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.
Surveys
A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data. These include a lack of standard data formats, limited ability to integrate with EHR systems or share with community-based organizations, and insufficient training on how to code social determinants.
Two-thirds of of healthcare cybersecurity decision makers said senior leadership teams continues to underestimate cyberthreats to their organization, according to a survey from Google subsidiary Mandiant. This is despite the fact that 40% of healthcare cybersecurity professionals said their organizations experienced a significant cyberattack within the last 12 months.
Partnerships
- Care coordination company Quantum Health added Cariloop as a preferred partner within its Comprehensive Care Solutions platform to support caregivers.
- Lark Health and Smart Meter are integrating their respective diabetes management program and transmitting glucose readings immediately through the cloud to their RPM solution and then to providers. There is no synching, pairing, or Wi-Fi required.
- Patient engagement vendor Equiva Health is collaborating with Infiniti Mobile to help healthcare organizations enroll patients in the Affordable Connectivity Program.
- Workplace health vendor HealthCues is adding Stayhealthy’s wellness apps to its platform.
Products
- Hybrid chronic care provider Enabled Healthcare began enrolling patients in Washington state.
- Conversational language analytics vendor Authenticx released an autoscoring tool for evaluating consumer interactions.
- Collaboration software vendor Skyscape launched Buzz, a communication platform focused on case management.
- Experian Health launched AI Advantage to help providers mitigate the volume of healthcare insurance claims denials.
- Support service organization CancerCare released an Employer Toolkit on Biomarker Testing to help organizations make informed benefits coverage decisions.
Sales
- In 2022, 32 health systems implemented Oracle Cerner CommunityWorks, a version of the Cerner Millenium EHR tailored to rural providers.
- Plano, Texas-based Care Choice Family Clinic chose eClinicalWorks.
- Emory Healthcare selected Linus Health to help implement digital cognitive assessments in primary care.
- Indiana-based Hendricks Behavioral Hospital is using Concord Technologies‘ new intake application designed specifically for behavioral health.
- AARP selected Luna as its exclusive provider of in-home physical therapy services.
- The American Medical Women’s Academy chose VisualDx as the clinical decision support system of choice for its members.
- Montana HIE Big Sky Care Connect chose Lyniate‘s Rhapsody Interoperability Suite for data classification and cleansing.
- Hawai’i HIE chose 4medica to assist with data quality improvement.
- Regional group purchasing organization United Iroquois Shared Services chose SpendMend for cost optimization.
- Western National Insurance selected CLARA Analytics‘ CLARA Optics for workers’ compensation claims management.
People
- Social care connection service Unite Us named David Rudow as Chief Financial Officer.
- AI-powered medical documentation tool Abridge appointed Zachary Lipton as Chief Scientific Officer.
- Value-based care technology and service provider Vytalize Health named Derek Kang as Chief Compliance Officer.
- Administration platform vendor Holon Solutions appointed Brad Nichols as Chief Customer and Digital Officer.
- Care coordination company Lumeon made two hires, naming Matt Duffy as Vice President of Product and Kathy Ruggiero as Vice President of Marketing.
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