Bonus Features – August 4, 2024 – 60% of consumers are willing to use AI tools to get answers to health questions, GE and AWS partnering to build generative AI for diagnostics, plus 23 more stories

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.

Studies

• According to a recent consumer survey from DUOS, 60% of people are willing to use AI tools for health answers. One possible explanation: 63% find themselves overwhelmed when making healthcare decisions.
• Only 17% of patients learned about GLP-1s and weight loss medications from a healthcare provider, compared to 36% who saw information on TV and nearly 25% who saw social media posts, according to a survey from Phenomix Sciences.

Partnerships

• GE HealthCare selected Amazon Web Services as its strategic cloud provider to help develop generative AI for diagnostics.
• Patient experience and payment platform Weave is now integrated with eClinicalWorks. Additionally, eClinicalWorks released a customer survey indicating 65% of providers believe AI can support physicians with clinical documentation.
• Software from patient intake vendor Phreesia is now available on Oracle Health Marketplace. Also, Dubai-based King’s College Hospital London migrate its Oracle Health EHR to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Medstar Health signed an agreement with RLDatix to embed its data extraction tools into the vendor’s risk management software.
• Linus Health and uMethod Health are integrating their respective solutions for early detection of cognitive impairment and care planning.
• The Sequoia Project launched a Pharmacy Workgroup with funding and collaboration from Surescripts.

Products

• Practice management platform SimplePractice launched ePrescribe, following its acquisition of assets from psychiatry EHR and practice management vendor Luminello.
• Healthcare cybersecurity vendor Clearwater integrated PCI 4.0 and NIST CSF 2.0 standards into its IRM|Performance module.
• Kontakt.io released Hand Hygiene to monitor soap or sanitizing gel dispenser levels and gamify hand-washing for clinical staff.
• Infinitus Systems released a digital electronic benefit verification tool for patients covered by commercial insurance.

Sales

• Connecticut-based medical group Prime HealthCare implemented athenahealth.
• Ochsner Health chose DeepScribe for ambient AI clinical documentation.
• Providence expanded its implementation of Xsolis for operational efficiency to 28 more hospitals in six states.
• Northern New York’s Samaritan Medical Center chose Loyal to manage its online provider directory listings.
• Group purchasing organization NeuroNet chose Jaan Health for proactive chronic care management.

Company News

• AVIA launched the second phase of its Generative AI Strategic Collaborative, with a focus on real-world AI adoption.
• Perceptive completed the world’s first fully automated dental procedure; the system has a goal of completing crown placements in 15 minutes.
• Applications for the MGMA 2024 Mentorship Program are now open.

People

• Care collaboration network Bamboo Health made two executive appointments: Erik Moore as Chief Technology Officer and Nazir Rostom as Chief Financial Officer.
• Cancer detection software vendor Volpara Health made two executive appointments: Craig Hadfield as Chief Customer and Financial Officer, and Becky Weber as Executive Vice President of Sales.
• Behavioral health provider Iris Telehealth named Glenn Wada as Chief Growth Officer.
• Diabetes virtual care management company Podimetrics named Matt Oefinger as Chief Data and Technology Officer.
• Data management platform 1upHealth formed a Customer Advisory Board.

If you have news that you’d like us to consider for a future edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features, please submit them on this page. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo. Note that submissions received after the close of business on Thursday may not be included in Bonus Features until the following week.

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.

Studies

• According to a recent consumer survey from DUOS, 60% of people are willing to use AI tools for health answers. One possible explanation: 63% find themselves overwhelmed when making healthcare decisions.
• Only 17% of patients learned about GLP-1s and weight loss medications from a healthcare provider, compared to 36% who saw information on TV and nearly 25% who saw social media posts, according to a survey from Phenomix Sciences.

Partnerships

• GE HealthCare selected Amazon Web Services as its strategic cloud provider to help develop generative AI for diagnostics.
• Patient experience and payment platform Weave is now integrated with eClinicalWorks. Additionally, eClinicalWorks released a customer survey indicating 65% of providers believe AI can support physicians with clinical documentation.
• Software from patient intake vendor Phreesia is now available on Oracle Health Marketplace. Also, Dubai-based King’s College Hospital London migrate its Oracle Health EHR to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Medstar Health signed an agreement with RLDatix to embed its data extraction tools into the vendor’s risk management software.
• Linus Health and uMethod Health are integrating their respective solutions for early detection of cognitive impairment and care planning.
• The Sequoia Project launched a Pharmacy Workgroup with funding and collaboration from Surescripts.

Products

• Practice management platform SimplePractice launched ePrescribe, following its acquisition of assets from psychiatry EHR and practice management vendor Luminello.
• Healthcare cybersecurity vendor Clearwater integrated PCI 4.0 and NIST CSF 2.0 standards into its IRM|Performance module.
• Kontakt.io released Hand Hygiene to monitor soap or sanitizing gel dispenser levels and gamify hand-washing for clinical staff.
• Infinitus Systems released a digital electronic benefit verification tool for patients covered by commercial insurance.

Sales

• Connecticut-based medical group Prime HealthCare implemented athenahealth.
• Ochsner Health chose DeepScribe for ambient AI clinical documentation.
• Providence expanded its implementation of Xsolis for operational efficiency to 28 more hospitals in six states.
• Northern New York’s Samaritan Medical Center chose Loyal to manage its online provider directory listings.
• Group purchasing organization NeuroNet chose Jaan Health for proactive chronic care management.

Company News

• AVIA launched the second phase of its Generative AI Strategic Collaborative, with a focus on real-world AI adoption.
• Perceptive completed the world’s first fully automated dental procedure; the system has a goal of completing crown placements in 15 minutes.
• Applications for the MGMA 2024 Mentorship Program are now open.

People

• Care collaboration network Bamboo Health made two executive appointments: Erik Moore as Chief Technology Officer and Nazir Rostom as Chief Financial Officer.
• Cancer detection software vendor Volpara Health made two executive appointments: Craig Hadfield as Chief Customer and Financial Officer, and Becky Weber as Executive Vice President of Sales.
• Behavioral health provider Iris Telehealth named Glenn Wada as Chief Growth Officer.
• Diabetes virtual care management company Podimetrics named Matt Oefinger as Chief Data and Technology Officer.
• Data management platform 1upHealth formed a Customer Advisory Board.

If you have news that you’d like us to consider for a future edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features, please submit them on this page. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo. Note that submissions received after the close of business on Thursday may not be included in Bonus Features until the following week.