Bonus Features – February 16, 2025 – 66% of physicians currently use AI in their practice, 69% of data abstractors concerned about quality of AI-generated data, 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 and Surveys

• USCDI v6 is out in draft format, with a proposed significantly broadened scope for unique device identifiers. In line with recent executive orders, the pronouns, sexual orientation, and gender identity data elements have been removed.

• An AMA survey found 66% of physicians are currently using AI in their practice, which is a significant leap from 38% in 2023. The primary use case, not surprisingly, is automating administrative tasks.
• While 85% of data abstracting professionals believe automation saves time, effort, and costs, 69% have concerns about the quality of AI-generated data, according to a recent Carta Healthcare survey.
• When choosing a new provider, 45% of patients are swayed by whether doctors respond to online reviews, according to a rater8 study.

Partnerships

• Data management platform Harmony Healthcare IT announced a preferred technology partnership with OCHIN, a nonprofit technology provider for community health centers.
• Kyruus Health and Abundant Health Acquisition have integrated their platforms to help health systems create digital patient experiences.
• Genomic sequencing and insight vendor GeneDx is now integrated with Aura, Epic’s specialty diagnostics suite.
• HealthRules Payer from HealthEdge is now integrated with ECHO Health‘s payments platform.
• Backline by DrFirst, Five Wishes, and MyDirectives are partnering to deliver ACP Complete, which supports virtual consultations for advance care planning.
• Vantiq and Huron are partnering to build AI agents for operational and clinical command centers.
• Real-world data vendor PurpleLab and Payerset are collaborating on a price transparency tool for healthcare organizations.
• Lindus Health is collaborating with the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium to develop data standards for clinical research.

Products

• Truveta Data added commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid closed claims to its data set, which now includes more than 200 million patients.
• Independent medical practice software vendor AdvancedMD rolled our nearly two dozen product updates.
• Community care technology vendor WellSky released a new patient panel viewer.
• IKS Health launched Scribble Now, a real-time clinical documentation product.
• Lincata launched LincTV, an Epic MyChart Bedside plugin that supports smart room capabilities on in-room TVs.
• LogicMark released the latest version of Guardian Alert 911 Plus, with the medical alert device now supporting fall detection.
• Medicomp Systems announced custom-built SDoH screening tools based on USCDI v3 and v4 data elements.
• Kontakt.io introduced Rapid Room Turnover to its patient flow solution.

Sales

• Montefiore Health System selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider.
• John Muir Health expanded its implementation of Ambience Healthcare for documentation, coding, and care coordination.
• Four community hospitals are implementing Paragon Denali, an EHR for critical access facilities from Altera Digital Health.
• Multiple hospitals in Manitoba selected Xtract One Technologies for threat detection and weapons screening.
• The New Mexico Corrections Department chose NaphCare‘s TechCare EHR in its transition away from paper records.

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