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.
News and Research
- ONC is back! HHS announced March 31 (so it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke) that the agency restored the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and retired the title of ASTP/ONC.
- A Cantata Health Solutions survey found 84% of behavioral health patients are comfortable sharing daily wellness data if it leads to more personalized support.
Partnerships
- The Precision Oncology portfolio from Abbott is now integrated with OncoEMR, Flatiron’s cloud-based EMR.
- Ensemble and Cohere are partnering to build an RCM-native large language model.
- Behavioral health practice platform SimplePractice is partnering with Uprise Health, an Employee Assistance Program provider.
Products
- First Databank announced FDB MedProof MCP, a Model Context Protocol for AI agent-driven medication decision support and patient-facing workflows.
- My Pediatric Doctor launched a national, 24/7 urgent pediatric care telehealth platform.
- New Zealand’s Orchestral introduced Orchestral for Medication Safety, an AI-driven medication safety tool available for U.S. pharmacy workflows.
- Ovatient launched Compass, a virtual care platform built on Epic for health systems serving rural communities.
- Penguin Ai launched Gwen to let healthcare organizations design, deploy, and scale digital workers across administrative workflows.
Implementations
- New Jersey’s Atlantic Health deployed Artera‘s AI Agents for colonoscopy patient outreach.
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs selected Mynd Immersive to support a rollout of immersive virtual reality therapy across 45 VA medical centers.
- Ohio’s University of Toledo Health implemented Nabla for AI-powered clinical .documentation.
- Baya Area-based HCA Healthcare’s Good Samaritan Hospital implemented RapidAI‘s Lumina 3D imaging solution.
- Emergency Dental of America has deployed VideaHealth, a dental AI platform, across its network of 22 practices.
Company News
- CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER opened applications for SMILE Health and ACCELERATE, which support oral health startups. Applications are due May 13.
- Digital oncology vendor Resilience Care announced its formal expansion into the United States.
- Patient engagement and payment vendor RevSpring achieved HITRUST r2 Certification.
- National clinical services company SCP Health expanded Performance Edge, its strategic partnership model.
- WEDI launched its Federal Policy Consultative process to engage industry stakeholders on emerging federal policies and regulatory priorities.
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