Bonus Features – April 6, 2025 – 81% of patients with chronic conditions want pharma to help them get care and medication, 63% of patients’ bills are higher than initial cost estimates, plus 30 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

Oracle Health was hit with a data breach, with the news site BleepingComputer reporting the breach affected legacy Cerner data migration servers. The attacker used compromised customer credentials to gain access sometime after January 22, and Oracle Health noticed the breach on February 20. The company is under fire, with a class action lawsuit filed against Oracle in Florida and an FBI investigation underway.

Studies

• A survey from ixlayer and Ipsos found 81% of patients with chronic conditions said pharmaceutical companies should provide resources to help them get the care and medicines they need.
• More than 80% of healthcare and life science executives expect AI and cybersecurity to dominate the investment market in 2025, according to a BRG report.
• More than 60% of IT executives said getting the most of their IT purchases is their top goal for the year, according to the latest health IT industry outlook report from Stoltenberg Consulting.
• A careviso survey found 63% of patients are billed more than their initial cost estimate, and nearly 98% of patients who receive a cost estimate experience unexpected costs.
• Women’s health investment hit $2.6 billion in 2024, according to the latest report from Silicon Valley Bank. That’s an increase of nearly $1 billion over 2023.
• Meanwhile, consumer health tech investment grew 9% globally in 2024, according to the latest from Galen Growth. One challenge: 75% of companies remain in the seed stage.
• A survey from eClinical Solutions found only one-third of biopharma organizations think their tech stack is very effective at managing risk.

Partnerships

• Primary care and metabolic health company knownwell is now listed on Eli Lilly’s digital healthcare platform, LillyDirect.
• Data access vendor Inovalon’s Safety Management solution is now available on the PointClickCare Marketplace.
• Quality management software maker Vastian is partnering with The Leapfrog Group.

Products

• Deacon Health launched its specialty care management platform, which supports patients with multiple chronic conditions.
• GoodRx announced a new ecommerce experience for retail pharmacies, which it launched with Hy-Vee.
• MDaudit released AI Assist to help answer queries from RCM professionals.
• Data platform MedeAnalytics launched Health Fabric on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.
• Suki introduced the capability to generate and stage prescription orders; the feature will be available within Suki Assistant.
• Talkspace introduced Talkcast, which lets therapists generate personalized podcast episodes for their clients.
• WellSky announced the WellSky CarePort Care Transitions Dashboard Suite to support case management in acute care settings.
• Wolters Kluwer Health added conversational AI to vrClinicals for Nursing, a virtual reality education previously co-developed with Laerdal Medical.

Sales

• Multistate GI provider United Digestive chose healow Genie as the AI agent to support its call center.
• Outpatient radiology company SimonMed chose ImagineSoftware to improve patient engagement and increase use of follow-up care
• Ohio’s University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center selected Qure.ai chest X-ray AI technology to support earlier identification of lung cancers.
• New York-based Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists chose Veradigm RCM and coding modules.

Company News

• Lindus Health received funding from United Kingdom R&D funding agency ARIA to design AI for clinical trial design as part of their Safeguarded AI program.
• Mental health provider SonderMind is now available nationwide.
• symplr announced the Karlene Kerfoot Nursing Leadership in Technology Education Grant, named in honor of the company’s late Chief Nursing Officer.

People

• Clinical asset management company TRIMEDX appointed Neil de Crescenzo as Chief Executive Officer.
• Wound care and rehab software maker Net Health promoted Christy Totin to Chief Financial Officer.
• Men’s health clinic Gameday Men’s Health named Dr. Haleem Mohammed as Chief Medical Officer.
• Clinical decision support vendor Shearwater Health made three executive appointments: Andrew Lange as CFO, Matthew Thompson as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, and Khristine Olguin as Chief Nursing Officer.
• California-based health data network Manifest MedEx announced three new regional executive directors.
• Billing and member management vendor Softheon elected Darnell Dent and Charles Stellar to its Board of Directors.

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