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
At the annual AWS Summit, Amazon announced an initiative to create an open-source database of brain cell data, a Virtual Innovation Center launched in conjunction with the Interoperability Institute, and new FHIR API offerings on Amazon HealthLake aimed at improving data exchange and patient access.
Nearly three in four (72%) of Millennials consult online reviews before booking an appointment with a doctor or dentist, a poll from communications platform Weave found. What’s more, 53% of Millennials trust online reviews more than word-of-mouth recommendations, and 77% trust reviews more than star ratings.
Half of Americans (52%) said paying medical bills is stressful, according to an HPS/PayMedix survey. Thirty percent of Americans have had to dip into their savings to pay medical bills, while 17% have delayed payments. Additionally, 19% have received a collection notice from a provider – and 62% of those who had said it made them feel more negative about their provider.
Half of Canadians (51%) experience anxiety while waiting for their medical imaging results, according to a PocketHealth survey. But patients benefit from seeing their records: 85% said access made them less anxious about their diagnosis, and 65% said access helped them catch information not previously shared by their doctors.
Partnerships
- NVIDIA and NYU Langone Health developed a large language model to predict a patient’s risk of 30-day readmission.
- Mayo Clinic and Google Cloud are building generative AI applications to improve clinical workflows.
- Staff management firm Empeon is partnering with showd.me to automate onboarding and compliance training for home care providers.
- The American Podiatric Medical Association is offering access to CarePICS, an app to support best practices in wound care, as part of its Saving Limbs Savings Lives initiative.
Products
- LeanTaaS released iQueue Autopilot, an AI-powered hospital operations and capacity management tool.
- Clarify Health released Clara, a generative AI tool for analyzing claims data.
- Equality Health announced its Equality Health at Home care program to support in-home care for patients with complex conditions.
- Patient engagement platform MediKarma released Jill.AI, a personalized assistant geared toward value-based care providers.
- Osso VR launched Osso Academy, a training program for academic medical centers.
- Data security company CloudWave released CloudCare+ to automate systems maintenance and patching.
- Orbita launched CallDeflectAI, a virtual assistant for provider websites.
- RevSpring integrated its PersonaPay portal with Google Pay.
Sales and Customer News
- Detroit area Renovis Health selected Innovaccer‘s ACO REACH Solution Suite to optimize care coordination.
- International Rett Syndrome Foundation chose mejo to build a branded version of its family and caregiver support web application.
- Children’s Hospital Colorado chose BigBear.ai to build an analytics model to support surgical scheduling.
- Users of WellSky CareInsights for Home Health reduced 60-day readmissions by 26% compared to other home health agencies.
- Kairos Health Arizona saved $2 million using Cedar Gate Technologies’ Healthcare Benefits Analytics to look at care utilization trends.
Awards
- Data aggregator Inovalon earned a 2023 Great Place to Work certification.
- Modern Healthcare announced the Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
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