Bonus Features – April 20, 2025 – 80% of nursing leaders piloting new care models, HR in healthcare uses AI to screen applications 25% more than other industries, 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.

News

• Outpatient dialysis center operator DaVita reported a ransomware attack to the SEC last week. The company told Healthcare Dive the scope of the attack and its disruption isn’t yet known, though patient care hasn’t been affected,
• The Sequoia Project publish a checklist to help payers assess their readiness for compliance with the payer-to-payer components of forthcoming data sharing and interoperability regulations.
• E-prescribing vendor Surescripts subsidiary Surescripts Health Information Network is the latest designated QHIN, bringing the total number of approved QHINs to nine.

Studies

• Roughly 80% of nursing leaders are piloting new care models, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health survey. Value-based care, collaborative care, and team-based nursing rank among the most successful.
• Healthcare is using AI for job application screening nearly 25% more than the cross-industry average, according to a recent Snowflake report on generative AI adoption.

Partnerships

• Altera Digital Health is making Nabla available for users of Paragon Denali, its EHR system for community hospitals.
• Oncology research vendor Flatiron Health is joining the Veeva Product Partner Program.
• Merck announced its professional medical reference known as Merck Manuals is now integrated with  Microsoft Copilot Studio‘s healthcare agent service.

Products

• Healthcare benefits navigation vendor Castlight Health launched a virtual urgent care service powered by Fabric.
• CHG Healthcare launched Nursesmart to help health systems manage nurse staffing.
• HIE and interoperability platform Velatura launched Consent Manager+ for capturing and managing patient consent.
• Wave unveiled Reflect, which helps patients track their mental health journey over time.

Sales

• Adventist HealthCare Physician Alliance selected Culina Health for virtual nutrition counseling.
• Florida-based Pediatrica Health Group selected eClinicalWorks EHR and Sunoh.ai.
• D.C.-area MedStar Health chose Reimagine Care‘s on-demand oncology care platform.

Company News

• Avalon Healthcare Solutions was awarded a patent for its system and method for automated policy enforcement, which reviews lab test claims against adopted health plan policies.
• Digital stethoscope vendor Eko Health launched in the United Kingdom.
• Virtual care company TytoCare received FDA clearance for AI-based detection of abnormal lung sounds.

People

• Ophthalmic device company BVI Medical appointed Andrew Chang as Chief Commercial Officer.
• Teladoc Health appointed Adam Weinstein as Chief Product Officer.
• Medical imaging software vendor Intelerad appointed Eric Grunden as Chief Customer Officer.
• Durable medical equipment technology vendor Synapse Health named Mandira Singh as President.
• Personalized weight-loss company FuturHealth appointed Keith Koch as Executive Vice President of Growth Product & Experience Design.
• Patient experience vendor Vital appointed Dr. Bridget Duffy to its Board of Directors.
• Prior authorization technology vendor Cohere Health named Dr. Paul Johnson to its Medical Advisory Board.

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