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CIO Podcast – Episode 96: The Role of CIOs with Christopher Kunney | Healthcare IT Today
For the 96th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Christopher Kunney, Managing Partner at IOTECH Consulting, to talk about the role of CIOs! We kick this episode off by discussing how the role of CIO has changed since Kunney first started. Then we talk about the skills
Kouper Emerges from Stealth with $10M in Funding to Transform Transitions of Care | Healthcare IT Today
Partnering with Top Health Systems, Kouper is Transforming Care Transitions with Generative AI to Improve Patient Outcomes and Operational Insight Kouper, a health technology platform designed to transform transitions of care, today formally emerged from stealth with $10 million in funding from General Catalyst, 25Madison, and CVS Health Ventures. The company’s mission is to support
Redefining Patient Care: Three Ways to Combat Physician Burnout with Clinical Decision Support | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by McKinley Glover, IV, MD, MHS, Vice President, Clinical Decision Support at Optum Insight After spending nearly 20 years in healthcare, I've seen firsthand the surge in clinician burnout, driven by workforce shortages and administrative tasks. By 2037, the United States is projected to experience a shortage of 124,000
Bonus Features – June 1, 2025 – 58% of patients frustrated by prior auth for medications, Wolters Kluwer Health has a new CEO, plus 24 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 – May 31, 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. Reducing Wait Times, Improving Appointment Scheduling,
Healthcare IT’s Role in Reducing Wait Times, Improving Appointment Scheduling, and Ensuring Timely Communication with Providers | Healthcare IT Today
The time and effort it takes to schedule an appointment or communicate with your provider can be incredibly taxing. It's a common experience that you set an appointment weeks to months out and hope that your schedule doesn't change to prevent you from attending the appointment. If you can get past that, you then have
Centauri Health Solutions Acquires MedAllies, Broadens Health Data Network to Support Mission Critical Use Cases | Healthcare IT Today
Transaction Adds 1,000 Hospitals, 5,000 Ambulatory Organizations, and 125,000 Healthcare Providers to Industry-Leading Nationwide Clinical Exchange Network Centauri Health Solutions, a Phoenix, Arizona-based health information technology company, announced its acquisition of MedAllies, a New York-based Health Information Service Provider (HISP) and Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) focused on health data connectivity and clinical data exchange.
A Father’s Grief, a Professional’s Hope: How Technology Can Heal Healthcare’s Human Flaws | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Michael Campana, VP of Marketing at Amitech Solutions This is a story about loss, systemic failure, and the unrelenting hope that technology can prevent others from enduring the same pain. It’s a father’s grief – my grief – transformed into a professional’s mission. A Needless Death Today marks
Agentic AI is Driving a New Frontier for Intelligent Care and Operational Excellence in Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Rameez Chatni, Global Director AI Solutions - Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences at Cloudera The last two years have seen an adoption boom of agentic AI. No longer confined to research labs or theoretical discourse, these intelligent agents—AI systems capable of making decisions and acting autonomously—are now being rapidly
Epicore Biosystems Expands Series B to $32M to Power Global Growth of Sweat-Sensing Wearable Technology | Healthcare IT Today
New Investment Fuels Expansion of Connected Hydration Wearables, Cloud Analytics, and Next-Gen Biomarker Validation Epicore Biosystems, a digital health solutions leader developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables, today announced an additional $6M in Series B funding, bringing its total Series B raise to $32M. The follow-on round includes new backing from a San Francisco-based investor and marquee angel investors, along
AI Workflows with Salt AI – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 11 | Healthcare IT Today
We're excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. Cloud-based, visual-first AI development and collaboration platform tailored for life sciences. Designed to make AI workflows accessible to both technical and non-technical users. Salt AI enables teams to build, deploy, and scale AI-powered solutions without extensive coding expertise.
Designing Healthcare IT Systems to Improve Patient Engagement and Empower Individuals to Take an Active Role in Their Care | Healthcare IT Today
Patient Engagement is an important key to success. It doesn't matter how well-designed and helpful healthcare IT systems are if no one is engaging with them. There are a couple of areas that we need to consider when trying to improve engagement. First, are the patients aware of the systems? Sometimes, raising awareness of the
Emerging Cyber Threats to AI-Based Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Support Tools | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Ed Gaudet, Founder and CEO at Censinet As hyperbolic words go, transformation ranks near the top of the list. Yet, when something is truly transformative, it’s undeniable. And that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the healthcare industry: a
This Week’s Health IT Jobs – May 28, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
It can be very overwhelming scrolling though 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
Inside eHealth 2025: Why Healthcare CIOs Should Pay Attention | Healthcare IT Today
This year’s eHealth conference (#eHealth2025) in Toronto, Ontario will once again be a gathering of must-know digital health leaders in Canada. The conference also features more patient participants than ever to go alongside the energy brought by the startups in attendance. Learn more in this exclusive interview. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Shelagh Maloney,
Teladoc Health Acquires UpLift, Expanding Consumer Access to Mental Health Care Services Through Covered Benefits | Healthcare IT Today
Acquisition Broadens Access to Virtual Mental Health Services with In-Network Health Plan Relationships Representing More Than 100 Million Covered Lives Teladoc Health, the global leader in virtual care, today announced it has acquired UpLift, an innovative and tech-enabled provider of virtual mental health therapy, psychiatry, and medication management services. The acquisition supports the company’s strategy
How a Strategic Change to Online Booking Cut Call Center Costs and Improved Patient Experience for My Health Onsite | Healthcare IT Today
Patients expect booking an appointment to be as seamless, but too often it breaks down at the worst moment—when a patient realizes the provider they selected can’t help them. My Health Onsite addressed this challenge AND cut their call center costs at the same time. Here’s how.
Clearlake Capital Completes Majority Investment in ModMed to Fund Growth | Healthcare IT Today
New Investment Accelerates the Growth and Innovation of ModMed's AI-Powered Medical Practice Technology Platform ModMed, a leader in specialty-specific healthcare SaaS technology, today announced that Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. has completed its investment in the Company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "Market demand continues to accelerate for AI-enabled technology that streamlines healthcare
Reactions to the Latest KLAS Reports – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 167 | Healthcare IT Today
For the 167th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are sharing our reactions to the latest KLAS reports! We start this episode by discussing our reactions to the US Acute Care EHR Market Share Report by KLAS. Then, we take a look at the Data & Analytics Platform Report by KLAS. Next, we
Are Managed Print Services a Prescription for Healthcare Efficiency? | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Jeff Wilson, Vice President at Flex Technology Group Healthcare is one of the most document-intensive industries, meaning an organization’s print infrastructure's speed, efficiency, and security can significantly impact daily operations. The need to move quickly is part of those daily operations, so employees need to be equipped with
Bonus Features – May 25, 2025 – 49% of patients who avoid portals say it’s because of data security concerns, 61% of patients would pay a premium for a better experience, plus 31 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 – May 24, 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. Real Talk on Medical Misinformation. At
5 Startups from MaRS Health Impact 2025 You Need to Know & Real Talk on Medical Misinformation | Healthcare IT Today
At the 2025 MaRS Health Impact event, innovation was on full display—from early-stage concepts to revenue-generating solutions already making waves. Five medical device/digital health company pitches stood out, and a session completely blew me away.
Ascend Learning Acquires myTIPreport to Enhance MedHub Offering | Healthcare IT Today
Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning software company, has acquired myTIPreport, a platform that modernizes medical education feedback and competency tracking. myTIPreport will be integrated into Ascend’s MedHub brand, enabling medical education institutions to more efficiently and conveniently track the performance of both medical trainees and programs. With this enhanced offering, medical training institutions and
Why AI Voice is Finally Making Noise in Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Zain Qayyum, Founder and Co-CEO at Medsender In most industries, the fax machine is considered obsolete technology. In healthcare, however, you’ll find some medical practices clinging to it. That’s because data doesn’t get more personal than protected health information (PHI), and violations for failing to comply with the
Lyric Acquires ClaimShark to Expand Platform Value and Power Next-Gen AI Applications | Healthcare IT Today
Acquisition Adds Leading Payment Integrity Solutions to Lyric 42 Platform, Driving Intelligent Value Creation and Transparency at Scale Lyric, a leader in healthcare payment accuracy and integrity solutions, today announced its acquisition of ClaimShark, an innovative payment integrity technology platform focused on enhancing integration, transparency, and precision for health plans. ClaimShark’s solutions will be integrated
Plenful Raises $50M Series B to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Automation Platform | Healthcare IT Today
New Funding will Accelerate Plenful's Platform Expansion to Enhance Operational Efficiency and Deepen Adoption Across Top Healthcare Systems Plenful, the leading AI workflow automation platform modernizing healthcare operations, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round. The round is co-led by Mitchell Rales, Co-Founder of Danaher Corporation, who also joins Plenful's board and Arena Holdings,
ABILITY Neurotech Challenges Neuralink – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 10 | 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 Dr. Rotem Kopel, Founder and CEO at ABILITY Neurotech. Their implantable neural recording system is a breakthrough in Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) development, enabling robust communication pathways and enhanced autonomy for people affected by
Persivia Powers the Next Era of Digital Health with Strategic $107 Million Investment and AI Innovation Patent | Healthcare IT Today
Persivia, the company behind one of the healthcare industry’s most advanced digital health platforms, today announced two major developments—a $107M investment from Aldrich Capital Partners and the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,254,975 B2 for its Health Data Processing System. This dual milestone signals a new era for healthcare, as Persivia prepares to scale its proven AI-first platform and
Cutting Through the Noise: Patient Engagement That Resonates Through Personalization | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Kristen Jacobsen, VP of OmniChannel Engagement and Marketing at RevSpring People have an inherent desire to feel unique and valued. Personalization is a technique that marketers have used for decades to engage prospects and customers with messages and other engagement tactics that resonate with them as individuals, fostering
This Week’s Health IT Jobs – May 21, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today
It can be very overwhelming scrolling though 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
Basil Systems Raises $11.5 Million to Help Life Sciences Companies Make Smarter, Faster Decisions with AI-Driven Intelligence | Healthcare IT Today
With 600M+ Indexed Records and Customers like Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and Baxter, Basil Helps Pharma and Medtech Companies Make Faster, Smarter Decisions Across Product and Regulatory Lifecycles; Basil Systems Transforms Fragmented Regulatory, Post-Market, and Clinical Data into Real-Time, Decision-Ready Insight Basil Systems, the leading AI-powered product lifecycle intelligence platform for the life sciences industry,
Automating Healthcare Form Processing in the Cloud | Healthcare IT Today
The value of filling out forms to convey information in a consistent fashion was recognized in ancient times when writing was invented. Forms are the basis of information collection, data sharing, and regulatory compliance in health care. In this video, Maggie Peña, Chief Experience Officer at Interlace Health, explains the benefits of moving forms to
Empowering a Cohesive Patient Journey with Integrated Scheduling and Patient Engagement | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Bryant Hoyal, VP of Client Services, Strategic Accounts at Relatient Today’s patients expect convenient, digital-first experiences—but healthcare often falls short of those expectations. That’s why three out of four providers are increasing their investment in digital solutions, aiming to bridge this gap. But smart investments are not just
The Digital Cure for Attrition: Technology-Driven Strategies for Strengthening Patient Relationships | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Kamal Anand, Chief Product Officer at TeleVox and Mosaicx In today’s healthcare landscape, delivering exceptional clinical care is only part of the equation. Patients now expect care that’s not just effective, but also accessible, responsive, and personalized. As expectations shift toward the kind of convenience and connectivity seen
Reveleer Acquires Novillus to Expand Its AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence and Quality Solutions | Healthcare IT Today
Acquisition Strengthens Provider Engagement, Care Gap Management, and Compliance Solutions to Improve Health Outcomes and Financial Performance Reveleer, the leading value-based care technology platform, today announced the acquisition of Novillus, a provider of insight-driven care gap management and frictionless provider engagement solutions. This acquisition further augments Reveleer's comprehensive clinical intelligence and quality improvement solutions in value-based
Finding the Right Partner and Technology has Made all the Difference for Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers | Healthcare IT Today
Successfully deploying new technology depends not just on the tech itself, but on the company behind it and the willingness of staff (and patients) to adopt it. Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers had all three factors in its favor when they rolled out online patient check-in and appointment booking.
Brellium Raises $16.7 Million to Build Healthcare’s AI-Powered Clinical Compliance Platform | Healthcare IT Today
A few years before co-founding Brellium, I had a medical misdiagnosis that snowballed into two years of frustration—shuffling from specialist to specialist, trying treatment after treatment, just to end up with a stack of bills and an endless game of phone tag with insurance. Later, I found out that all of it could’ve been avoided
Promptly Acquires the Software Solutions of MDprospects and Patient Spectrum, Significantly Expanding Its All-in-One Practice Management Platform and Revolutionizing Patient Experience | Healthcare IT Today
Promptly, the leading All-in-One Patient Experience Suite, today announced the strategic acquisition of MDprospects and Patient Spectrum, which includes MDprospects, MDidentity, Referify, and Appointec. This acquisition dramatically enhances Promptly's capabilities while supercharging practice management systems by streamlining repetitive tasks and significantly improving patient interactions for all stakeholders. MDprospects is a premier web-based Customer Relationship Management
CIO Podcast – Episode 95: Private 5G Networks with Christian Lindmark | Healthcare IT Today
For the 95th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Christian Lindmark, CTO at Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine, to talk about private 5G networks! We kick this episode off by discussing the importance of connectivity in Lindmark's hospital and some of the challenges he