Weekly Roundup – May 24, 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. Real Talk on Medical Misinformation. At […]
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.
Real Talk on Medical Misinformation. At this year’s MaRS Health Impact event, Colin Hung heard a call to action to do a better job of telling the science story and sharing information in a consumable way. On a more positive note, he also identified five standout medical device and digital health companies addressing patient transfers, concussion detection, and more. Read more…
Automating Healthcare Form Processing in the Cloud. Among other key benefits, automated processing of forms speeds up care delivery. That can be crucial when hospital admission is necessary, Maggie Peña at Interlace Health told Brittany Quemby. Read more…
Finding the Right Technology Partner Makes All the Difference. Colin connected with Lyron Deputy, CEO at Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers, to learn about the role of self-scheduling and payment solutions in improving patient satisfaction. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: A Challenge to Neuralink. Dr. Rotem Kopel sat down with Danny Liberman to explain ABILITY Neurotech’s breakthrough in brain-computer interface development. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Private 5G Networks. Christian Lindmark at Stanford Health Care joined John to discuss why connectivity matters in the hospital and how a private 5G network has helped hospital operations. Read more…
Why AI Voice Is Finally Making Noise in Healthcare. Zain Qayyum at Medsender talked about the popularity of virtual receptionists that handle patient scheduling and automatically update EHRs. The most successful tools are both flexible and simple. Read more…
How Personalized Patient Engagement Cuts Through the Noise. The dimensions of patient segmentation are more intricate and multifaceted than marketing personas. Automation is the key to personalizing interactions to personal characteristics and preferences, said Kristen Jacobsen at RevSpring. Read more…
Integrated Scheduling and Engagement Empowers a Cohesive Patient Journey. While scheduling is an obvious starting point for patient outreach, ongoing omnichannel communication drives deeper engagement, according to Bryant Hoyal at Relatient. Read more…
Tech-Driven Strategies for Strengthening Patient Relationships. Poor communication contributes to patient churn. Organizations need an approach to engagement that enables consistent, empathetic outreach, said Kamal Anand at TeleVox and Mosaicx. Read more…
Bring Together Retrospective and Prospective Views to Transform Risk Management. While data silos hinder the effectiveness of risk models, Jay Ackerman at Reveleer said uniting retrospective and prospective risk adjustment creates a powerful feedback loop that’s further augmented with AI. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for May 21, 2025: Roles in privacy, safety, and patient engagement. Read more…
Bonus Features for May 18, 2025: 64% of healthcare orgs expect more value-based care revenue in 2025, plus 53% of providers report success using AI for clinical documentation. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Ascend Learning acquired myTIPreport, which tracks medical education feedback and competency.
- Value-based care technology provider Reveleer acquired Novillus, provider of care gap management tools.
- Patient experience vendor Promptly acquired MDprospects and Patient Spectrum, which respectively offer CRM and practice management capabilities.
- Payment accuracy and integrity vendor Lyric acquired ClaimShark.
- Digital health platform Persivia announced a $107 million investment and a U.S. patent for its for its Health Data Processing System.
- Workflow automation vendor Plenful raised $50 million in Series B funding.
- Clinical compliance software maker Brellium raised $16.7 million in Series A funding.
- Life sciences lifecycle management platform Basil Systems raised $11.5 million in funding.
- Agentic AI vendor Ascertain raised $10 million in Series A funding.
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