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
- Research from Cloudera found 28% of healthcare organizations say infrastructure performance consistently hinders operational initiatives.
- A Tebra study found 70% of healthcare professionals chart outside of working hours and spend 4.8 hours per week on the task; 4 in 10 said their volume of after-hours charting has increased in the last two years.
- A Vizient study projected healthcare organizations will spend about 8% more on IT security, IT hardware and accessories, and IT software and licensing in 2027.
- A Zelis survey found roughly 95% of payers and providers agree there’s more friction between them than there should be – in part because only 45% report collaborating with the other party on cost and quality data.
Partnerships
- The American College of Surgeons and Arcadia are collaborating to support the ACS Clinical Data Strategy to modernize how surgical clinical data are collected, connected, analyzed, and used.
- athenahealth launched Mobile Charge Capture, which it’s offering through partnership with HybridChart.
- AI agents from Causaly can read the full-text articles from over 400 Sage and Mary Ann Liebert journals in life sciences.
- Community health consultancy CURIS is partnering with AssureCare, a population health management company, to support long-term success for FQHCs and rural clinics participating in the Rural Health Transformation program.
- Digital engagement technology from GoMo Health is now integrated with NuraLogix, a wellness management company.
- HealthEx is partnering with Sharecare to bring clinical context into AskMD, Sharecare’s next-generation health navigation experience. In addition, HealthEx introduced HealthEx Wallet, a web app to help individuals manage their health records.
- Browser-native threat detection from Keep Aware is now integrated with HERE‘s enterprise browser.
- Healthcare data integration technology from Redox is now integrated with Lapsi Health‘s Keikku AI documentation platform.
- Wolters Kluwer Health is integrating UpToDate Lexidrug, Medi-Span, and UpToDate Patient Education with Epic‘s offerings for eligible rural hospitals, FQHCs, and tribal hospitals.
Products
- Health plan administration software maker Daffodil Health launched a new product for No Surprises Act dispute management.
- Insurance software maker Ebix launched the A.D.A.M. Medical Coding Platform, along with new production and delivery capabilities across its Health Content and Wellness business.
- Medidata launched Medidata Plus, making AI capabilities available across the Medidata Platform for scaling clinical trials.
- Nabla announced Nabla Dictation for Mac, a clinical dictation app designed natively for macOS.
Implementations
- San Diego’s Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute selected Cenevo‘s Mosaic sample management platform for life sciences.
- Virginia-based VA Salem Health Care System selected CliniComp‘s critical care EHR for its ICU.
- Israel-based Sheba Medical Center deployed OpenAI‘s enterprise healthcare AI platform.
- South Carolina’s MUSC Health expanded its use of Emily, its AI agent built on the SoundHound platform.
Company News
- Research from Birches Health found virtual treatment options achieved rapid, clinically meaningful reductions in gambling symptom severity.
- Israel’s deliverz.ai is launching its AI-powered healthcare logistics orchestration solutions in the United States.
- Implicity was granted FDA clearance for its ILR ECG Analyzer, which assesses alerts from implantable cardiac monitors.
- MedLink Global’s MedLink Psychiatric tool has been qualified as a solution on Mayo Clinic Platform.
- Brooklyn-based dementia care provider JVS Health selected Predoc to streamline medical record retrieval.
People
- AI care management company Ellipsis Health appointed Dr. Daniel Bensimhon as Chief Clinical Officer.
- Specialty group purchasing organization AllyGPO appointed Dustin Faircloth as President of AllyOncology.
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