa.
- Yelp is integrating with Zocdoc so patients searching for a doctor can now book an appointment.
People
- Clinical documentation platform Ambience Healthcare appointed Dr. Michael Han as Chief Medical Officer.
- Healthcare financial technology company Zelis appointed Peter Durlach as Chief Strategy Officer and promoted Matthew Krawse to Chief Revenue Officer.
- Pivot Point Consulting appointed Thomas Kaylor as Chief Financial Officer.
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