News 4/9/25

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The UK government and the Wellcome Trust will invest $767 million to create a Health Data Research Service, which will offer researchers a single access point to NHS data.

The Wellcome charity will contribute $128 million of the cost, while the UK government will provide up to $639 million.

The service will go live by the end of 2026.

HIStalk Announcements and Requests

I fully funded several DonorsChoose teacher grant requests using donations from Volpara Health, which contributed an amount for each response to a recent survey I ran. Their gift, combined with matching funds from my Anonymous Vendor Executive and others, supported these projects, with more to come:

• Math as art activity books and supplies for Ms. H’s high school class in Byhalia, MS.
• A presentation stand and clock for Ms. M’s second grade class in Roma, TX.
• STEM activity kits for Ms. A’s elementary school class in Rio Grande City, TX.
• STEM and engineering kits for Ms. S’s elementary school class in Thermal, CA.
• STEM books for Mr. K’s middle school class in Olathe, CO.
• Science books for Mr. A’s middle school class in Penitas, TX.
• STEM activities for Ms. M’s first grade class in Naples, FL.
• Robotics and STEM kits for Ms. M’s middle school class in Orrville, AL.
• Uniform shirts for Ms. E’s high school class in Camden, NJ.
• Group collaboration corner furnishings for Mr. K’s high school class in Trenton, NJ.

Sponsored Events and Resources

Live Webinar: April 15 (Tuesday) 1 ET. “Navigating ACO Quality in 2025: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.” Sponsor: Healthmonix. Presenters: Michael Lewis, VP of customer success, Healthmonix; Steven Tyson, senior account executive, Healthmonix.  Accountable care organizations (ACOs) must stay ahead of evolving quality requirements and reporting changes. Join us for an in-depth discussion on lessons learned from past ACO implementation, key areas for improvement, and the impact of Medicare Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs).

Contact Lorre to have your resource listed.

Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Therapy Brands, which offers software and services to rehab therapists, mental and behavioral healthcare professionals, and health IT developers, rebrands to Ensora Health.

Transcarent completes its $621 million acquisition of Accolade.

Sales

• Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (NC) will transition to Epic as a part of its acquisition by Duke Health.
• Six hospitals in Eastern Ontario will join the Atlas Alliance of hospitals and implement Epic by the fall of 2026.

People

Bharath Perugu, MBA (Office Practicum) joins Surgimate as chief product and technology officer.

CVS Health names Amy Compton-Phillips, MD (Press Ganey) EVP / chief medical officer.

Aaron Mann (KeyCare) joins Veeva Systems as VP commercial site solutions.

Solarity hires Kevin Hidenfelter as chief growth officer.

Brian Blackwell, MA (Point32Health) joins Healthcare Systems of America as VP of applications.

Prealize Health hires Jarret English (Sandata Technologies) as SVP of sales.

Announcements and Implementations

The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (OK) implements Epic.

McLaren Flint hospital (MI) implements Volpara Health’s Risk Pathways software for breast cancer risk assessment and care management.

Sponsor Updates

• Capital Rx releases a new episode of “The Astonishing Healthcare Podcast” titled “A New Approach to Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening, with Geneoscopy.”
• Optimum Healthcare IT launches a podcast titled “Visionary Voices,” with its first episode airing on April 21, 2025.
• CereCore publishes a new case study featuring Jupiter Medical Center, “EHR Agnostic IT Support Leads to Provider and Patient Satisfaction.”
• The Röntgen Domus radiology center in Iceland implements Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging platform.
• Altera Digital Health announces that Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has added its Clinical Health Psychology team to the trust’s Sunrise EPR from Altera.
• New Black Book Research survey findings indicate that France’s EHR sector is undergoing significant transformation.
• CHIME honors Censinet founder and CEO Ed Gaudet with its 2025 Baldrige Foundation Leadership Award.
• The “Speaking Health Law” podcast features Clearwater Director of Consulting Services Hal Porter in an episode titled “How Have Cybersecurity Expectations for Health Tech Vendors Changed Over the Past 12 Months?”
• Clinical Architecture joins the CommonWell Health Alliance Marketplace.
• WEDI’s “The Collective Voice of Health IT” podcast features CliniComp SVP of Client Services Sandra Johnson in an episode titled “Clean Data, AI, and Interoperability to Eliminate ‘Pajama Time.’”
• Divurgent publishes a new success story titled “Concierge Scheduling of Physician EHR Personalization.”

Blog Posts

• High-Risk Medical Coding: Debridement Coding, Documentation Challenges, and Insights (AGS Health)
• How Rules-Based Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare is Reshaping Pharmacy Surveillance (Inovalon)
• 5 Ways to Break Down Silos and Deliver Whole-Person Care (Netsmart)
• The journey ahead: Altera’s dedication to empowering patients with innovative solutions (Altera Digital Health)
• 5 forces disrupting healthcare performance today — and how to navigate them (Arcadia)
• Exploring the Impact of Automated Patient Messaging on Medication Adherence and Clinical Trials (Artera)
• Key Takeaways from Health Care Value Week: The Future of ACOs & Specialty Value-Based Care (Conduce Health)
• The State of Telehealth in 2025 (Dimensional Insight)
• Healthcare Themes for 2025: The Realities of AI, Smarter Medication Management, and the Changing Regulatory Landscape (DrFirst)

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