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
A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, indicated that inequity in care contributes to an additional 3,400 Black infant deaths and an additional 9,200 Black cancer deaths annually. Proposed fixes include improved health insurance literacy – which could help could help 3.8 million at-risk patients access preventative services – and stronger standards for Medicaid network adequacy – which could give nearly 300,000 additional Black children access to specialty hospitals and drive $912 million annual Medicaid savings due to reduced avoidable admissions.
The Sequoia Project launched its Consumer Voices Workgroup; co-chaired by Dr. Grace Cordovano at Enlightening Results and Shannah Koss at Livpact Inc., the workgroup will explore consumers’ barriers to accessing, using, and sharing their health information. In addition, The Sequoia Project added four members to its Board of Directors, including representatives from AHIMA and the Department of Defense.
Partnerships
- Redox is replicating its platform on Google Cloud; in addition, Redox Healthcare Integration is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.
- Content management and process automation company Laserfiche joined the Boomi Technology Partner Program.
- Diagnostic testing platform ixlayer joined the BrightInsight Ecosystem of regulated medtech and biopharma products.
Products
- DirectTrust saw 72 million transactions per month in 2022 and surpassed 3.7 billion total transactions since 2014.
- InterSystems earned the Certified Data Partner designation from NCQA‘s Data Validator Aggregation program for its HealthShare Unified Care Record.
- FutureRX launched its platform for health plans and PBMs, with modules for uses cases ranging from prior authorization to drug management.
- Process automation company D14.AI launched Dhealth, which helps providers develop and run personalized training and education programs for patients with chronic illnesses.
- Virtual research organization ObvioHealth released a proprietary API tailored specifically for digital therapeutic clinical trials.
- Pharmacy technology maker Transaction Data Systems announced improvements to its patient engagement platform.
- Users of value-based kidney care platform Strive Health can reduce the total cost of care up to 20%, the company announced.
- Communication and virtual care company Rhinogram received ONC Health IT Cures Update Certification.
- ED and inpatient engagement company Vital received HITRUST Certification and SOC 2 Type 2 Completion.
- RapidAI received FDA 510(k) clearance for Rapid RV/LV, which helps physicians assess pulmonary embolism severity.
Sales
- South Florida-based Memorial Healthcare System selected KeyCare to power its virtual care platform.
- Georgia-based Augusta University Health chose Biofourmis to help expand its virtual care at home program.
- Wellpath and the Federal Bureau of Prisons selected Bicycle Health for virtual Medication for Opioid Use Disorder services.
- The Mississippi Division of Medicaid chose HHAeXchange and FEI Systems to build an electronic visit verification system for the state.
People
- Caregiver support company Homethrive hired Karan Chawla as Chief Product Officer.
- America’s Blood Centers named Dr. Jed Gorlin as Chief Medical Officer.
- The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services elected Bart Howe as President; Howe is CEO at HealthMark Group.
- Vocal biomarker analysis company Ellipsis Health appointed Jeff Clarke to its Board of Directors.
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