Bonus Features – June 22, 2025 – Use of health plan mobile apps up nearly 22% since last year, only 40% of consumers willing to share health data with AI vendors, plus 20 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 […]
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
- The latest survey from HealthEdge found 78% of health plan members have used or plan to use their health plan’s mobile app. That figure is up from 64% a year ago.
- While 69% of Americans are comfortable sharing health data to improve their own care, only 40% are comfortable sharing health data with tech companies for AI-driven products, a Qlik survey found.
- Growth in spending on diabetes care from 2021 to 2024 was less than all other types of medical expenses, according to data from Nomi Health. GLP-1s, insulin price caps, and management programs all seem to help.
Products
- Aidoc released BRIDGE, an open-source framework to help healthcare organizations deploy AI safely; it was developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and 17 health systems.
- Altera Digital Health released Sunrise 25.1, the latest version of its EHR for mid-size hospitals and health systems.
- Cohere Health launched Review Assist to help increase medical necessity review efficiency.
- RTLS vendor Kontakt.io launched continuous temperature and humidity monitoring for refrigerators, warmers, and regulated rooms.
- Capacity management and patient flow vendor LeanTaaS launched iQueue for Surgical Clinics.
- Digital health agency Momentum launched an AI Implementation in Healthcare Masterclass; the waitlist is open.
- Oracle Health Community Care is now available throughout the U.S. The application is a cloud-based mobile extension of the Oracle Health Foundation EHR, which is designed for rural and home care settings.
- SAS unveiled SAS Health Cost of Care Analytics, to help providers and payers consider costs when making care decisions, as well as three AI models.
- Connected health vendor Withings released Withings Intelligence in beta. The feature, which detect trends and provides guidance from device data, is integrated with the Withings+ subscription service.
Sales
- VA San Antonio expanded its implementation of CliniComp to include post anesthesia care.
- Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport implemented OnMed’s CareStation, a walk-in virtual care clinic, with sponsorship from Hartford HealthCare.
- Medical equipment provider Quest Health Solutions chose Rimidi to support remote monitoring of patients with diabetes and saw an 11% drop in average glucose levels in two months.
- Nonprofit insurer MVP Health Care selected ZeOmega‘s care management platform.
Company News
- Research from the Dell Medical School and Beheld found phone calls paired with standard interventions can improve outcomes for diabetes treatment.
- EHR and RCM vendor CharmHealth announced Charmalot 2025, its annual conference. Registration is open for this year’s event, which is September 19 to 21 in Berkeley, California.
- RockHealth is accepting applications for its annual Innovation Fellowship until July 10.
People
- Eyecare EHR Sightview named Tycene Fritcher as CEO.
- Payer marketplace MacroHealth appointed B.J. Boyle as Chief Product Officer.
- Capacity management vendor DexCare hired Collin Rich as Vice President of Operations and David Anderson a Director of Software Engineering.
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