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 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 and Research
A paper from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and HiLabs found inconsistencies for 81% of physicians examined across 5 large national health insurers. Along with the challenge of inaccuracy, researchers noted that this poses problems related to surprise billing, delays in care, and misrepresentation of the breadth and depth of in-network providers. Check out the interview John did recently with HiLabs to learn more about what they do.
A survey from the Health Management Academy and Outbound AI reported that almost half (48%) of health systems are using AI technology for workforce management, and 85% expect to see a moderate to significant increase in the use of such tools in the next one to three years. Not surprising RCM is also a popular use case for AI, with 78% of health systems currently using it or evaluating its use.
Digital therapeutic company Medisafe surveyed patients, providers, and digital health leaders about the state of digital solutions for patient care. Overall, 40% of respondents said the pace of innovation is just right. Interestingly, the two categories of respondents most likely to say the pace of innovation is “much too slow” were patients (17%) and C-level executives (15%).
Partnerships
- Home care technology platform HHAeXchange added six companies to its Partner Connect Program: ADP, Caribou Rewards, Perry, Vitable Health, Remote Focus, and IMA Group.
- Remote monitoring firm Health Recovery Solutions and CommonWealth Purchasing Group are collaborating to bring telehealth to nearly 1,000 community health centers and FQHCs.
- Workflow automation provider Orbita is integrating with Isabel Healthcare to power Isabel’s symptom checking and triage tools.
- Interoperability engine Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite is now available in AWS Marketplace.
- Digital pathology application Paige added Mindpeak‘s image analysis software to its platform.
- RCM vendor PMMC is working with CAST Imaging to accelerate its migration to the cloud.
- Qualtrics is partnering with the DAISY Foundation by adding a prompt for patients completing feedback forms to nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award.
Products
- Luma Health released Luma Bedrock, which assesses data from more than 650 healthcare organizations to provide insight into when and how to most effectively engage with patients.
- Hexaware subsidiary Mobiquity released research identifying the top features that increase patient engagement in digital health apps.
- Brightside Health released research showing that supplemental video lessons combined with virtual psychotherapy treatment improves symptoms in patients being treated for depression and anxiety.
- A joint study from Roche, IRIF, and QC Ware demonstrated the ability of quantum computing to outperform other computing systems in detecting the presence and type of diabetic retinopathy.
Sales
- Avaneer Health launched its decentralized peer-to-peer network and announced four customers: CVS Health, Cleveland Clinic, Elevance Health, and Sentara Healthcare.
- Utah-based palliative care practice Bristol Advanced Illness Management deployed eClinicalWorks.
- Tennessee-based Highland Physicians Inc. selected Equality Health as its technology-enabled primary care service provider.
- Providence chose Luna for in-home physical therapy services.
- Upstate New York’s Bassett Healthcare Network chose Homethrive to provide caregiving technology to its employees.
Awards
- Zane Networks was chosen for the Public Health Informatics and Technology initiative, which is funded by a grant from the ONC.
- The American Telemedicine Association recognized five Innovation Challenge award winners: SimpliFed, Great Speech, Clearstep Health, Strados Labs, and Oshi Health.
- Early-stage investor Elevate Ventures announced Rally, an innovation conference in Indianapolis August 29 to 31 that includes a pitch competition with five $1 million awards. Healthcare is one of six industries featured at the event.
People
- Virtual care experience platform Carium announced three leadership moves: The hiring of David McCormick as Chief Operating Officer and the promotions of Julie Wolk to Chief Marketing Officer and Jessica Shandrowski to Vice President of Product & Customer Success.
- Consultancy Tegria appointed Raymond A. Gensinger, Jr., MD, as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer.
- Peter J. Butler is retiring as President and Chief Executive Officer of MDaudit, a provider of auditing and risk management technology. Effective March 31, current Chief Operating Officer Ritesh Ramesh will take on the role of CEO.
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