Bonus Features – May 11, 2025 – 81% of healthcare decision-makers say relevant data is too difficult to access, AI copilots can reduce clinical review time for complex visits by 40%, 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.
News
- Google Chief Health Officer and former head of ONC Dr. Karen DeSalvo has retired. Forbes detailed the growing presence of Google Health throughout the company during her tenure, which began in 2019, noting the division’s work with Google Cloud and YouTube.
- The 9th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards have been announced, with companies recognized across 23 categories.
Studies
- More than 80% of healthcare decision-makers don’t consult available data because it’s too difficult to access, according to a report from Sisense.
- Nurses are more likely than doctors to contemplate leaving their jobs, according to the 2025 Healthcare Trends Report from Qualtrics. While 70% of doctors intend to stay with their organizations for five years, only 58% of nurses intend to.
- One-third of Americans said healthcare affordability has negatively impacted their mental health in the past year, according to a survey from Included Health.
Partnerships
- Publisher Wiley is launching a generative AI agent for scientific literature searches on Amazon Web Services. Additionally, AWS announced a multiyear collaboration with Latent Labs to scale generative AI for life science.
- Babyscripts is partnership with Withings Health Solutions to enhance remote blood pressure monitoring in its virtual maternity care program.
- Cardiovascular imaging technology from Cleerly is now available to members of the Cardiac Care Alliance.
- The Joint Commission and Palantir Technologies are partnering to help streamline management of quality standards for accreditation and certification.
- Salesforce announced a partner network for life sciences, with data migration support from a range of consultancies and compatible AI agents from partners such as athenahealth, Definitive Healthcare, and Viz.ai.
Products
- AKASA launched AKASA CDI Optimizer, an AI assistant for clinical documentation integrity.
- Oura released Meals and Glucose, two metabolic health applications, for users based in the United States.
- QuantHealth unveiled its Large Real-World Drug Model, which can help predict drug effectiveness and patient outcomes.
Sales
- The California Department of Health Care Services chose Acentra Health to continue delivering screenings and evaluations for serious mental illness.
- Allina Health chose TytoCare to offer on-demand virtual urgent care.
Company News
- GE HealthCare announces FDA 510(k) clearance for two products: CT imaging system Aurora and image analysis tool Clarify DL.
- Oracle Health Information Network achieved Candidate Status for a QHIN under TEFCA.
- Research from Phyx Primary Care and Navina found AI copilots reduce clinical review time for complex visits by 40% and decrease feelings of burnout by 32%.
- Retarus achieved HITRUST 1-year (e1) Certification for its cloud fax infrastructure.
People
- Self-funded employer health plan Centivo appointed Sarah Fraser as Chief Financial Officer.
- Digital weight management company Wondr Health appointed Jim Gallic as Chief Growth Officer.
- Diagnostic support and workflow vendor Harrison.ai appointed Josh Duncan as Chief Growth Officer, Americas.
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