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.
AI in Healthcare Is Moving Fast. The Infrastructure to Govern It Isn’t. While AI tools and solutions are being innovated at an ever-increasing rate, the necessary regulation, governance, and infrastructure are not. Daniel Vreeman, DPT, Chief Standards Development Officer and Chief AI Officer at HL7 International, warns how this can lead to a fragmented future and break trust in digital health systems. Read more…
What Patients Need to Know About AI in Healthcare — Privacy Matters. Raj Khandelwal, Chief Technology Officer at Drive Health, details how certain AI tools, like ChatGPT, do not have legal confidentiality protections, which is concerning when more people are turning to these tools to discuss deeply personal and sensitive topics. Transparency on data usage and privacy for these tools is essential. Read more…
Epic 2025 Stats. John Lynn shares some of the stats he heard on stage during Epic UGM, as well as some stats the Epic team reached out to share after the conference. Read more…
From Quiet Chaos to AI-Driven Confidence: Rethinking Hospital Asset Management. Many things in healthcare have transitioned into the digital space, but the tracking, maintenance, and optimization of medical equipment is often forgotten about. Sonali Mohanraj, Digital Marketing Strategist at Proteger AI, Creators of Vajra, details how missing hospital asset management creates disruptions that ripple throughout the organization, and how AI can help prevent this. Read more…
Risk Adjustment and RAC Audit Insights from RAAPID and ChartRequest. While attending the recent Rise West conference, John Lynn interviewed David Rosenfeld, VP, Sales at RAAPID, about their role at the conference, and learn more about their risk adjustment AI efforts as well as some of the challenges he’s seeing in the industry. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: CMS Tech Company Pledge – Episode 174. At a recent White House event, hosted with CMS, several major healthcare and IT companies pledged to create a more patient-centric healthcare ecosystem. Colin and John debate which of these companies will have the most impact, what that impact will be, and more! Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Precision Medicine for Autoimmune Diseases with Promise Bio – Episode 25. Danny Lieberman sat down with Ronen Veksler, Co-Founder and CEO at Promise Bio, to talk about their work in precision medicine for autoimmune diseases. Read more…
Defending Hospital Systems as Budgets Shrink and Threats Rise. As costs continue to rise, budgets continue to shrink — this can be a huge cause for concern for certain areas in your organization, such as cybersecurity as threats and attacks also continue to rise. Hüseyin Can Yüceel, Security Research Lead at Picus Security, explains how to keep your organization safe despite shrinking budgets and rising threats. Read more…
An Update on Epic MyChart with Taylor Seale During Epic UGM. John Lynn sat down with Taylor Seale, Software Developer for Epic’s Patient Experience, at Epic UGM to discuss the many powerful tools that are available to clinicians and patients on Epic MyChart. Read more…
Solving Healthcare’s Access Management Crisis Through Automation. Chris Radkowski, SAP GRC Expert at Pathlock, details how the dynamic environment of the healthcare workforce (staff rotations, new hires, department transfers, etc) leads to huge operational risks: excessive or incorrectly assigned access. Read more…
No More Bolt-Ons: Oracle Bets on an Open, AI-First EHR. Colin Hung interviewed Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Oracle Health and Life Sciences, about the company’s complete EHR rebuild. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for September 3, 2025: Positions for AIS Trainer, System VP/Chief Information & Digital Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, and much more. Read more…
Bonus Features for August 31, 2025: 85% of health plans still haven’t integrated internal and external data for analytics; 70% of Americans say inflation negatively impacts access to care. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Trella Health adds Repisodic to its solution portfolio.
- To further their vision to unify healthcare communication across the care continuum, TigerConnect acquires eVideon.
- Doximity welcomes Pathway to its team through the new acquisition.
- Arintra announces $21 million in a series A funding round.
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