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

• The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) issue an enforcement alert to end information blocking as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration name it a top priority.

Studies

• iRhythm Technologies reports use of Zio led to an increased detection of AFib (6.8% vs 5.4%) and a shorter time to diagnosis (103 days vs 530 days) than usual care.
• Organizations across regulated industries are racing towards digital transformation, but 90% of leaders state that fragmented and siloed identity data significantly undermines their ability to deliver the seamless, personalized, and positive experiences their customers expect today, reports Verato in a new study.
• A new study posed a series of questions about hematologic malignancies to ChatGPT 3.5 and had hematology-oncology physicians rate the answers’ usefulness and accuracy on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). They found no question achieved a score greater than 4 or 5, with most scores ranging from 3.0 to 3.8, noting a neutral stance.

Partnerships

• Stratipath and Visiopharm partner to combine their regulatory-compliant solutions for enhanced breast cancer diagnostics – an initiative that will be presented at the upcoming European Congress of Pathology (ECP) in Vienna, October 2025.
• Patches Kids Care partners with Regent Surgical to jointly develop and operate outpatient pediatric surgery centers, with the first location in Houston.
• Janus Health joins Cipher Collective as one of its seven inaugural members, granting access to JanusIQ.
• MCG Health and Avo partner to launch an AI-assistant that tackles hospital length of stay.

Products

• CalmiGo releases a new Clinician Dashboard for the CalmiGo Plus device, enabling clinicians to monitor patient progress and engagement with treatment plans, which in turn allows clinicians to track patient progress and modify treatment plans based on real results.
• AI-powered engagement platform Ostro launches Airmark, a solution that turns static rep-triggered and other brand-based emails to healthcare professionals into responsive, compliant conversational AI.
• Using advanced AI and computer vision, Artisight is the first Smart Hospital platform capable of autonomously documenting operating room activity into a patient’s EHR.
• Hyro launches Proactive Px, an outbound patient experience program featuring a free component to assist with expected coverage disruption caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
• Leading healthcare consulting firm, ECG Management Consultants, launched Cipher Collective – a curated marketplace of AI-enabled health technology partners powered by ECG.
• Phillips introduces an innovative telemetry platform to help address challenges such as staff shortages and alarm management.
• Onvida Health and Ambience Healthcare announced the launch of frontier ambient AI capabilities directly in Epic’s Hyperspace and Haiku applications.
• Valant releases AI Note Assist – a secure AI-powered clinical notes feature designed for behavioral health providers.
• PointClickCare announces an enhanced AI-powered ED Optimization solution to deliver instant, actionable, AI-informed insights from skilled nursing facility stays directly to emergency department care teams.

Sales

• Following a rigorous evaluation and successful pilot, Hartford Healthcare has selected Abridge’s AI-powered ambient clinical intelligence platform.
• NYC Health + Hospitals upgrades to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to better streamline business processes and support the delivery of high quality healthcare services.
• Providence Healthcare – New St. Paul’s Hospital in Canada adopts Borda Technology’s next-generation IOT solutions through a partnership with Plan Group, the electrical and technology contractor for the project.

People

• Aledade appoints two national health experts to the board of directors — Shawn Guertin, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CVS Health, and Joneigh S. Khaldun, M.D., current President and CEO at the Public Health Accreditation Board.
• Mike Coffey is appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer at Clearwave.
• IKS Health appoints Ajai Sehgal as their very first Chief AI Officer.
• Imad Ahmed is appointed to the dual role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer at ReferWell.
• MedeAnalytics appoints Justin L. Neece as Chief Growth Officer.
• Adam Spice, Chief Financial Officer at Rocket Lab, becomes a Board Member at Propio.

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