Weekly Roundup – April 19, 2025

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

Collaboration Between Healthcare IT Today and Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence. John Lynn announced Smart Healthcare Tech. It’s smart care solutions platform developed by Healthcare IT Today and the Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence, which recently created a Smart Hospital Maturity Model. Read more…

Applying Design Principles to Healthcare and Achieving Change. Nat Carruthers at Cactus joined John to provide strategies for organizational design and transformation in healthcare when stakeholders have differing needs and change is notoriously difficult. Read more…

Not All Healthcare Claims Data Is Created Equal. John offered a quick look at the Market Data Analytics Buyer’s Guide from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The guide provided key considerations when selecting claims data – all tied to the overarching goals for your data project. Read more…

Emerging Technologies that are Driving Significant Innovations in Digital Health and Reshaping Patient Care Delivery. There is so much change happening right now in technology.  New innovations are being opened up each day as new technologies are emerging.  In this piece, we hear what emerging technologies are diving innovation in digital health. Read more…

Life Sciences Today Podcast: An Autonomous AI Assistant. Danny Liberman sat down with Dr. Steven Charlap at SOAP Health to talk about saving time and generating revenue with clinical AI assistants that operate in the background. Read more…

Healthcare IT Today Podcast: 23andMe and Privacy. Colin Hung and John discuss the privacy issues linked to 23andMe declaring bankruptcy – and what the 23andMe situation means for other companies holding onto healthcare data. Read more…

Cyber Resilience and AI’s Double-Edged Sword. David Lindner at Contrast Security highlighted the importance of a data protection mindset when using AI. Key steps include monitoring AI models for vulnerabilities in code and practicing robust data deidentification. Read more…

Patient Experience Is the Foundation of Modern Care. Empowered patients are far more willing to engage fully in their treatment, said Wayne Wilson at SynergenX Health. Organizations can do this by showing empathy, communicating clearly, and listening attentively. Read more…

Trust Isn’t a Trend; It’s Foundational to Interoperability. Jay Nakashima at eHealth Exchange described the ongoing effort to create next-level standards for trust through active network monitoring, enhanced message tracking, and more. Read more…

Comparing P2PE and E2EE for Healthcare Data Security. Ruston Miles at Bluefin outlined how point-to-point encryption can provide enhanced security and compliance compared to end-to-end encryption. Read more…

This Week’s Health IT Jobs for April 16, 2025: Roles in clinical risk management, health information support, and patient safety and compliance. Read more…

Bonus Features for April 13, 2025: Only 1 in 4 healthcare and pharma orgs feel cybersecurity efforts are fully funded; meanwhile, 65% of healthcare pros see AI as vital to reducing workloads. Read more…

Funding and M&A Activity:

• Senior living technology platform Inspiren launched following a $35 million Series A funding round.
• Applied behavior analysis solution provider Motivity announced a $27 million growth investment.
• Personalized women’s health platform Trellis Health emerged from stealth with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding.
• Workflow management vendor Forcura merged with Medalogix, a clinical decision support company.
• High-acuity in-home care providers DispatchHealth and Medically Home are merging.
• Workforce enablement company Relias acquired InceptionXR, provider of extended reality training to healthcare.
• Customer experience management company ResultsCX acquired Aucera, another CX company, to help expand its footprint in the United States.
• RPM vendor CoachCare acquired VitalTech, a clinical workflow automation company.
• Workforce and safety data vendor RLDatix acquired IPeople Healthcare, a business continuity solution provider.

Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.