News 9/18/24

Top News

Healthcare automation vendor Vyne Medical acquires Extract Systems, which specializes in automated data classification and indexing, extraction, and redaction.

Vyne Medical will integrate the ML/AI capabilities of Extract Systems with its Trace healthcare workflow tool for managing structured and unstructured data.

Reader Comments

From TEFCAadvocate: “Re: at Datapalooza. Lots of talk has been around the need for EHRs to standup and be counted as either in or out. And if out, why? Giants like Epic are leading the way, while others like Cerner remain on the sidelines. Columnist Ken Blackwell said it best on twitter today. ‘What’s your plan @healthcareSeema? Don’t be the biggest single barrier to #TEFCA!’” Ken Blackwell, MEd is a conservative activist who has served as treasurer and secretary of state of Ohio, mayor of Cincinnati, and candidate for state governor.

Webinars

September 19 (Thursday) noon ET. “Improving EHR Speed and Reliability.” Sponsor: Goliath Technologies. Presenters: Jenna Anderson, VP of collaborative insights, KLAS Research; Thomas Charlton, CEO, Goliath Technologies. The presenters will describe the improvement in speed and reliability for clinicians with major EHRs such as Epic, Oracle Health, and Meditech. The actionable data follows up a KLAS Arch Collaborative EHR Experience Survey that notes the prevalence of clinician speed and reliability issues, the frequency and length of poor performance, and the root causes for remediation.

September 19 (Thursday) 1 ET. “Cutting-Edge Conversations: A Fireside Chat With Top CMIOs.” Sponsor: DrFirst. Presenters: Drex DeFord, MSHI, MPA, This Week Health; Lacy Knight, MD, MSMI, Piedmont Health; Jake Lancaster, MD, MSHA, MS, Baptist Memorial Health Care; Colin Banas, MD, MSHA, chief medical officer DrFirst. This fireside chat will distill key points from 15 CMIO participants of the 229 Executive Summit. Topics include the impact of AI on clinical workflows, strategies for optimizing healthcare operations, addressing physician burnout and patient safety, and advances in population health management.

October 3 (Thursday) 1 ET. “Navigating AI-Powered Medical Interpretation: Insights for Health Leaders.” Sponsor: Globo. Presenter: Dipak Patel, CEO, Globo. AI is redefining how providers can communicate with patients who speak limited English. However, not all LLMs are created equal, and their potential and limitations need to be examined further. Globo has published its results from testing several LLMs. This webinar will address the promises and perils of AI-enabled medical interpretation in summarizing that research in four key domains: the process of AI interpretation, how to measure it, the state of AI tools today, and the areas where AI falls short with interpretation.

Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present or promote your own.

Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Nirvana, a New York City-based startup that provides AI-powered health insurance verification software, raises $24 million.

Medication management vendor Scriptology acquires RxLive, which offers medication management, virtual care, and analytics. Scriptology launched out of health tech accelerator Redesign Health earlier this year.

Sales

• Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services in Canada will implement Epic in 2026.
• Nebraska Medicine will implement Palantir’s AI software for patient flow, nursing allocation, clinical supply management, and revenue cycle optimization.

People

Courtney Green, MSN, RN (Ultimate Kronos Group) joins QGenda as VP of nurse and staff solutions.

Aetion names Kevin Riley, MBA (ZyterTruCare) president.

Color Health names Rebecca Miksad, MD, MMS, MPH (Boston University School of Medicine) chief medical officer.

Ryan Duffy (Capital Rx) joins RazorMetrics as chief revenue officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Hackensack Meridian Health (NJ) will launch a digital primary care service this fall using AI medical chat technology from K Health.

LifeBridge Health (MD) implements Care.ai’s virtual tele-sitting software at its Northwest Hospital and virtual nursing in the progressive care unit at its Sinai Hospital. Care.ai’s acquisition by Stryker closed Tuesday.

DirectTrust launches a cybersecurity workgroup that will address healthcare cybersecurity challenges, shaping accreditation standards, identifying advocacy priorities, and promoting industry-wide best practices through collaboration and advocacy.

Oracle Health releases a free framework that allows VA and community providers to securely share patient health information in support of the Veteran Interoperability Pledge. Signers of the pledge commit to accurately identifying veterans when they seek care in the community, connect them with VA and community resources, and coordinate care for shared patients. Marshfield Clinic Health System is an early adopter.

Government and Politics

PointClickCare asks a federal appeals court to overturn an injunction that is related to the efforts of Real Time Medical Systems to extract analytics data for its skilled nursing clients. RTMS claimed that PCC used CAPTCHA tests to limit its activities with the intention of stifling competition. PCC told the court that it deployed CAPTCHA because RTMS was using bots that slowed down PCC’s system performance, also noting that PCC’s contracts explicitly ban the use of bots.

ASTP / ONC awards $2 million in funding to two projects. Columbia University will study ways to use AI to harness nursing knowledge using data, while Oregon Health & Science University will adapt an open source SMART on FHIR application based on HL7 Multiple Chronic Condition care plan for three behavioral health use cases.

Privacy and Security

Brunswick Hospital Center, an inpatient psychiatric facility in New York, deals with a ransomware attack by ThreeAM. The group claims to have stolen and leaked 22GB of data.

Other

Black Book’s latest report reveals trends in hospital outsourcing via group purchasing organizations, with 46% of surveyed stand-alone and independent hospitals likely to consider outsourcing digital platforms that automate procurement and provide real-time analytics.

Sponsor Updates

• AdvancedMD, Availity, and Inovalon will exhibit at the HBMA 2024 Annual Revenue Cycle Management Fall Conference through September 19 in Austin.
• Agfa HealthCare will host its North American User Group September 23-35 in Orlando.
• Capital Rx releases a new episode of The Astonishing Healthcare Podcast, “Pharmacy Benefits 101: Clinical Programs, with Bonnie Hui-Callahan, PharmD.”
• Clinical Architecture will present at LOINC 2024 September 18 in Washington, DC.
• CloudWave will sponsor and present at Bluebird Leaders S.O.A.R. 2024 September 18-20 in Atlanta.
• Inovalon announces that, for the fourth year in row, it has been ranked number one by health plan and payer organizations surveyed by Black Book Research for its robust data integration and predictive analytics.

Blog Posts

• AdvancedMD Surveyed Our Customers on Their Biggest Medical Billing Challenges. Here’s What We Learned. (AdvancedMD)
• Confronting Underpayments with Custom Solutions for Revenue Recovery (AGS Health)
• The Secret to RCM System Optimization Trusted by PE-backed Organizations (Alpha II)
• Calling all leaders: A sneak peek of the HCTC Executive Summit (Altera Digital Health)
• Activating data to improve quality of care and workforce productivity (Arcadia)
• Setting a New Standard for the Future of Pharmacy Benefit Administration (Capital Rx)
• Essential Packaging for Self-Service Reporting and Healthcare Analytics (Cardamom Health)
• Reproductive Health Privacy Rule Lawsuit May Signal Shift in Balance of Power (Clearwater)
• AI-Driven Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions: Innovations in Healthcare (Cordea Consulting)
• Succession Planning: Helping Companies Prepare for Executive Transitions (Direct Recruiters)
• Prioritizing Brain Health for Employees through Continuous Learning (Divurgent)
• The Path to Safer Care: World Patient Safety Day 2024 (RLDatix)

Sponsor Spotlight

Ascom recently launched Telligence 7,  its next-generation nurse call system designed to elevate the clinical workflow experience. Developed for acute care environments, Telligence 7 simplifies technology ownership with seven new features that make it secure, adaptable, and affordable for hospitals. One of the improvements features a no-downtime benefit. Hospital IT administrators can now make configuration changes and push updates without any disruption to clinical delivery. This helps eliminate five to eight minutes of downtime per IP device or unit and encourages delivering improvements to workflows as they’re needed. (Sponsor Spotlight is free for HIStalk Platinum sponsors).

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