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
- Levita received FDA clearance for its new product, the MARS™ platform. MARS expands on the Levita Magnetic Surgical System, to create a first-of-its-kind minimally invasive surgical platform aimed at the abdominal surgery market. This new platform utilizes both magnets and machines to reduce the number of incisions and enable surgeons to have complete control during laparoscopic procedures.
- Trilliant Health, an analytics and market research firm, has announced that it will open access to its national provider directory. This means that information about America’s 2.7 million healthcare facilities, physicians, and allied health professionals will be publicly available for the first time.
Studies
- A new study by Tebra found that reduced administrative burdens and improved reimbursement rates ranked as the two highest changes independent practices want to see, both tied at 68%. However, when asked which is the most important, improved reimbursement rates jumps ahead of reduced administrative burdens at 39% compared to 23%.
- More than one-third of the 321 participating health system executives are planning to automate two or more RCM or finance functions in 2024 a recent survey by Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and Eliciting Insights reports. Additionally, 95% of health systems planning to purchase RCM or finance technology and services are open to considering “bolt-on” vendors outside of their electronic medical records system.
- Software Advice surveyed 1,000 US patients and found that while they want the fast care they receive from corporate practices, 60% trust independent practices over corporate healthcare. Most patients have no preference over which one to visit, but of those with a preference 38% prefer independent practices compared to the 8% who prefer corporate healthcare.
- Truveta recently published the results of their monitoring of hospitalization trends associated with six of the most common respiratory viruses on a regular basis.
Partnerships
- PicnicHealth and AstraZeneca are teaming up to advance real-world data development for early breast cancer (stages I-III).
- Microsoft is combining its large-scale cloud and AI technologies with Epic’s knowledge of the healthcare industry and clinical workflows to expand its strategic AI initiative.
- Talkdesk joins Epic’s new Pals program, strengthening the integration of Talkdesk Healthcare Experience Cloud platform with Epic’s EHR software.
- ShiftMed partners with Dignity Health Global Education to help healthcare professionals grow their skill sets and advance their careers, resulting in ShiftMed’s pool of 350,000 healthcare professionals receiving access to DHGE’s library of program offerings for RN’s, CNA’s, LPN’s and MA’s.
Products
- Innovaccer Inc. launched a new suite of AI solutions at their Innovation Keynote.
- A new medical alert service for residents across Ontario, Canada was just released by Health-Alert (Canada).
- The new iteration of Suki Assistant allows Cerner users to expedite the creation of clinical documentation with greater ease and efficiency. This update makes Suki the only AI-powered healthcare solution on the market with enhanced ambient integration capabilities across multiple EHR systems.
- Iron Bow Healthcare Solutions releases a new RPM solution powered by Carium and Entira Family Clinics updates their practice to include the eClinicalWorks Cloud.
Sales
- New Moffitt Cancer Center McKinley Hospital utilizes pCare’s interactive patient care system to ensure patient engagement throughout the whole care journey.
- Community Health Network uses Qualtrics’ XM Platform to transform its approach to experience management, resulting in a 300% increase in patient response rates.
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute leverages Filecoin, the largest decentralized data storage network, to democratize access to their cardiac research.
Awards
- The HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status has just been awarded to the MediQuant Healthcare Data Lifecycle Platform.
- Linus Health’s DCTclock, an AI-powered digital cognitive assessment tool that spots discreet indicators of dementia that are invisible to the human eye, has won Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards in the User Experience Category.
People
- Danyele Homer, Director of Operations at Pear Suite (a digital health company working on empowering community health workers and addressing SDoH) has been promoted to Vice President of Operations.
- DUOS, a digital health company focused on empowering older adults to live independently, has appointed Jenn Kerfoot as Chief Strategy & Growth Officer.
- Carefeed, a resident and family engagement platform for the senior living industry, has added Steve Haynes as Chief Strategy Officer.
- Mark J. Tapping has been added to the advisory board of Vive Collective, a new investment platform.
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