Bonus Features – May 4, 2025 – 39% of private practice owners aim to add patient payment tech this year, 60% of orgs don’t provide cyber awareness training to non-IT staff, plus 33 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
- According to the 2025 Experian Health State of Patient Access Survey, 55% of providers said patients struggle to navigate self-scheduling. Compounding the issue: Limited appointment slots pose a problem for 70% of providers.
- Only 40% of healthcare organizations provide cyber awareness training for non-IT staff, according to a report from NCC Group. This comes on the heels of a 21% year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks in 2024.
- A report from Pleio found 74% of patients with chronic conditions said loneliness negatively affects their physical health.
- An AdvancedMD survey found 39% of private practice owners plan to add patient payment capabilities in the next year. That’s on top of 1% of practices that already have this technology in place.
Partnerships and Integrations
- Ambient technology from Suki is now available to all health systems on athenahealth’s network.
- McKesson oncology real-world data subsidiary Ontada announced a collaboration with Atropos Health.
- Conversational AI technology from Belong.life is now integrated with Equiva’s platform for in-home and hospital-based care.
- Employer and union customers of Color Health can access care through MSK Direct from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
- Agentic AI technology from Gynisus has been integrated with HealthEdge payment integrity software.
- Vastian is electronically automating the Leapfrog Hospital Survey Binder in its quality management application.
- Breast cancer detection technology from iCAD is now available on Microsoft’s Precision Imaging Network.
- Infinx Healthcare’s Patient Access Plus is now listed in Epic’s Connection Hub on Showroom.
- Revenue cycle coding technology from Maverick Medical AI is now integrated with RamSoft cloud-based radiology platforms.
- Educational resources from Triad are now available to users of Relias, a healthcare workforce enablement platform.
Products
- Virtual behavioral health vendor Charlie Health launched a treatment program for individuals with primary substance use disorders.
- CliniComp added PACS functionality to its New Era EHR.
- Fujifilm introduced two new gastroscopes for use in upper gastrointestinal procedures.
- Relatient launched Dash Voice AI, adding conversational to its patient scheduling tool.
- Vitruvy launched its platform to help connect patients with specialty care.
- Viz.ai launched Viz 3D CTA, which converts computed tomography angiography scans into 3D images.
- Zocdoc launched Zo by Zocdoc, an AI phone assistant for answering calls and managing appointments.
Sales and Implementations
- Cleveland Clinic is deploying AKASA for mid-revenue cycle process automation across its U.S. locations.
- Houston Methodist selected Ambience Healthcare for ambient AI in its ED and inpatient clinics.
- Toronto’s North York General Hospital migrated its Oracle Health Foundation EHR to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
- Cincinnati-based TriHealth selected RevealDX to assist in diagnosis and management of lung nodules.
Company News
- Avenda Health demonstrated its Unfold AI predicts prostate cancer spread more accurately than MRI.
- Clearsense achieved Validated Data Stream status in the NCQA Data Aggregator Validation program.
- A study from iRhythm Technologies demonstrated high diagnostic yield and low likelihood of retesting for the Zio heart monitor. In addition, iRhythm launched Zio in Japan.
- TechStars announced the 8 members of its Health AI Baltimore Class of March 2025.
- Patient education content from Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate is now accessible from Epic and MyChart for select UpToDate Enterprise Edition customers. In addition, Lumeris integrated UpToDate into Tom, its primary care technology platform. Finally, a survey from the National League for Nursing and Wolters Kluwer Health found nursing schools will more than double their use of generative AI in the next 3 years.
People
- Patient demand and care access company DexCare named Matthew Blosl as CEO.
- Healthcare workforce management technology company Hallmark appointed Jim Teas as Chief Revenue Officer and Nick Brignola as Chief Financial Officer.
- Durable medical equipment technology vendor Synapse Health named Jay Shah as CFO.
- Globe Life Company subsidiary Evry Health appointed Dr. Glenn Hamilton as Chief Medical Officer.
- Virtual autoimmune care vendor WellTheory hired Dr. Erin Kenney as Medical Director.
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