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 Studies
Nearly two dozen health systems have pledged to use Epic to share health information through the TEFCA framework, the EHR vendor announced, adding, “Our plan is to deliver software this year that will help our customers to be among the initial participants in TEFCA.” Notable organizations making the pledge include Johns Hopkins Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, and Mayo Clinic.
The latest report on mental health utilization trends from LexisNexis Risk Solutions shows an 84x increase in utilization of telehealth for mental health in 2022 compared to 2019. The report also indicated that overall telehealth utilization dropped 18% after the height of the pandemic, though telehealth for mental health dropped just 5%.
PCP pay increased 4.41% in 2022 but fell well short of the inflation rate of 6.5%, according to the latest provider compensation survey from the Medical Group Management Association. MGMA also found that, over the last three years, different specialties have seen significant gaps in pay increases, from 0.13% for urgent care to 10.57% for family medicine.
A survey from the Association of Community Cancer Centers found significant support for remote patient monitoring, with 45% of respondents using symptom-tracking technology for the entirety of their treatment. Among providers, 40% said the technology didn’t disrupt workflows, and 24% said it improved workflows.
Partnerships
- Consensus Cloud Solutions and Hyland Software are integrating their respective cloud-based fax and content delivery services.
- Virtual specialty care company Summus is collaborating with Leal Health to access trials and treatments for patients with cancer.
- Care coordination company Quantum Health named Sword Health as a preferred partner for musculoskeletal care.
- Data exchange vendor 4medica announced partnerships with five professional organizations, including HIMSS and WEDI.
- symplr announced the Pledge to Advance Healthcare Operations, with commitments from 12 current and former health system, professional organization, and vendor executives.
- Synapse Medicine and CompuGroup Medical are collaborating to provide point-of-care decision support for prescribing physicians.
- DrFirst and Applied Robotics are partnering to digitally process faxed prescriptions across Canada.
Product and Company News
- Omada Health launched a behavior and lifestyle change program for individuals taking GLP-1s for sustained weight loss.
- Noom announced Noom Med for obesity care.
- Cybersecurity firm Vaultree released an in-use data encryption tool.
- Biometric insight company LifeQ released its 24-hour Sleep Health product.
- OM1 released Prescriber Trends and Comparative Outcomes for analysis of real-world data for immunology and mental health.
- Greenway Health received ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system.
- The cognitive impairment assessment from Linus Health is sensitive enough to identify cases missed by the Mini-Mental State Examination, the company announced.
Sales
- University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire chose AliveCor and Doccla for remote monitoring of patients with atrial fibrillation.
- San Diego area community health center TrueCare chose Rimidi to support hypertension management.
- North Carolina-based Raleigh Radiology implemented Pocket Health for patient-facing image sharing and insights.
- NorthShore University HealthSystem affiliate Northwest Community Healthcare chose Conifer for physician RCM.
- HIE entity Contexture extended its relationship with Verato, an identity management vendor.
- Texas-based New Life Health & Concierge selected eClinicalWorks.
Awards
- AVIA announced its AVIAwards for Digital Transformation, recognizing seven health systems from across the country. Chicagoland-based NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health took home top honors for the second consecutive year.
- Education and engagement vendor Mytonomy had 10 videos recognized at the 44th Annual Telly Awards.
People
- Homecare management service provider HHAeXchange appointed Paul Joiner as Chief Executive Officer and named Jon Lauck as Chairman of the Board.
- Medical imaging provider Intelerad named Jordan Bazinsky as CEO.
- Lab insights provider Avalon Healthcare Solutions named Pamela Stahl as President.
- Consultancy Tegria announced two hires: Jen Morgan as Chief Financial Officer and Prasanna Gunjikar as Chief Growth Officer.
- Senior benefits management firm RetireeFirst hired Michael Yoo as Chief Information Officer.
- Physician messaging platform Doceree named Vijay Adapala as Executive Vice President, Global Supply Partnership.
- EHR vendor CliniComp named Dr. Holly Urban as Vice President, Clinical Product Design.
- CHIME named Nicole Kerkenbush as Vice President of Education.
- HIMSS made two appointments to its Board of Directors: Elena Sini as Chair and Susan Heichert as Vice Chair.
- Analytics and value-based payments platform company Clarify Health appointed Doug Klinger and Mary Lantin to its Board of Directors.
- Acute virtual care vendor AvaSure established a Chief Nursing Executive Advisory Board comprised of health system, professional organization, and vendor representatives.
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