Bonus Features – March 16, 2025 – 69% of healthcare staff say admin work interferes with ability to provide patient support, 76% of patients receiving alerts from medical devices had their issue successfully diagnosed, plus 25 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

• ECRI’s list of top patient safety threats included two concerns with clear ties to healthcare IT: Insufficient AI governance and cybersecurity breaches.
• The EHR Association responded to OCR’s proposed rule to strengthen security for electronic PHI, generally agreeing with the specificity of requirements while worrying about “the substantial time and cost required for EHR developers.”

Studies

• Accenture research found disconnect in who’s responsible for leading generative AI efforts in healthcare, with 28% of CEOs saying it’s their role but only 5% of other executives saying the CEO should be in charge. Also, only 10% of orgs have invested in infrastructure to support enterprise-wide generative AI deployment.
• Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) of healthcare staff said administrative work has interfered with their ability to provide patient support, according to an Infinitus report.
• A survey from Propel Software found 76% of patients receiving an alert from a personal medical device had their health issue successfully diagnosed after consulting with a doctor.
• Roughly 69% of healthcare supply chain leaders expect disruptions to persist or worsen in 2025, according to a symplr survey. In other news, symplr appointed Mike Valli as Chief Commercial Officer and Scott Sbihli as Chief Product Officer.

Partnerships

• Intellectual and developmental disabilities software maker CentralReach expanded its Preferred Partnership Network by adding Apploi, a workforce applicant tracking system.
• Henry Schein Medical expanded its SolutionsHub by adding DoctorLogic, a digital marketing service and website platform for health care practices.
• Value-based care technology platform HSBlox is partnering with Deerhold, a price transparency vendor.

Products

• Authenticx launched healthcare-specific AI agents for contact center quality management.
• Azalea Health announced Clinical Assistant and Billing Assistant, AI agents for workflow automation.
• Edifecs announced Point of Care Suspects, an analytics tool for risk adjustment.
• ModMed released several products for specialty care, including an AI scribe, a claims denial assessment product, and tools to categorizes faxes and inbox messages.
• Digital health agency Momentum released Babla, an open-source documentation tool, and Healthstack, an open-source cloud infrastructure deployment product.
• Clinical data exchange vendor MRO now enables automated retrieval of HEDIS data.
• Pear Suite launched the Pear Cares Provider Network of more than 1,000 community health workers
• PointClickCare unveiled Transitions of Care, which helps Medicare Advantage plans get members’ admission and discharge information.
• Relatient launched Dash Direct, a scheduling automation too that integrated with practice management and EHR systems using open APIs.

Sales

• Michigan’s MSU Health Care chose Avo for clinician decision support in its outpatient locations.
• The American Cancer Society chose Layer Health as its data abstraction platform for clinical research.
• Women’s health clinic Tia chose Nabla as its AI assistant for nearly 100 clinicians.
• California health information organization LANES chose Selfii to create its patient portal.
• Medicare Advantage insurer Zing Health expanded its rollout of Strive Health for specialized kidney care.
• Missouri-based Citizens Memorial Hospital chose Unite Us for closed-loop social care referrals integrated with MEDITECH Expanse.

People

• Patient care navigation vendor ReferWell appointed Kevin Healy as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1.
• Care automation software Qventus appointed Jeff Evans as Chief Commercial Officer.
• The Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence appointed Scott MacLean and Tressa Springmann to its Board of Directors.

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