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.
Stats
- HHS announced TEFCA has reached 1 billion health records exchanged.
- A Clarity RCM survey found 88% of dermatology practices are currently using AI tools; meanwhile, 58% said patients arrive to their practice with AI-generated diagnoses or treatment ideas on a daily basis.
- A PerfectServe survey found 85% of healthcare organizations want to switch contact center vendors but are held back by switching costs and vendor lock-in.
- A Qventus survey found nearly 45% of CIOs are now the primary decision makers on AI purchasing, and 94% say delays in operationalizing AI would put their organization at a competitive disadvantage.
Partnerships
- Sharecare and Amazon Web Services are collaborating to launch of AskMD by Sharecare, a care navigation platform for patients. In addition, AWS announced support for the Fleming Initiative‘s global antimicrobial resistance intelligence platform.
- Health Samurai’s FHIR platform Aidbox is now available on Databricks.
- CompuMed and 3DR Labs are expanding their partnership to analyze and extract data from existing donor CT imaging studies.
- RxInform from DrFirst is now integrated with Elation Health‘s EHR for physician practices.
- RCM software from Inovalon is now integrated with eMedicalPractice‘s EHR platform.
- Medbridge and Tandem RTM are partnering to help healthcare organizations boost remote therapeutic monitoring revenue.
- Large quantitative models from SandboxAQ are now accessible through Google Cloud’s Marketplace.
- Prescription drug cost data from SmithRx is now integrated with Transcarent‘s WayFinding platform for medical care and pharmacy navigation.
- Temperature-controlled medication solutions provider TempraMed Technologies expanded its partnership with McKesson Medical-Surgical.
Products
- Anthropic announced Claude Science, an AI workbench for science research. Claude Sciance integrates with NVIDIA BioNeMo Agent Toolkit to bring NVIDIA models and services into the research environment.
- Clinical Solutions announced enhanced risk-based quality management features in its elluminate Clinical Data Intelligence Platform.
- Medical review technology company Humata Health announced a standalone prior authorization platform for independent practices, regional health centers, and specialty clinics.
- OptimizeRx launched CopayCue to make savings opportunities more transparent for physicians at the point of prescribing.
Implementations
- Alabama-based FQHC HAPPI Health selected CareImpact.ai to support patient engagement and care coordination using agentic AI.
- Illinois-based OSF HealthCare selected TRIMEDX to manage medical devices and other clinical assets.
- The University of South Alabama, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and Watershed Health are partnering to provide direct referrals to resources to address food insecurity.
Company News
- The Sequoia Project released guidance for evaluating and implementing automated, computable consent processes for sharing health information.
- R&D decision support vendor VeriSIM Life is collaborating with the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research.
People
- The American Hospital Associated appointed Steve Walsh as President and CEO.
- Population health vendor Azara Healthcare announced Mary Lantin as President and CEO.
- Autonomous medication management company Omnicell appointed Nnamdi Njoku as President; he’ll retain his role as Chief Operating Officer.
- RCM vendor EnableComp appointed Maureen Ladouceur as Chief Commercial Officer.
- Healthcare operations software maker symplr named Andrew Langford as Chief Financial Officer.
- Senior living technology company Inspiren named Gabrielle Fernandes as CFO.
- DirectTrust announced new and returning members of its Board of Directors and updates to its Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
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