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
The majority (51%) of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, according to ONC data. Organizations most likely to participate include those who are part of existing national networks such as eHealth Exchange, CommonWell, or Carequality, (65%), those that are in multi-hospital systems (61%), and those that aren’t critical access hospitals (59%). With 48% of organizations unsure if they will participate (and 1% saying they won’t), ONC admitted it has some outreach work to do.
Only 18% of U.S. healthcare organizations that have implemented Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) technology have done it correctly, according to a report from email security vendor EasyDMARC. Most orgs haven’t implemented policies to flag, report and remove outbound phishing emails – all key steps to prevent phishing.
A paper from community care provider Waymark found that federal funding covers less than half the cost of evidence-based interventions typically recommended by social needs screenings. Researchers estimated that it cost $60 per member per month to provide food, housing, transportation, and care coordination assistance, but federal funding only covered $27 of that cost.
A survey from Zocdoc found that men are responsible for only 34% of the platform’s booked appointments, and about 30% of men have someone else book appointments on their behalf. A significant number of men are averse to going to the doctor: One in three said they’d rather clean the house, and one in four said they’d rather change a flat tire.
Partnerships
- Remote safety monitoring platform AvaSure is integrating technology from Kinometrix to better identify patients at risk of falling.
- Philips and Masimo received FDA clearance for IntelliVue MX750 and MX850 patient monitors that integrate brain function, regional oximetry, and CO₂ monitoring technology from Masimo.
- XRHealth virtual therapeutic products are now available on the Lenovo ThinkReality VRX headset.
Products
- SeamlessMD added three care plans to its digital content library: Frailty, Cataract Surgery, and Ankle Replacement.
- Patient education vendor Mytonomy released Mytonomy Cloud for Student Health to support college and university campuses.
- Integral released the Privacy Simulation Suite to automatically assign privacy preferences within healthcare datasets.
- Tempus announced the availability of Tempus One, its new voice- and text-based clinical assistant, later this year.
Sales and Customer News
- Houston-based Memorial Hermann adopted Babyscripts for virtual care for obstetrics.
- Physician networks CVFP Medical Group and PartnerMD both chose Suki AI voice assistant technology.
- Ardent Health Services chose Loyal for consumer engagement.
- Florida-based Area Agency on Aging of Broward County chose Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ to support seniors aging in place.
- California-based Hoag Hospital reduced post-surgical rehab costs by 52% using Luna for in-home outpatient physical therapy.
- Texas-based Be Well Primary Care improved application performance by 40% after upgrading to eClinicalWorks v12.
People
- HIE technology provider CRISP Shared Services announced Dr. Marc Rabner as Chief Medical Officer.
- Pediatric behavioral health company Cognoa made two executive hires: Dr. Jeffrey Pollard as Senior Vice President of Medical and Clinical Affairs and Brandon Devennie as Senior Vice President of Commercial Strategy.
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