Weekly Roundup – August 16, 2025

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

A Look at BridgeLink’s Fork of the Open Source Mirth Connect. Recently, NextGen moved Mirth to a purely commercial license. John Lynn spoke with Loyd Bittle at Innovar Healthcare and Drew McNichol at Technology By Design about creating an open source alternative to Mirth and adding security fixes and other enhancements while they were at it. Read more…

HIPAA-Compliant Hosting for High-Growth Healthcare. John interviewed Philip Palmer and Kelly Goolsby at Liquid Web about how HIPAA compliant hosting is more of an administrative than technical challenge, along with why reliability and uptime matter evaluating various hosting providers. Read more…

Different Accents, Familiar Challenges. Colin Hung had a spot of tea at the King’s Fund Digital Health Transformation event in London, where workforce shortages, AI uncertainty, and digital bottlenecks were top of mind. That got him thinking: Why don’t healthcare leaders in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. collaborate more often, eh? Read more…

Life Sciences Today Podcast: AI Teammates for Clinical Trials. Ram Yalamanchili at Tilda Research joined Danny Lieberman to outline the benefits of AI agents that work alongside sponsor, site, and CRO research teams. Read more…

CIO Podcast: The KLAS Arch Collaborative. In the 100th episode of the CIO Podcast, John connected with Dr. Mark Mabus at Parkview Health to discuss what they learned from the KLAS Arch Collaborative, as well as how the system is using Epic Signal improve patient education and reduce burnout. Read more…

Fair, Focused, and Forward: How AI Is Changing Drug Diversion Monitoring. A data-driven approach to drug diversion audits gives clinical teams a more accurate picture, according to Carolyn Bourke at iatricSystems. This paves the way for proactive responses and a culture of accountability. Read more…

Immersive Role-Play As a Strategic Tool for Healthcare IT Leaders. Doug Stephen at CGS Immersive described how immersive simulations let users practice real conversations with virtual personas, which can help IT advocates prepare for critical conversations with financial and medical leaders. Read more…

The Business Case for Health Equity. About 83% of CIOs say interoperable tech equity is critical to achieving health equity. Bevey Miner at Consensus Cloud Solutions described the key benefits of modernizing the fax technology providers already use – especially those based in the heart of the community. Read more…

Addressing the Real Cost of Disconnected Healthcare Tech. Keith Wayland at RPI Consultants said aligning clinical and business systems is about creating a foundation where data flows cleanly, not necessarily about airtight technical integrations. Read more…

Future-Proofing Healthcare Starts With Smarter Data Management. Modern data infrastructure is essential for addressing the volume and complexity of unstructured data, said Steve Leeper, VP of Product Marketing at Datadobi. That lets organizations locate, categorize, and assess data assets across all cloud environments. Read more…

This Week’s Health IT Jobs for August 13, 2025: Roles in population and community health, plus New Hampshire’s Greater Seacoast Community Health seeks a Chief Medical Officer. Read more…

Bonus Features for August 10, 2025: More than 9,200 orgs participating in TEFCA Exchange; 52% of patients very likely to join remote clinical trials. Read more…

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