Bonus Features – April 27, 2025 – Espionage now accounts for 1 in 6 healthcare data breaches, Blue Shield of California may have exposed data of 4.7 million people, plus 32 other 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

• Blue Shield of California may have exposed the data of 4.7 million people, according to Healthcare Dive. Over a period of nearly three years, the insurer’s Google Analytics account was sharing member data with Google Ads. The insurer notified anyone who accessed its websites from April 2021 to January 2024.
• Meanwhile, Website Planet reported Atrium Health left data for more than 21,000 patients exposed in a non-password-protected database.
• Ransomware is the leading cause of data breaches in healthcare, according to the latest Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon Business, but espionage now accounts for 16% of breaches.

Partnerships

• Ambience Healthcare’s AI platform for health systems is now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
• The Patient Intake solution from InteliChart is now available to users of Office Practicum, a pediatric EHR.
• Ophthalmology and optometry EHR Moyae is now integrated with AdvancedMD.
• Cloud-based enterprise imaging vendor ScImage integrated AI-powered diagnostic technology from Echo IQ into its PICOM365 platform.
• Scheduling and payment vendor Yosi Health has joined Elation Health’s Partner Hub. In addition, Elation Health is providing a customized EHR to Seoul Medical Group, an IPA operating in seven U.S. markets.

Products

• Autonomize AI enhanced its Prior Authorization Copilot to integrate directly with existing prior auth and medical policy systems.
• HealthEdge unveiled HealthEdge Provider Data Management and announced PEHP Health & Benefits as its first user.
• Infinitus Systems released patient- and provider-facing voice AI agents and announced Medicare Advantage plan Zing Health as a customer.
• Innovaccer launched Copilots and Agents for Care Management, with early results showing a 28% reduction in documentation time and a 20% increase in patient engagement.
• Optum released Optum Integrity One, which automates middle RCM tasks such as coding and documentation.
• Patient relationship management platforms TeleVox launched Insights360, an analytics tool.

Sales

• West Virginia’s Coplin Health Systems chose 19Labs portable telehealth units for its its network of school-based health centers.
• Regional group purchasing organization Capstone Health Alliance chose Advantus Health Partners to support supply chain management.
• South Australia Health deployed Sunrise from Altera Digital Health across all public hospitals and health systems in the region, which has 1.8 million people in an area the size of California and Texas combined.
• Senior care provider MDX Hawaii chose Arine for clinical decision support and medication optimization.
• Cigna Healthcare chose Hinge Health to support digital musculoskeletal care for its self-insured clients.
• Outpatient imaging provider SimonMed Imaging selected Lunit for AI-powered breast cancer detection.
• San Diego-area FQHC Neighborhood Healthcare selected Nabla‘s ambient AI assistant.
• Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare selected VirtuSense Technologies to support its virtual nursing initiative.

Company News

• Virtual pediatric mental health provider Brightline opened its first in-person clinic in Brooklyn.
• CHIME received accreditation from CAHIIM, the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education, for its Certified Digital Health Professional Level Preparation Course.
• Agentic AI systems from Magical received human-level certifications from HFMA for the Certified Revenue Cycle Representative and Business of Health Care.
• Virtual GI care provider Oshi Health announced it’s putting 100% of its fees at risk.

People

• HIE and data collaborative Civitas Networks for Health appointed Jolie Ritzo as Interim CEO.
• Beghou Consulting announced Adrienne Lovink will assume the role of CEO effective July 1. The firm provides services to support life sciences commercialization.
• Value-based kidney care company Strive Health named Paul Marchetti as President and promoted Jen Browne to Chief Operating Officer.
• Physician staffing company CHG Healthcare named Kerry Norman as Chief People Officer.
• Member engagement vendor Healthmine welcomed Michael Hasbany as President.
• Online professional development company Libman Education appointed Mattie Doran as Manager of Market Discovery.
• Digital dental lab Dandy named Cong Yu its Head of Engineering.
• Health data network and QHIN Health Gorilla appointed a new executive leadership team.

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.