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
The annual Inc. 5000 list is live. Digital health companies on the list include AngelEye Health, Authenticx, DAS Health, FarmboxRX, ixlayer, Mytonomy, Reveleer, TigerConnect, TimelyCare, Valenz Health, Veda, and Vytalize Health.
Healthcare organizations are only using 57% of their data to drive decision-making, according to a survey from Arcadia. and HIMSS. The primary barriers to expanding the use of analytics are competing priorities, staffing challenges, and insufficient budget.
Only 45% of consumers are fully satisfied with their health insurance, according to a survey from HealthEdge, and 40% blame insurers for the high cost of care. That said, 66% trust their health plan more that the government or non-traditional entities such as Amazon or Walmart to their health insurance.
Partnerships
- eHealth Exchange added C3HIE, a Texas-based HIE, to its network of partners under its anticipated QHIN.
- MedArrive and Heartbeat Health are collaborating to provide on-demand cardiovascular services to Medicaid beneficiaries.
- Clario and AliveCor are collaborating to provide in-home ECG monitoring for patients participating in clinical trials.
- Azalea Health and Particle Health are partnering to improve data exchange and communication among rural health providers.
- ZeOmega integrated its Jiva SDOH Social Care solution with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
- AVIA added RUSH, MUSC Health, and United Regional Health Care System to its network.
- Health Plan Alliance selected 1upHealth as its preferred health data interoperability vendor.
Products
- Consensus Cloud Solutions launched Clarity Clinical Documentation, which routes unstructured data into patient records.
- PocketHealth launched Follow-Up Navigator to help patients manage follow-up instructions on medical imaging reports.
- LG released a new line of Patient Engagement Boards to display patient and physician information and daily schedules.
- In-home physical therapy provider Luna launched Luna Labs, its new AI division.
- PeriGen announced the general availability of LaborWatch to improve patient safety during labor and delivery.
- Unite Us integrated chat into its platform to help providers connect with community-based organizations.
- Madaket Health released the Madaket Provider Data Exchange, which provides payers with real-time provider directory updates.
- H1 launched an iOS mobile app to better provide clinical insights to life science professionals.
- Disease detection company Viz.ai received De Novo FDA approval for its hypertrophic cardiomyopathy detection algorithm.
Sales
- Nashville General Hospital selected Oracle Health CommunityWorks.
- Arkansas-based Conway OB-GYN Clinic implemented eClinicalWorks EHR. In addition, FQHC Connecticut Institute for Communities deployed eClinicalWorks Population Health.
- Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration chose HHS Technology Group to streamline Medicaid provider management.
- UConn Health chose Force Therapeutics for musculoskeletal digital care management.
- San Diego Health Connect chose 4medica to improve patient matching and health data quality.
- Kentucky-based Mountain Comprehensive Care Center chose Accelecom for fiber Internet, in large part to expand telehealth services.
- Rhode Island-based Care New England selected Kyndryl to manage its EMR consolidation.
Awards
- HHS announced two 2023 LEAP in Health IT awardees: Western New York’s HIE, HEALTHeLINK, for its use of Advanced FHIR capabilities, and Boston Children’s Hospital for identifying data quality improvements for USCDI data elements.
- ChristianaCare CISO Anahi Santiago received the Routhy Award, given to one healthcare cybersecurity professional each year.
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $3.7 million NIH grant to establish the Center for Virtual Care Value and Equity (ViVE).
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