Weekly Roundup – February 15, 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. ViVE 2025 Preview. Are you ready […]
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.
ViVE 2025 Preview. Are you ready for conference season? John Lynn shared some thoughts on where to connect with the Healthcare IT Today community at ViVE, along with which sessions, pavilions, and afterparties have caught his attention. Read more…
HIMSS 2025 Preview in the Next #HITsm Bluesky Chat. Next Friday at noon Eastern, once you’re back from Nashville, head over to Bluesky for the latest #HITsm chat. The big question: What will HIMSS cover that ViVE doesn’t? Read more…
Introducing a Clinician-Connected Blood Pressure Monitor. Antoine Robiliard at Withings joined John to discuss the BPM Pro 2, which helps patients gather data and provide context to their clinical team. Read more…
Generative AI’s Role in Supporting Digital Patient Experiences. John sat down with Dr. Melek Somai at Inception Health, which is building digital front doors, primary clinics, and chatbots to enhance population health and communicate with patients. Read more…
Bringing 12 Years of Priors and AI-Driven Insights to Mammography. Colin caught up with Sara Osberger and Jeanmarie Rogers at Fujifilm to learn how the vendor is taking advantage of cloud-native imaging for speed, flexibility, and visibility. Read more…
Navigating New Healthcare Cybersecurity Regulations. Enhanced protection of ePHI is on the horizon. Organizations need to prepare with refined policies, mandatory security controls, and thorough risk assessments, said Richard Caralli at Axio. Read more…
How Secure Authentication Can Transform Healthcare Workflows. Passwords create security inefficiencies and have tangible consequences on patient health. That’s why David Cottingham at rf IDEAS said it’s time to prepare for a password-less future. Read more…
How AI Is Reshaping the Patient Experience. AI is becoming an anticipatory force in healthcare, proactively identifying treatment opportunities while also adding context to medical data, said Bhushan Jayeshkumar Patel at IEEE. Read more…
Proactive Strategies to Combat IoT and AI Vulnerabilities. Ensuring secure cloud adoption and safeguarding sensitive data are two important strategies for helping to avoid common cybersecurity risks, according to Oren Koren at Veriti. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for February 12, 2025: Multiple roles for experience informaticists, systems analysts, and technology managers. Read more…
Bonus Features for February 9, 2025: 38% of medical researchers want to be early adopters of AI, data breach in Conn. impacts 1 million patients. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Smart ring vendor ŌURA secured $200 million in Series D funding.
- Core Sound Imaging announced an $80 million growth investment from PSG.
- Geriatric care predictive analytics vendor IntusCare raised $11.5 million in strategic follow-on funding.
- Digital workflow vendor Confido Health secured $3 million in funding.
- Commure acquired Memora Health, a digital care navigation platform.
- Iris Telehealth acquired innovaTel, a division of Quartet Health and telepsychiatry provider.
- Innovaccer acquired Humbi AI, which provides healthcare actuarial software, services, and analytics.
- Knack RCM acquired HealthyBOS, an RCM vendor with expertise in the durable medical equipment sector.
- Preventive care AI vendor HEALWELL acquired Orion Health, a New Zealand-based interoperability vendor.
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