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.
Learnings and Innovations from HLTH 2025. Healthcare IT Today attended HLTH in full force (Be sure to check out all of our HLTH video interviews as they come out over the next few weeks) and connected with thoughtful health IT executives and leaders – so many that the interviews wouldn’t fit into one post:
- Part 1 touched on understanding AI ROI, achieving frictionless check-in, and cutting through innovation hype.
- Part 2 highlighted personalized patient experiences, RCM automation, and the power of agentic AI.
- Part 3 emphasized connected care, clinician empowerment, and eliminating data leaks.
- Part 4 covered cost containment, at-home biometric screenings, and increasing access to care.
- Inside HLTH 2025 Recaps from Colin Hung highlighting his key insights and perspectives each day of HLTH
Achieving Patient-Centered Excellence Through Process Improvement. John Lynn sat down with Greg Stock and Bryan Samaha at Louisiana’s Thibodaux Regional Health System to outline the importance of maintaining control over EHR downtime and updates – and how that has supported the organization’s growth. Read more…
Innovation at America’s Community Health Centers. Dr. Kyu Rhee at the National Association of Community Health Centers explained that these facilities are “naturally innovative and naturally resilient,” in part because communities trust them – though the One Big Beautiful Bill Act puts their future in doubt. Read more…
Healthcare Billing Complexities Call For Consistency and AI Support. Tiffany Waltos at Ohio’s Community Health Care joined John to discuss putting clear rules in place for coding and billing to streamline the RCM process and preventing denials from happening again. Read more…
Collaboration in HIM Leadership and Team Transformation for CDI Success. John attended a session at AHIMA on clinical documentation improvement and learned the importance of building trust, ensuring transparency, and taking small steps from Ja’neese Denson at Huntsville Hospital and Kim Conner at Enjoin. Read more…
Effectively Detecting and Responding to Data Breaches. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community what it takes to get this done. Advice included taking a proactive approach to detection, pre-testing incident response plans, and automating remediation where and when possible. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Hybrid Intelligence. Aaron Brauser at Carta Healthcare talked to Danny Lieberman about enabling AI to work in synergy with clinical expertise to match patients and improve research. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: Musings for Startups and Founders. John and Colin Hung wondered if now is a good time for startups in healthcare, along with what parts of the industry startups underestimate the most. Read more…
AI’s Success in Healthcare Depends on Stakeholder Involvement. Shelli Pavone at Inlightened pinpointed how AI companies can create value for physicians that view the technology as an ally and a threat. Inclusivity, transparency, and ongoing support are critical, she said. Read more…
AI Deception Is Reshaping Healthcare Security. Deepfakes open dangerous doors for fraud and ethical misuse, such as altered CT scans. While detection research is advancing, organizations also benefit from modernized architectures and incident response plans, said Sandy Kronenberg at Netarx. Read more…
Rethinking Communications’ Role in Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans. Traditional communication tools aren’t designed for a large-scale crisis. Organizations need scalability, security, real-time controls, and EHR integrations, noted Trent Waterhouse at GlobalMeet. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 29, 2025: CMIO roles in Ohio (Kettering Health) and Washington state (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center). Read more…
Bonus Features for October 26, 2025: 89% of healthcare orgs worry a mobile breach could compromise patient care; that said, 70% of consumers use health tech monthly. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Health tech company and benefit administrator Capital Rx received a $400 million investment, including a $252 million Series F funding round, and announced the company is rebranding as Judi Health.
- Senior living tech provider Inspiren raised $100 million in Series B funding.
- Telehealth vendor Caregility raised $25.1 million through its Series A-2 Preferred Stock and Series C funding rounds.
- Virtual care company AmplifyMD raised $20 million in Series B funding.
- AI-based phone assistant maker Vocca announced a $5.5 million funding round.
- Voice AI platform Prosper AI raised a $5 million seed funding round.
- Data platform Datavant is acquiring DigitalOwl, a provider of AI-driven medical data analysis.
- Remote monitoring and diabetes management company Glooko acquired Monarch Medical Technologies, developer of the EndoTool Glucose Management System.
- Patient engagement and payments platform RevSpring acquired Kyruus Health, a provider search and scheduling platform.
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