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
- The American Heart Association published guidance for responsible AI use in in cardiovascular and stroke care.
- A PerfectServe survey found 49% of clinicians said their current scheduling system doesn’t consider patient census or acuity when assigning schedules, while 32% said existing scheduling practices overlook patient continuity of care.
Partnerships
- Conifer Health Solutions is collaboration with Google Cloud to embed AI in its RCM platform.
- Elsevier and Fundamental XR, an immersive technologies company, launched the Mixed Reality Innovation Program for healthcare and life sciences.
- Oncology testing technology from Natera has been integrated into Flatiron Health‘s OncoEMR platform.
- Wound care and therapy EHR Net Health expanded its strategic partnership with Kno2.
- Care coordination services from Pluto Health will integrate with Help.AI’s Surgical Population Management platform.
Products
- Softheon’s CITIZ3N Government Solutions updated its VERIFY platform to align with new Medicaid eligibility requirements.
- Datavant announced Datavant Connect, which brings together claims, clinical, registry, lab, genomic, mortality, and socioeconomic data for life sciences organizations.
- InterSystems launched InterSystems HealthShare AI Assistant to helps clinicians access and understand patient information.
- Matic launched Codematic, extending its automation platform beyond documentation into medical coding and RCM.
- Vital announced Vital Urgent Care, an engagement platform for patients in urgent care settings.
Implementations
- Memory Treatment Centers is using Century Health to analyze how new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia perform in real-world settings.
- Oregon-based ATRIO Health Plans chose Isaac Health to increase access to specialist dementia care for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
- The Tennessee Department of Health selected Juno Health as the EHR for its public health facilities.
- Michigan’s Baraga County Memorial Hospital and Illinois-based Marshall Browning Hospital will implement Oracle Health CommunityWorks and Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent.
- Kentucky-based Humana Healthy Horizons selected ProgenyHealth for case management services for premature and medically complex infants.
- Saudi Health Holdings Company is implementing RapidAI across its network of hospitals and clinics.
- Florida’s Lakeland Regional Health selected Shields Health Solutions to improve access to specialty medications.
Company News
- AISAP deploying its AI-powered cardiac diagnosis platform in Ghana.
- AvaSure’s Virtual Care Platform has achieved designation in Epic’s Toolbox for the Inpatient Virtual Care category.
- Telemedicine platform Doc.com launched in the United States, rolling out initially in West Virginia.
- Benefits administration vendor SKYGEN’s Enterprise System SaaS, Dental Hub, and data centers met HITRUST certification criteria.
- Supply chain management vendor Tecsys announced its Elite platform is now available in AWS Marketplace.
People
- Clinical data management company MRO appointed Lidia Bernik as President of Curation Solutions.
- Eye care EHR vendor Sightview hired Jason Tammaro as Vice President of Sales and Strategic Partnerships.
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