Bonus Features – May 25, 2025 – 49% of patients who avoid portals say it’s because of data security concerns, 61% of patients would pay a premium for a better experience, plus 31 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 and Reports
- A ransomware attack hit Ohio-based Kettering Health, CNN reported. While the emergency department stayed open, inpatient and outpatient procedures were cancelled for one day (May 20) as the health system responded.
- A survey from LexisNexis Risk Solutions found half of patients who don’t use patient portals aren’t confident their data is secure, compared to just 11% of patients who use portals. All told, 17% of patients who don’t use portals cite security as their main reason concern.
- A Qualtrics survey found 61% of healthcare consumers are willing to pay a premium for a better experience when visiting their primary care physician.
- The latest report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute found virtual tools for managing depression and anxiety symptoms improve outcomes, though lower prices may ne necessary to help manager overall care costs.
Partnerships
- TruBridge integrated Microsoft Dragon Copilot into its EHR system. In other Microsoft news, AI agents for cancer care are now available in the Azure AI Foundry Agent Catalog.
- RCM vendors Ensemble and Solventum are partnering to enable autonomous coding.
- Imaging software vendor Intelerad is partnering with RADPAIR to automate radiology reporting workflows.
- Preveta is now integrated with IntrinsiQ Specialty Solutions to provide clinical analytics and care navigation capabilities to specialty care.
- Data technology vendor MDClone selected Tectonic as its advisory firm for expanding operations in Canada.
Products
- athenahealth announced athenaOne for Community Health Centers, its EHR and practice management tool for FQHCs.
- Innovaccer subsidiary Pharmacy Quality Solutions launched EQUIPP Copilot to help automate pharmacy operations.
- Smarter Technologies launched its RCM automation platform; the company formed following the merger of Access Healthcare, SmarterDx and Thoughtful.ai.
- Unified communications company TigerConnect launched CareConduit, a workflow automation platform.
- Wolters Kluwer introduced Ovid Guidelines AI to help create clinical practice guidelines.
News from the SIIM25 Annual Meeting
- The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine launched the SIIM Virtual Hospital Platform 2.0 simulator.
- GE HealthCare is integrating Pace and Balance into True PACS and Centricity PACS to better optimize radiology workloads.
- Mammogram screening software from Therapixel is now integrated with RamSoft’s PowerServer and OmegaAI platforms.
Sales
- Arizona-based Onvida Health chose Ambience Healthcare for AI-supported clinical documentation and coding.
- California-based Altais chose Autonomize AI to support care management workflow automation.
- Brooklyn-based Maimonides Health selected myLaurel to support home-based acute and transitional care.
- Iowa-based McFarland Clinic chose Nabla as its ambient AI assistant.
- Kansas-based Patterson Health Center selected PayZen‘s patient financing solution.
- Kansas-based Salina Family Healthcare Center chose Rimidi for remote monitoring of patients with hypertension.
- Florida-based Hendry Regional Medical Center chose Sunoh.ai as its AI medical scribe.
- The city of Austin and Travis County, Texas selected Watershed Health to support information exchange and care coordination among multiple provider organizations.
Company News
- Neonatal and pediatric care technology vendor AngelEye Health formed a Parent and Family Voices Collaborative.
- Value-based care contract management company HSBlox completed SOC 2 Type II + HITRUST Attestation renewal for its CureAlign platform.
- Medtronic is separating its diabetes business into a new standalone company; the transition is expected to be completed within 18 months.
People
- ConcertAI appointed Eron Kelly as CEO; the company makes AI agents to support oncology care and research.
- Frontline staff training company Elemeno Health named Tim Coulter as CEO.
- Long-term and post-acute care data vendor PointClickCare appointed Nicolette Turner as Chief Financial Officer.
- Cancer care coaching company Complement 1 appointed Dr. Christopher Cogle as Chief Medical Officer.
- Health information network Availity appointed as Chief Growth Officer.
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