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
More than 75% of healthcare leaders and workers have experienced burnout in the last year, according to a Holon Solutions survey. A similar percentage believe addressing burnout should be a top priority for their organization, but 35% of workers believe common steps such as higher pay, better benefits, and increased staffing are inadequate.
A similar survey from Tebra found 77% of healthcare workers see a healthcare crisis happening due to understaffing and burnout. Additionally, 73% of workers said they felt underpaid, 59% said they feel underappreciated, and one-third plan to leave their job in the next year.
Nearly 90% of patients want to take a more active role in their health journey, a TailorMed survey found. Key clinical motivators include better engagement with their doctor or pharmacy (38% of respondents) and better well-being (34%), while 95% said it was important to understand the cost of care and have convenient ways to pay their bills.
A Redpoint Global survey found that 62% of patients expect online communications to match the in-person experience they have with their providers and insurance companies. Two-thirds believe AI has the potential to enhance healthcare, but 45% don’t want AI to be used if it will put their daya privacy at risk.
Partnerships
- Medisafe is partnering with YourCoach.Health to bring behavior change coaching to its medication management programs.
- OutCare Health is collaborating with Healthgrades to identify providers with the LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Designation.
- Chronic care management platform Rimidi is integrating with Dexcom to provide continuous glucose monitoring and Glycemic Risk Index data.
- Point-of-sale platform PatientFi is partnering with Engage Technologies Group to better educate patients on medical financing options.
- Atropos Health and Datavant are partnering to each make their products and services available to members of the other’s ecosystem.
- Senior living software provider Eldermark is integrating with RedSail Technologies‘ Axys medication management tool.
- Mindpeak and Proscia are integrating their digital pathology products to better detect and measure cancer biomarkers.
Products
- Alpha Nodus updated Gravity, its prior authorization automation software, with a new interface and integration with Radiology Information Systems.
- Patient matching technology vendor 4medica released EZReg, a patient registration application.
- The founders of Heal launched a new company, Together by Renee, which uses generative AI to manage healthcare tasks for older, chronic patients and their caregivers.
- Ocutrx, which manufactures augmented reality headsets and robots for medical facilities, debuted its 3D surgery visualization theater.
- Smart Eye unveiled vital sign detection as the latest feature of its in-car Driver Monitoring System.
Sales and Customer News
- Chicago-based Haymarket Center selected NextGen Enterprise EHR and PM software.
- Cleveland-based University Hospitals selected Nuance for patient engagement and automated support.
- The VA selected Sierra7 and AvaSure to provide a TeleCare Companion product for seven VA Medical Centers.
- In addition, the VA chose Iveda’s Movement Interactive to support its aging in place initiative.
- The LSU Residency Program tapped Suki AI for voice solutions to automate tasks like coding and note-taking.
- Philadelphia’s Temple University Health System is integrating DrFirst medication management and drug benefit verification tools into Epic.
- The University of Texas System chose TimelyCare for 24/7 mental health support for students at its 14 campuses starting this fall.
- Northern California’s Oroville Hospital expanded its CliniComp deployment to include critical care and medical/surgery units.
- Illinois-based Silver Cross Hospital expanded its Kyruus deployment across primary care, gastroenterology, and cardiology.
Awards and Certifications
- KLAS named its top EMRs for oncology, with Epic, McKesson, Flatiron Health, Elekta, and Oracle Cerner topping the list.
- AVIA Marketplace named its top remote monitoring companies, with Seamless MD and Procle Healthworks receiving the most 5-star reviews.
- Health Union announced its 2023 Social Health Awards Finalists, with winners slated to be announced on July 26.
- Patient Discovery received HITRUST certification for risk management with patient self-reported health and social data.
People
- Virtual care provider Banyan Medical Systems named Carol Boston-Fleischhauer as Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer.
- Workflow and coding software company Exdion Solutions hired Thomas E. Camp as President and Head of Healthcare Operations.
- Intellectual and developmental disabilities care provider CentralReach appointed Yukki Lam as Director of Product Management, CR Insights, and promoted Matt Ward to Principal Data Scientist.
- Telehealth infrastructure provider SteadyMD named Andrew Slutsky to its Board of Directors.
- Mobile engagement platform Gozio Health announced its Customer Advisory Board.
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