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
Executives for Healthcare Innovation is transferring its assets to the American Telemedicine Association, and ATA will extend engagement opportunities to current EHI members through its various Special Interest Groups.
More than 80% of clinicians are using RPM technology today, according to a Vivalink survey. That’s a significant jump from just 20% two years ago. Additionally, 84% plan to increase their use of RPM in 2024 and beyond, and 77% predict that RPM will outpace traditional inpatient hospital care within five years.
Partnerships
- Cancer diagnostic tool Paige is collaborating with Microsoft to build AI models for digital pathology and oncology.
- Community and rural health technology provider SlicedHealth is making the PatientPay platform available to its customers.
- Koa Health and SteadyMD are partnering to make virtual care for mental health available to employers.
- VR technology company Smileyscope is partnering with Invincikids to increase access to pain management technologies for underserved pediatric populations.
- Wolters Kluwer Health is offering UpToDate as an available add-on to Anki, an online flashcard study app popular with medical students.
Product News and Announcements
- iMerit introduced its new Radiology Annotation Product Suite, which structures data for AI use cases in radiology.
- OM1 launched its Parkinson’s Disease premium dataset and enhanced its Mental Health & Neuroscience Real-World Data Network.
- Cancer diagnostics vendor Ibex Medical Analytics launched Galen Breast HER2 to enable more accurate scoring in breast cancer patients.
- A Medisafe study showed cost savings for medication engagement for patients with multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, with annual cost reductions of $6,280 per MS patient and $4,600 per epilepsy patient.
Sales
- North Carolina-based Alo selected Innovaccer’s data platform for its newly launched Alo Clinically Integrated Network.
- New York Cancer & Blood Specialists chose Canopy to support continuous care management for oncology.
- Denver-based Gastro Care Partners chose ModMed to standardize operations among 45-plus ambulatory surgery centers and practices.
Awards and Accreditations
- Black Book Research published its review of cloud-based data platforms for payers, with Inovalon taking the top ranking.
- Vivante Health earned HITRUST Certification for GIThrive, its digestive health management tool.
- Managed care service provider Unlock Health earned HITRUST certification for its technology system.
People
- Urgent care software provider Experity appointed Adrian Agostini as Chief Revenue Officer.
- Cost management and payment software maker MultiPlan made two executive moves: Melissa Humphrey was appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, while Andrea Rowe was promoted to Senior Vice President of Products.
- RCM vendor Savista hired Kendall Benjamin as Vice President of Strategic Sales.
- Data aggregation vendor Edifecs appointed Rod O’Reilly as Chairman of the Board.
- Business process management service provider Sagility appointed Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., to its Board of Directors.
- AVIA announced 10 appointments to its Generative AI Strategic Collaborative, with representatives from the provider, technology, and government sectors.
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