News 4/16/25

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Kidney care company DaVita works to recover from a weekend ransomware attack that encrypted some of its systems. The attack was disclosed in an SEC filing.

The company operates 2,657 outpatient dialysis centers in the US.

DaVita posted an update to its website on Monday indicating that it was experiencing high call volumes and asked providers to send medical records by fax.

Reader Comments

From Egress Latched: “Re: CuriMeta. Closed.” Unverified, but reported by several employees on LinkedIn who have adorned their headshots with the #OpenToWork label. St. Louis-based CuriMeta is (or was) a real-world data platform vendor that was launched in 2020. Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, which contributed data research and research support, invested $6 million in seed funding in August 2022. That’s not a lot of funding after nearly three years. Founder Davis Walp moved on in January 2025.

HIStalk Announcements and Requests

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Virtual care delivery company Hellocare.ai raises $47 million.

Sales

• Tanner Health (GA) selects CareTrack’s remote patient monitoring solution.
• MedStar Health (MD) will use Reimagine Health’s remote cancer care management software and services.

People

Michael Quinn (Inovalon) joins NVoq as VP of strategic business development.

Oura hires Ricky Bloomfield, MD (Apple) as chief medical officer.

Civitas Networks for Health appoints Jolie Ritzo, MPH as interim CEO with the departure of founding CEO Lisa Bari, MPH, MBA. 

Announcements and Implementations

IMAT Solutions announces GA of a new health data reporting platform incorporating business, data, security, and AI intelligence.

Ochsner Health (LA) implements digital advance care planning software from MyDirectives.

The Sequoia Project recognizes the Surescripts Health Information Network as a QHIN.

Healthcare benefits navigation platform vendor Castlight Health embeds Fabric’s virtual urgent care technology into its app. Castlight is owned by Apree Health, which is in turn owned by care solutions vendor Mosaic Health.

Government and Politics

LGBTQ Texans oppose a Texas bill that would mandate binary “biological sex” fields in EHRs that cannot be changed except to correct clerical errors, arguing that it endangers care for transgender and intersex patients by disregarding medical complexity.

Privacy and Security

CTG opens a Cegeka Modern Security Operations Center in Buffalo, NY and announces new cybersecurity solutions that include identity and access management and managed CISO Office-as-a-Service capabilities.

Northeast Radiology (CT) will take corrective action and pay $350,000 to settle federal HIPAA Security Rule violations that stem from a data breach of its PACS server that exposed the PHI of 300,000 patients.

Other

Nursing leaders looking to implement new care models are most in need of nurse informaticists, telehealth nurses, nurse care coordinators, and nurse educators in telehealth and virtual care, according to a new report from Wolters Kluwer Health.

Sponsor Updates

• A new Black Book survey underscores critical actions US medical device and supply chain leaders must implement to prepare for potential market disruptions in light of escalating trade tensions.
• Censinet, KLAS Research, and American Hospital Association publish the “2025 Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study.”
• CereCore will exhibit and present at MUSE Inspire 2025 May 27-30 in Dallas.
• Capital Rx releases a new episode of “The Astonishing Healthcare Podcast” titled “Navigating RxDC Reporting: Some Tips for Success, with Spencer Kramer.”
• Healthcare IT Leaders becomes a Workday Application Managed Services Partner.
• AGS Health will exhibit at the NAHAM Annual Conference April 30-May 2 in Phoenix.
• AvaSure will present at ATA Nexus 2025 May 3-6 in New Orleans.
• Conduce Health President Geoff Matous joins UConn Health’s Board of Directors.
• Consensus Cloud Solutions will exhibit at the SCHIMSS Annual Conference April 16 in Columbia, SC.

Blog Posts

• How healthcare technology is advancing patient safety: Insights from industry leaders (RLDatix)
• From Implementation Decisions to Billing: Learn How to Maximize Meditech (CereCore)
• The Emotional Journey of Limb Loss: How Intervention Transforms Recovery (AdvancedMD)
• Six Best Practices for a Hybrid Approach to Denials Management (AGS Health)
• Reducing Stress and Prioritising EPR System Usability (Altera Digital Health)
• The hidden dangers of AI confidence scores in healthcare (Arcadia)
• From prenatal to postnatal and beyond: How patient communication can close gaps in maternal care (Artera)
• Clearwater at RSA 2025: Spotlighting Healthcare Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure (Clearwater)
• Low-Cost, High-Value Epic Ransomware Solution: Ensure Epic Continuity with an Isolated Recovery Environment on AWS (Cordea Consulting)
• Why I Won’t Call to Book a Doctor’s Appointment (and How to Make Online Scheduling Easier for People Like Me) (Divurgent)
• Unlocking the Potential of Electronic Prior Authorizations for Specialty Medication (DrFirst)

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