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Weekly Roundup – March 29, 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. A Vision for Patient-Centered Imaging: Less […]
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.
A Vision for Patient-Centered Imaging: Less Stress, More Efficiency. Colin Hung connected with Dr. Ravi Bikram Shrestha at Canon Medical Systems, which designed a scanner that moves around a patient, cutting down on transfers and leading to faster diagnoses. Read more…
A New Era EHR for Forward-Looking Organizations. Sandra Johnson at CliniComp talked to John Lynn about the company’s System as a Service model that combines hardware, software, and support to reduce the burden on clinical IT staff and accelerates implementation. Read more…
Building a Zero Trust Hospital With Strategy, Not Hype. Tamer Baker and Steven Hajny at Zscaler joined John to debunk myths about Zero Trust taking a long time to implement and making clinical users less productive. Read more…
AI May Be the Only Way to Keep Up With Imaging Volumes. Colin caught up with Vijay Ramanathan at RamSoft and learned about embedding AI in radiology workflows to generate reports and analyze images. The focus has shifted away from standalone tools, he said. Read more…
Providing the Right Meds, Not Just More Meds. Hammad Shah at Clarest Health talked to John about key goals for medication management: Achieving adherence, eliminating ineffective drugs, and warning about adverse effects. Read more…
Making AI Work in Clinical Settings. David Cohen at Greenway Health connected with Colin to discuss the company’s use of AI to improve documentation accuracy, reduce duplicate data entry, and streamline prescription workflows. Read more…
AI’s Role in Medication Management. Dr. Michael Blackman at Greenway and Dr. Colin Banas at DrFirst sat down with John to chat about how AI supports prescribing decisions when it seems impossible for a doctor to keep up with everything needed to prescribe accurately. Read more…
Responding to Current Trends in Impersonation Attacks. John interviewed Ryan Witt at Proofpoint and Erik Decker at Intermountain Health about providing better protection for employees with access to sensitive information while ensuring attackers can’t gain access in the first place. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Change Management. Bradd Busick at MultiCare Health System joined John to discuss balancing the drive for digital transformation with the challenge of managing change, especially when it comes to the patient experience. Read more…
Healthcare’s Security Paradox: Most Targeted, Least Prepared. Silos between security, networking, and infrastructure teams make it hard for healthcare to address cybersecurity, said Mike Hale at EchoStor. Creating cross-functional security teams is a good start. Read more…
Ensuring Responsible Use of AI. Addressing AI’s privacy, bias, and cybersecurity risks requires strong governance, human oversight, transparent models, and robust user training, according to Luke Rutledge at Homecare Homebase. Read more…
The Policies Shaping the Future of Prescription Fulfillment. Digital pharmacies will likely face stricter compliance requirements from the Drug Enforcement Agency, according to Josh Rosaasen at Locke Bio. That said, flexibility in the form of multi-state licensure is also on the horizon. Read more…
Why Gait Analysis Is a Window to Cardiovascular Health. Unpredictable changes in walking patterns and slower gait speed are both linked to heart health risks. Alaina Victoria at OneStep described the benefits of remote data capture and continuous monitoring. Read more…
How Digital Health Is Changing Cardiovascular Disease Treatment. Rachel Sterling outlined the relationship between hormone replacement therapy and heart health and noted the role of telemedicine, wearables, and AI in making HRT much more personalized. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for March 26, 2025: Multiple roles in cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory affairs. Read more…
Bonus Features for March 23, 2025: NVIDIA expands partnerships with GE HealthCare and Lenovo. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Diagnostic and workflow support vendor Harrison.ai raised $112 million in Series C funding and announced its expansion to the United States.
- Tissue swelling detection and monitoring vendor ImpediMed secured $15 million in growth capital funding.
- Maternity clinic Millie closed a $12 million Series A funding round.
- Mental and behavioral health provider HelloHero landed a growth funding package.
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