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.
Why Greenway Health Ditched the EHR and Started Over with Novare. CEO Richard Atkin and CMO Dr. Michael Blackman sat down with Colin Hung to discuss why Greenway built an EHR that’s AI by design, what exactly that means, and how it can power proactive care. Read more…
A Bold CMS Prediction, Behavioral Science, and What You Missed at RISE National 2026. At the health plan conference, Colin heard a CMS official say clinicians will have access to better medical knowledge in the tools they use thanks to AI. He also learned you can’t automate empathy, especially when nudges are repeatedly unanswered. Read more…
Why Healthcare Safety Is a Data Problem. August Calhoun at RLDatix sat down with John Lynn to explain why organizations need to evolve from incident reporting to process improvement when it comes to using data to strengthen patient safety and modernize operations. Read more…
Addressing Governance, Ethical, and Regulatory Considerations in Deploying AI. Clear accountability, transparency, compliance, humans in the loop, and audit trails are just some of the main considerations, according to the Healthcare IT Today community. Read more…
Evaluating AI Models for Reliability, Transparency, and Bias. This is critical for using AI in clinical and administrative workflows. The experts in the Healthcare IT Today community recommended ensuring variability and observability of data, along with continuous evaluation and validation. Read more…
Using AI to Support Clinical Decision Making, Operational Efficiency, and Patient Engagement. The most important use cases, according to the Healthcare IT Today community, include reducing administrative burdens, helping predict operational bottlenecks, and coordinating care transitions. Read more…
Why Power and Electric Companies Exhibited at HIMSS26 – and Why CIOs Should Take Note. Health systems can’t wait until the 11th hour to figure out if their facilities can handle low-latency edge AI tools, Malcolm Murray at Schneider Electric told Colin. Read more…
An Empathy-First Approach to Chronic Illness in Vulnerable Populations. Dan McDonald and Lauren Barca at 86Borders talked to John about engaging with populations that face multiple barriers to accessing care but may distrust the healthcare system and the technology tools it offers to them. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Why AI Agents Will Save CROs, Not Replace Them. Medable Chief Customer Officer Alison Holland joined Danny Lieberman to chat about how SaaS automates the low-value work of clinical trials to remove the barriers to patient participation. Read more…
Healthcare RCM Needs to Catch Up With Other Industries. It’s time for RCM to shift from reactive cleanup to proactive design, said WebPT COO Monte Sandler. That depends on accurate information capture at intake and guidance at the time of documentation to prevent errors in the first place. Read more…
AI Made HCC Coding Harder; This Is How to Fix It. Ritwik Jain at Martlet.AI and John Snow Labs said AI tools are overwhelming clinicians and coders with low-quality outputs that lack context or clinical relevance. That’s why organizations need AI tools purpose-built for risk adjustment. Read more…
How to Get More From Your Microsoft Cloud Deployment. The key is to approach the Microsoft ecosystem as a connected whole rather than a series of disconnected tools, according to Amol Dalvi at Nerdio. Specific tips include deploying unified endpoint management and automated policy enforcement. Read more…
Patient Warming and Secure Positioning in the OR Don’t Require Separate Solutions. Temperature and stability are critical patient safety variables that are traditionally managed separately. That’s why Gentherm integrated warning into securement pads, the company’s Adam Hauke said. Read more…
Becoming the First Agentic Native Company in U.S. Healthcare. DeepCura CEO Fernando Cowan described how the company, with two employees and seven autonomous AI agents, was designed so the same AI agents the company sells to clinicians also run the company’s internal operations. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for April 8, 2026: UAB Medicine (Birmingham, Alabama) is looking for a Chief Technology Officer. Read more…
Bonus Features for April 5, 2026: Classis ONC is back! Plus, 84% of behavioral health patients are comfortable sharing personal data if it improves support. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Brokerage platform Gyde acquired Avid Health, a Medicare agency based in Palm Beach, Florida.
- Care enablement company IKS Health acquired ThinkDTM, a digital services company.
- Neonatal and pediatric digital care company AngelEye Health acquired SupportSpot from Child Life On Call, which provides psychosocial support for pediatric patients and their families.
- Achieve Partners sold Optimum Healthcare IT to Infosys.
- Enterprise AI platform Qualified Health announced a $125 million Series B financing round.
- AI orchestration platform for RCM Adonis raised $40 million in Series C funding.
- Clinical AI platform Avo announced a $10 million Series A financing round.
- Maternal care platform Flourish Care announced $5.7 million in oversubscribed seed financing.
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