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.

Studies

• Only 29% of healthcare executives are prepared for AI-driven cybersecurity threats, according to research from LevelBlue.
• Research from SOTI found 65% of healthcare organizations use unintegrated, outdated systems for managing IoT and medical devices.
• A white paper from Luna found hospitals risk losing nearly $40 billion in downstream revenue over three years when orthopedic patients go out of network for system-referred physical therapy.

Partnerships

• Altera Digital Health selected Health Gorilla as its QHIN partner. In addition, Altera Digital Health is collaborating with Managed Care Advisory Group to bring MCAG’s class action lawsuit recovery services to hospitals and providers.
• The Lieber Institute for Brain Development and AWS are partnering to identify treatments for brain disorders using generative and predictive AI. In addition, AWS expanded its commitment to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health performers.
• Interpretation services from Homeland Language Services are now integrated with DT Research medical tablets and all-in-one computers.
• IQVIA is launching multiple AI orchestrator agents in collaboration with NVIDIA to manage complex life sciences workflows. In addition, Novo Nordisk and NVIDIA are collaborating to create custom AI models for drug discovery.
• The Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI are partnering to co-develop a suite of AI playbooks, tools, and a certification program.
• Lumeris is using Google Cloud to build Tom, its new platform for supporting care coordination, chronic disease management and preventive health.

Products

• AdvancedMD launched its 2025 Summer Product Release with enhanced navigation workflows and AI integrations across its offerings.
• Corti launched FactsR, an AI agent for clinical consultations.
• Komodo Health launched MapLab Enterprise to provide stakeholders in life science organizations with access to real-time data and insights.
• Workflow automation platform Medsender updated MAIRA, its AI voice agent, with scheduling integration, call tracking, and additional EHR integrations.
• PatientPay launched PatientPay Accelerate to help close the time gap between payer-collected patient payments and cleared revenue.
• RadiantGraph launched AI Voice Studio to support personalized member outreach.
• Wolters Kluwer Health updated Sentri7 Drug Diversion and Sentri7 Pharmacy to streamline workflows for drug diversion and medication management.

Sales

• MultiCare Health System expanded its deployment of Merge by Merative to include cloud PACS.
• Health benefits company Gravie chose Paymedix for patient billing as well as access to the Wisconsin-based provider network of Paymedic parent company HPS.
• GPS Dental expanded its deployment of VideaHealth‘s dental AI assistant across the enterprise.
• Oregon-based St. Charles Health System chose WovenX Health to support virtual gastroenterology care.
• Blue Shield of California selected ZocDoc to support scheduling in-network in-person and virtual appointments.

Company News

• DirectTrust announced agenda details for its annual conference, which is August 4-7 in St. Louis. Highlights include an update on the cybersecurity threat landscape, e-prescribing of controlled substances, and quantum computing.
• Research from AppOmni uncovered security vulnerabilities in Salesforce FlexCards, Data Mappers, and Integration Procedures.
• Research from Hinge Health found an average annual savings of $2,343 per member for users of digital tools for managing chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
• Research from Mayo Clinic spinoff Phenomix Sciences validated its MyPhenome genetic obesity test for personalized GLP-1 and phen-top treatment.
• Value-based technology vendor Roji Health Intelligence achieved HITRUST e1 Certification for its clinical data registry.

People

• Women’s telehealth company Wisp appointed Dr. Jennifer Peña as Chief Medical Officer.
• Senior digital health company DUOS hired Isaac Lyles as Lead Data Scientist, Product & Partner Analytics.

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