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The Future of Data Sharing | Healthcare IT Today
We have put a lot of time into discussing the necessity of health data sharing throughout the world of healthcare. But what are the practicalities of this? We reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community to ask — what does the future of health data sharing look like? The following are their answers. Rahul
Penguin Ai Secures $29.7M in Venture Funding to Tackle the $1 Trillion Administrative Burden in the Healthcare Industry | Healthcare IT Today
Former Chief Data Officer at UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente, and Optum Launches New Healthcare AI Company to Streamline Workflows and Reduce Inefficiencies Penguin Ai, a healthcare artificial intelligence company that solves administrative burdens, announced today that it has secured $29.7 million in venture funding, including a $25M Series A led by Greycroft. Other participants in the
AI Scribes Aren’t About Just Time Saved. Mental Space is Also a Benefit. | Healthcare IT Today
AI scribes are often praised for saving clinicians time, but Beacon Health System’s Dr. Scott Eshowsky argues the real value lies in easing cognitive load. By adopting Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent, his team is seeing less burnout, stronger patient connections, and even a few reclaimed Sunday afternoons.
Bridging the Health IT Skills Gap with Affordable, Scalable Online Learning | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Dani Foust, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Pluralsight The role of IT in healthcare has shifted from a support function to a mission-critical pillar of care delivery. In healthcare, few things are as important, or as challenging, as maintaining a well-equipped health IT workforce. With digital transformation
Fownd Builds an Automated Scribe for Physical Therapy From the Ground Up | Healthcare IT Today
Fownd is a young company creating an ambient voice recording solution to document evaluations, assessments, and plans for physical therapists. Visits, workflows, terminology, and conversations in general are different in PT than in the physician settings most ambient voice solutions are designed for. Fownd, which has many physical therapists on its team, is designing its solution
Data Sharing Initiative Strategies Everyone Should be Adopting | Healthcare IT Today
As we continue to talk about the importance of data sharing in healthcare, more and more initiatives are created in order to help achieve this goal. This is all very exciting, but there needs to be some internal work in your organization before you participate in these initiatives. The only way to truly provide and
How Acclaim Autism is Using Generative AI to Transform Behavioral Health | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Ryan Cox, Co-Founder and Vice President at Acclaim Autism According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, nearly two-thirds of U.S. autism therapy providers face waitlists exceeding four months. With one in thirty-one children diagnosed each year, demand is surging far beyond current capacity. This situation places
Kanematsu Invests in Intuition Robotics to Collaborate on Japanese Expansion of AI Companion Robot, “ElliQ” | Healthcare IT Today
Kanematsu Corporation and Intuition Robotics Ltd. are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership for the co-development, sale, and provision of services related to the Japanese market version of Intuition Robotics’ AI companion robot for older adults, ElliQ. The Japanese market will be the first international expansion of the company outside
Bonus Features – October 5, 2025 – 85% of healthcare professionals use their EHR during “pajama time,” 55% of virtual care leaders say improving patient engagement is their top priority, plus 29 more stories | Healthcare IT Today
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
Weekly Roundup – October 4, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
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. Hyro's Free AI Agent for Targeting
Business Development with BDaaS – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 29 | Healthcare IT Today
We're excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Tigran Arzumanov, Founder and CEO at Basel-based BDaaS. BDaaS helps US life science companies expand into Europe by solving one of their toughest problems: hiring business development talent. Instead of choosing between juniors
The Hidden Cost CIOs and COOs Can’t Ignore: Misaligned Technology | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Rhonda Gibler, Chief Growth Officer at Carenet Health Health IT adoption has never moved faster. CIOs and COOs are steering multimillion-dollar investments in AI, cloud platforms, and digital front doors — all with the promise of efficiency, engagement, and ROI. Yet, in conversations with healthcare leaders, one theme
Free Healthcare AI Agent from Hyro | Healthcare IT Today
When I saw the recent announcement from Hyro about their Proactive Px solution that includes a free AI agent for healthcare organizations in the wake of the financial impact the OBBBA, I wanted to learn more. It reminded me of all the free health IT resources that were offered in the wake of COVID-19. To
MediSpend and Life Sciences Subsidiary of RLDatix Merge to Form Leading Global Provider of Regulatory and Compliance SaaS Solutions for Life Sciences | Healthcare IT Today
New Company Delivers Built-for-Purpose, Best-in-Class Solutions Spanning the Entire Product Lifecycle for Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Companies MediSpend and RLDatix Life Sciences, a subsidiary of RLDatix, today announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a new unified company at the forefront of life sciences innovation and compliance. The new company offers the most comprehensive
A Sit Down with Acentra Health’s Leader, Todd Stottlemyer | Healthcare IT Today
In this video, Todd Stottlemyer, CEO at Acentra Health, sets forth new initiatives at his company and his own views on leadership. Acentra Health recently launched a consortium named the Safe AI and Medicaid Alliance (SAMA) combining policy leaders and technical experts to develop safe frameworks for AI adoption. The consortium is open to anyone
Experts at MEDITECH Live Talk about Interoperability, AI Integration, Security, Leadership, and More | Healthcare IT Today
While at the recent MEDITECH Live conference, I had a chance to do a number of short video interviews with experts at the conference (In case you missed our coverage of the MEDITECH Live keynotes, be sure to check that out as well). We asked them a wide variety of questions in regards to interoperability,
GovCIO Closes Acquisition of SoldierPoint Digital Health, LLC | Healthcare IT Today
Acquisition of SoldierPoint Marks a Logical Expansion for GovCIO into the Veterans Health Administration GovCIO, LLC, a leading provider of advanced technology solutions and services for the federal government with over 3,300 employees and over $1B in revenue, today announced it has completed the acquisition of SoldierPoint Digital Health, LLC from Iron Bow Technologies. SoldierPoint
When It Comes to AI, Healthcare Organizations Mean Well; So Why Are Employees Going Rogue? | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Lauren Spiller, Enterprise Analyst at ManageEngine Healthcare systems are making significant efforts when it comes to AI oversight: developing training programs, implementing risk assessments, vetting tools for compliance, and creating guidelines. Yet despite these well-intentioned initiatives, a significant disconnect has emerged between official oversight and employee behavior. According
Governmental Involvement in Data Sharing | Healthcare IT Today
Getting a bunch of organizations to mutually agree not only on whether or not they want to share data, but also on how it is shared, the standards of what the data should look like, and more, can be an impossible task. A lot of these big decisions can be eased with the involvement of
This Week’s Health IT Jobs – October 1, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
It can be very overwhelming scrolling through job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw
CharmHealth’s Bet: Research, Slack-Style Tools, and Physician Practice Loyalty | Healthcare IT Today
At Charmalot 2025, CharmHealth CEO Pramila Srinivasan outlined how the company is blurring traditional EHR boundaries, turning its platform into a community hub, a research lab, and a partner for practices of every size.
Healthcare Burnout is Reaching a Fever Pitch, Mobile Devices Could Be the Answer | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Dr. Sean Kelly, Chief Medical Officer at Imprivata Healthcare systems are facing an unprecedented challenge. Clinician shortages are rising, with a projected shortage of primary care physicians reaching over 85,000 by 2036. As a result, care teams must do more with fewer resources, which is fueling stress, fatigue,
More Work Disguised as Change? Greenway’s Dr. Michael Blackman Weighs In | Healthcare IT Today
Clinicians aren’t resisting innovation—they’re resisting “more work” disguised as change. In this Q&A, Greenway Health CMO Dr. Michael Blackman shares how AI, automation, and smarter workflows can lighten the load and restore joy to practicing medicine.
Why Public Health Data Needs to Modernize | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Keith Boone, Standards Guru and Enterprise Architect at Audacious Inquiry, a PointClickCare Company The complexity, volume, and interoperability requirements of healthcare data have grown so much over the past decade that they’re outstripping the capabilities of the legacy software systems that manage the information. Public health agencies have
Prominence Advisors Acquires Tegra Analytics, Marking Entry into Life Sciences | Healthcare IT Today
The Partnership Brings Together Healthcare and Life Sciences Expertise to Drive Data Enablement Innovation Prominence Advisors, the nation's leader in healthcare data enablement, announced the acquisition of Tegra Analytics, a life sciences analytics consultancy. The partnership extends Prominence's proven data enablement platform into life sciences, strengthening its service across providers, payers, and life sciences organizations. Founded
Big Announcements and New Products at the eClinicalWorks National Conference | Healthcare IT Today
This weekend I was excited to head back to the eClinicalWorks National Conference in Orlando, FL. Thousands of eClinicalWorks users attend the national conference to hear the latest product announcements, connect with peers, and be able to talk directly with the eClinicalWorks staff. One of the unique things that eClinicalWorks staff do at the conference
Cascala Health Raises $8.6M in Seed Funding | Healthcare IT Today
Cascala Health, a Boston, MA-based healthcare technology company, raised $8.6M in seed financing. The round was co‑led by Flare Capital Partners and Eniac Ventures, with participation from Omega Healthcare Investors, Ziegler Link-age Fund, Tau Ventures, and Digital Health Venture Partners, bringing Cascala’s total funding to $11.23M since its launch in mid-2024. The company intends to
Enforcement of Information Blocking – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 176 | Healthcare IT Today
For the 176th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement to enforce information blocking! We kick this episode off by sharing our personal reactions to HHS's crackdown on health data blocking. Next, we debate whether or not this is going to
Healthcare’s Device Crisis Is a Patient Safety Crisis | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Apu Pavithran, Founder and CEO at Hexnode Cybersecurity and physical security are increasingly linked in modern healthcare. Bad actors know that mobile devices and medical endpoints can serve as entry points into an organization’s ecosystem and allow them to hold the entire network hostage. We saw this last
Bonus Features – September 28, 2025 – 90% of clains denials require human review before resubmission, 73% of biopharma teams got false insights thanks to incomplete data, plus 33 more stories | Healthcare IT Today
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
Weekly Roundup – September 27, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
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. AI Takes Center Stage at OntarioMD's
EVERSANA Merges with Waltz Health to Create a New Force in Pharma Commercialization and Prescription Drug Access | Healthcare IT Today
Combined Company Offers Next-Generation Commercialization Model that Directly Connects Life Sciences to Payers and Patients to Accelerate Access, Improve Affordability, and Transform Drug Value Across the Care Continuum Waltz Health Co-Founder and CEO Mark Thierer Appointed CEO at EVERSANA; Jim Lang, Former CEO, Will Continue to Serve as a Board Member EVERSANA and Waltz Health today
Advent International to Acquire PatientPoint, the Point of Change Company, Elevating Healthcare Through the Nation’s Largest Digital Point-of-Care Engagement Network | Healthcare IT Today
Advent International, a leading global private equity investor, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PatientPoint, Inc., the nation’s largest digital point-of-care network, strategically delivering behavior-changing content and measurable outcomes for patients, providers, and health brands, from an investor group led by L Catterton and Littlejohn & Co., LLC. Terms of the
AI Takes Center Stage at OntarioMD’s Digital Health Conference 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
AI dominated the conversations at OntarioMD’s Digital Health Conference 2025, with vendors, leaders, and physicians focused on governance, standards, and real-world use. From Christine McKenzie’s call for a “source of truth” in health data to Robert Fox’s vision of system-wide convergence, the event showed how Canadian health is moving from AI buzz to practical impact.
Long-Term Patient Follow-Up with Medable – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 28 | Healthcare IT Today
We're excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Pamela Tenaerts, Chief Medical Officer at Medable. Tenaerts talks about how they improve accessibility for patients in the 15-year follow-up period mandated by the FDA for patients in gene therapy trials. Patients often
Five Simple Guardrails That Keep Low Code Safe in Healthcare IT | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by John Miniadis, Founder and CEO at Stackdrop In today’s fast-paced healthcare and healthtech landscape, organizations face the constant challenge of innovating quickly while maintaining the highest standards of patient data privacy and security. Low-code platforms have emerged as a powerful catalyst for healthcare digital transformation. They are here
Sonitor and Tagnos Announce Strategic Merger, Paving the Way for Enhanced Healthcare Technology Solutions | Healthcare IT Today
Strategic Combination Brings Together Sonitor’s High-Precision RTLS and Tagnos’s Workflow Intelligence Software to Transform Asset Tracking, Patient Flow, and Staff Safety Sonitor, a global leader in accurate and reliable Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), and Tagnos, a healthcare software pioneer specializing in healthcare workflow and asset orchestration, today announced their strategic merger. This pivotal collaboration will
CharmHealth Showcases Growth and Innovation at Charmalot 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
CharmHealth used its Charmalot 2025 conference in Berkeley to unveil major updates including CharmHealthSquare, CharmLabs, and expanded API capabilities. The event highlighted both the company’s growing enterprise focus and its ongoing support for smaller practices.
ALIGNMT AI Raises $6.5M Seed Round to Scale AI Risk Monitoring Platform for Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
AIX Ventures Leads Funding Round to Help Healthcare Organizations Slash AI Risk Management Overhead by 50% and Turn Compliance from Bottleneck into Competitive Advantage ALIGNMT AI, a leading AI compliance platform for healthcare, today announced $6.5 million in seed funding led by AIX Ventures, with participation from Sancus Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Dent Capital. The