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.
News
- Google Cloud announced Gemini for Healthcare, which is available in preview and has four components: Skills that teach Gemini a specific task, connections to clinical and administrative applications, a governance platform, and an open partner ecosystem. Gemini for Healthcare’s partners include Alteryx (data connections), AuxoAI (AI deployment), GoodRx (prescription pricing), Infinitus (AI agents), UiPath (workflow automation), and Verato (identity management)
- Amazon Web Services announced the AWS Health Impact Initiative, a five-year, $100 million commitment of AI, agentic services, and cloud infrastructure for nonprofits, government agencies, research institutions, and technology companies working to close health gaps affecting underserved populations worldwide.
- ONC and CMS launched a voluntary electronic prior authorization testing initiative with payers, providers, hospitals, EHR developers, intermediaries, and others.
Stats
- A Doximity survey found that 52% of physicians use AI daily, and 85% use it weekly.
- An EY survey found that 57% of patients track their own health data, but only 30% say their health professionals actively access it.
- A Five9 survey found that 38% of patients are comfortable using AI to schedule or reschedule an appointment, but only 12% are comfortable using it for medical advice about symptoms, a diagnosis, or treatment.
- A report from Gravitee found that 63% of healthcare organizations reported a security or privacy incident related to their use of AI agents.
- A Penguin Ai survey found that 87% of patients would support AI that gets prior authorization approvals decided faster and more accurately.
- A Wellsky report found that 69% of healthcare professionals want their organization to use more AI over the next 12 months.
- A WittKieffer survey found that 56% of healthcare CIOs report directly to the CEO, and 82% sit on the executive leadership team.
Partnerships
- Prescription price comparison tools from Buzz Health are now integrated with Push Health‘s self-pay virtual care platform.
- Clinical decision support from Glass Health is now integrated with epocrates‘ AI Assist conversational AI tool.
- QHIN Kno2 is collaborating with Microsoft to help healthcare organizations connect Azure Health Data Services, Microsoft Fabric, and OneLake with the broader healthcare ecosystem.
- The MyPhenome genetic obesity test from Phenomix Sciences is integrated with Proto360 Health‘s comprehensive metabolic care program.
Products
- Ebix Health Content and Wellness company A.D.A.M. Patient Education Solutions launched its redesigned SmartCare platform.
- Annexus Health launched the Annexus Platform to help healthcare providers manage patient financial assistance throughout treatment.
- Concentrate AI announced its healthcare AI gateway, giving healthcare and life sciences companies access to frontier and open-weight AI models through a single API and BAA.
- Individual Access Services (IAS) provider HealthEx is live with support for MyChart Central’s community authorization. In addition, Oscar Health selected HealthEx to help members connect records from clinics, hospitals, and labs.
- Preventive care company Longevitix extended its platform dedicated to women’s health.
- Lyric announced Lyric42 Change Management capabilities for health plan clients governing changes to policy logic and content.
- MDCalc launched CrossCover, a clinical decision support layer designed to sit between clinicians and generative AI tools.
- Job posting and continuing education site Nurse.com launched its mobile app.
- Governance platform Pacific AI announced Continuous Risk Assessment to help keep risk assessments current after they’re approved.
- Personify Health unveiled a wellbeing platform for self-insured employers.
- Consultancy Quoris announced Garage, a flexible data storage archive.
- Talkdesk announced Talkdesk Voyager, which includes workflow orchestration capabilities for care planning and post-discharge journeys.
Implementations
- Indiana’s Hancock Health expanded its partnership with Arrive AI, adding phlebotomy specimen delivery via robot.
- California-based specialty care provider Unio Health Partners is deploying Basata‘s orchestration platform for agentic healthcare operations.
- Prescription benefit facilitator BeneCard PBF is rolling out Scripta Insights‘ Rx Navigation across its book of business.
Company News
- Research from Cordio Medical found that AI-assisted voice analysis can predict heart failure events at an average of 24.6 days before they occurred.
- Research from Mosaic Clinical Technologies found that investigational vision-language models identified additional clinically important findings in CT and X-ray exams, enhancing detection by an average of 40%.
People
- RCM vendor FinThrive appointed Sam Meckey as Chief Executive Officer.
- Complex condition management technology maker Welldoc appointed Michael Acker as Chief Growth Officer.
- Care navigation technology maker Vālenz Health named Shannon Schaul as Chief Sales Officer.
- Clinical diagnostics company Deciphex appointed Stephen White as Chief Compliance & Risk Officer.
- Practice management software maker Rectangle Health appointed Rooshi Rajkotia as Chief Technology Officer and Marc Thomas as Chief Revenue Officer.
- Alabama’s UAB Medicine named Terri Couts as Chief Digital and Information Officer, effective January 11, 2027.
- California-based nonprofit health data network Manifest MedEx announced Dr. Shadi Barfjani as Executive Director of its Central and Northern Regions.
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