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 Studies

• The Sequoia Project is staying on as the Recognized Coordinating Entity to support TEFCA implementation, per its existing contract with ASTP/ONC. In other news, The Sequoia Project is looking for experts to support TEFCA implementation over the coming year.
• Research from Arcadia found 85% of health plans have yet to integrate internal and external data into a centralized analytics platform.
• Roughly 70% of Americans said inflation is negatively impacting access to healthcare, according to a DUOS / Dynata survey. Additionally, 43% report choosing between a medical expense and basic life needs like groceries or utilities.

Partnerships

• Altera Digital Health integrated Medicomp Systems‘ Quippe Clinical Intelligence Engine into TouchWorks Note+, its ambient listening and note generation product.
• AI-powered scribing from Comprehend Health is now integrated with WebPT, a rehab therapy platform.
• Sleep clinic Dreem Health launched partnerships with DrLullaby and Moona Health (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia) as well as Daybreak (FDA-clear at-home sleep tests).
• Clinical documentation software from IKS Health is now available to integrate with Epic and is live in the Connection Hub on the Epic Showroom.
• Inovalon and Google Cloud are collaborating to develop prior authorization automation technology.
• Managed services organization OneGI is collaborating with Iterative Health to expand access to GI clinical research.
• Midato Health integrated its patient consent preference management technology with OnyxOS, an interoperability platform.
• Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is partnering with Rimidi to track patient blood pressure in patients participating in the American Heart Association-funded Health Care by Food grocery delivery initiative.
• ShiftMed is partnering with TELUS Digital to build custom workforce management products for hospitals.

Products

• Ambience Healthcare unveiled Chart Chat, an AI copilot designed to integrate directly with Epic.
• eClinical Solutions introduced a digitized Integrated Data Review Plan to support clinical trial data ingestion, cleaning, review, visualization, and analysis.
• Innovaccer launched Flow Auth, an AI-powered prior authorization tool that’s part of the Flow by Innovaccer RCM platform.
• Pluto Health launched C.A.R.E on Deck, a tool to guide patients to personalized health options.
• Scribematic launched Matic Inside, an AI documentation tool for independent EHRs.
• Samsung company Sonio its maternal care platform supporting telehealth, referrals, automation, and more.
• Wolters Kluwer Health today added AI article summary capabilities to Ovid, its medical research platform.
• ZeOmega launched Smart Auth Optimizer, a machine learning-powered prior authorization tool for health plans.

People

• Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams joined Eko Health, a heart and lung disease detection company, as a Distinguished Medical Advisor.
• Pharmacy and nursing care company Omnicell appointed Baird Radford as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
• Nuvem, provider of pharmacy services for community health organizations, expanded its C-suite with three hires: Jim Garretson as Chief Product Officer, Michael Korthius as Chief Technology Officer, and Garret Albert as CFO.
• Health information network Availity appointed Tim Bergeson as Chief Revenue Officer.
• Eye care EHR Sightview hired Brandi Douglas as VP of Human Resources.
• Aegis Ventures appointed John Driscoll and Cris Ross as Venture Partners.

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