Bonus Features – March 9, 2025 – 85% of senior leaders say AI will improve RCM efficiency, 44% of patients worry AI will reduce personal interactions with their providers, plus 26 more stories (2025)

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

• An Omega Healthcare survey found 85% of senior healthcare executives believe AI will improve RCM efficiency.
• Healthcare executive have had personal information exposed in an average of 40 data breaches, according to a report from privacy vendor Picnic.
• A report from SOTI found 54% of healthcare organizations say legacy IT keeps them stuck fixing problems instead of modernizing operations.
• While 77% of patients would choose healthcare providers that use advanced technology to simplify processes, 44% worry AI and automation will reduce personal interaction with provider, according to a Vyne Medical survey.

Partnerships

• Care navigation vendor Accolade added virtual GI care provider Oshi Health to its trusted partner ecosystem.
• Cleerly is partnering with Bunkerhill Health to advance early detection of coronary artery disease.
• Elsevier updated ClinicalKey AI, its clinical decision support product, with integrations with Epic and iPrescribe by DrFirst.
• Cancer detection vendor iCAD announced a distribution and integration partnership with RamSoft, a cloud-based PACS vendor. In addition, RamSoft announced a partnership with CARPL.ai, a marketplace for radiology AI products.
• Strata Decision Technology is collaborating with Snowflake to create a comparable healthcare financial database.
• Wolters Kluwer Health integrated UpToDate with Phrase Health, an EHR workflow optimization product.

Products

• CommonWell Health Alliance launched the CommonWell Marketplace to help providers find products supporting their interoperability efforts.
• Sunrise Group subsidiary Dreem Health launched a women’s health program to explore the link between hormonal imbalances and sleep disorders.
• Workforce management vendor Hallmark updated Heisenberg II with flexible compensation design and other self-service capabilities.
• RCM vendor Infinx Healthcare unveiled its Revenue Cycle Agent Platform and Document Capture AI Agent Platform.
• Medallion expanded its automated credentialing and privileging capabilities to support Joint Commission standards.
• ModMed announced ModMed Scribe for Dermatology.
• Doula-led maternity care provider Pacify launched an app to further support maternal health.
• Value-based care platform Reveleer launched retrospective risk adjustment technology.
• Customer experience automation vendor Ushur introduced AI Agent for Member Service, a health plan support tool.
• Therapeutic VR vendor XRHealth announced XR Clinician AI Assistant, a patient education tool.

Sales

• The University of Colorado Cancer Center chose Flatiron Health to support clinical study data capture.
• Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System selected Monogram Health to provide multispecialty in-home care to certain patients covered under its affiliated health plan.
• Canada’s 123Dentist implemented VideaHealth‘s AI platform for diagnostics and patient engagement across its network.

Company News

• CharmHealth launched its 2025 Innovation Challenge; the submission deadline is July 31, and finalists will present during the company’s user conference in September.
• Research from Eko Health demonstrated strong predictive performance in detecting symptoms of a weakened heart.
• Surescripts processed 2.6 billion electronic prescriptions in 2024, according to its annual report.

People

• Data management vendor ELLKAY named Ajay Kapare as Chief Executive Officer.
• Workflow automation vendor Swisslog Healthcare promoted Adam Tappen to Senior Vice President of Sales and Service for Transport Automation.

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