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
- Among the tidbits from Trilliant Health’s 2026 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report: 49% of patients have administered a self-test for an illness or symptom, and 17% report requesting a lab test based on information they learned from social media.
- A PayZen survey found that nearly 43% of patients have used an AI chatbot instead of seeing a doctor because of cost concerns – and patients that do it once are more likely than not to do it again.
- A survey from SimplePractice and Heard found that 57% of independent behavioral health practitioners using an EHR system still spend too much time on tasks their current tools don’t cover.
- A Clearwater survey found that 91% of healthcare organizations cannot verify what AI is running in their environments.
Partnerships
- Castle Connolly and rater8 are partnering to help healthcare organizations capture patient feedback and strengthen their online presence.
- Inventory management technology from Chooch AI is now integrated with Henry Schein‘s Supply Chain Services.
- Medical imaging foundation models from HOPPR are now available through CARPL.ai‘s radiology AI marketplace.
- Identity verification technology from ID.me is now integrated with Datavant‘s Patient Request Tool.
- Imaging vendor Riverain Technologies’ ClearRead Chest suite is now available through RapidAI’s Rapid Enterprise Platform.
Products
- Arcadia announced a new portfolio: Arcadia Ascent for provider and payer performance management, Arcadia CareJourney for market intelligence, and Arcadia LifeScience for real-world evidence.
- Clearsense announced a cloud-based DICOM archive that supports supports CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, PET and dental images.
- Cotiviti announced a new Concurrent Quality solution and expanded Engagement Hub to help health plans identify care gaps and coordinate outreach.
- Voice AI company Deepgram released Nova-3 Medical Multilingual, brings medical-specialized speech recognition to 10 languages.
- IntusCare expanded its IRIS risk adjustment platform for the Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) market.
- Infinitus announced FieldForce, AI agents designed to support pharma sales reps and field reimbursement managers.
- MedScout launched Scout AI, to give medical device sales reps better access to data, and MedScout MCP, to bring the company’s insights into generative AI platforms.
- Peyton AI launched a triage platform for medical negligence claims for law firms, malpractice insurers, and hospital risk teams.
- Teladoc Health announced SoloVitals and SoloScribe capabilities within Solo, its enterprise platform for hospitals and health systems.
- TempDev relaunched its Quality Measures Dashboard for NextGen Enterprise to reflect recent updates to HEDIS, MIPS, UDS, and GPRA measurement specifications.
Implementations
- The University of Texas is expanding access to Abridge‘s documentation platform across the UT System.
- Italy’s University of Turin is adopting Openwater‘s Open-Motion device to support cardiovascular and neurophysiological research.
- Nebraska Cancer Specialists selected Predoc to support medical records workflows.
- Ohio’s University Hospitals expanded its partnership with ESO to bring clinical data to fire departments and EMS agencies that transport patients to UH facilities.
Company News
- Amazon Web Services announced 11 recipients of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant Children’s Health Innovation Award, with recipients receiving $1.8 million in cash funding, AWS computing credits, and expert technical guidance.
- ONC and HHS announced awards totaling $1.5 million under LEAP in Health IT for the Medstar Health Research Institute and the Regenstrief Institute.
- ŌURA’s quality management system for medical device software has been certified to ISO 13485.
- Topcon Healthcare spun out Oku Digital Health, a startup aiming to connect eye health insights to whole-body health.
People
- Revenue recovery vendor Knowtion Health named Steven Huddleston as CEO; he joins the company from HCA Healthcare.
- Longevity health company Function named Taj Alavi as Chief Marketing Officer.
- Operations automation vendor IKS Health appointed Amaris McComas as Group Chief Human Resources Officer.
- Health experience company mPulse appointed Harish Nanda as Chief Technology Officer and Erin Kowalow as Chief Business Operations Officer.
- Harris Computer business unit Altera Digital Health announced three executive leadership transitions.
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