Monday Morning Update 2/19/24

Top News

Virtual and in-home care software vendor Dina raises $7 million. Osage Venture Partners led the Series A funding round, bringing Chicago-based Dina’s total funding to $11 million.

HIStalk Announcements and Requests

Most poll respondents own shares or equity in a health-IT related company, typically one that they’ve had a professional connection to. Demo Chic is of that majority, commenting that, “I have equity in multiple startups where I’ve worked, but zero hopes of actually realizing anything from the blood, sweat, and tears contributed. Maybe a nice-to-have boost in retirement but doubt they will ever amount to anything.”

New poll to your right or here: In light of ViVE kicking off next week in Los Angeles, what do you hope to gain by attending conferences like ViVE and HIMSS? My list of reasons doesn’t encompass every possibility for every type of attendee, so please share your particular goals by leaving a comment.

Welcome to new HIStalk Platinum Sponsor Altera Digital Health. A global healthcare IT leader, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Altera’s approach to our clinical, financial, and interoperability solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. Altera designs digital health services that lead healthcare to a higher place, while we guide those we partner with, all along the way. Together, with our clients, we’re bringing next-level healthcare within reach. Thanks to Altera Digital Health for supporting HIStalk.

Webinars

None scheduled soon. Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present or promote your own.

Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Amwell reports Q4 revenue of $71 million, with annual revenue of $259 million. An annual net loss of $679 million, plus end-of-year layoffs, were also mentioned in the company’s latest earnings announcement. Amwell is ramping up organizational efforts to begin work on the $180 million Defense Health Agency virtual care contract it was jointly awarded with Leidos back in October.

Sales

• Virtua Health (NJ) will implement Care.ai’s virtual care technologies across its acute care facilities, beginning with Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
• Appalachian Regional Healthcare selects the I-Pass clinical care transition bundle as part of the Kentucky Hospital Association Transitions and Communication in Hospitals Program.

People

Melissa Prusher (Avaap) joins Nordic Consulting as head of marketing.

Announcements and Implementations

Senior health management technology company Spectator Health adopts e-prescribing capabilities from Surescripts.

Privacy and Security

Lurie Children’s Pediatric Partners Clinically Integrated Network, owned in part by Chicago-based Lurie Children’s Hospital, is offering certain community pediatric practices short-term emergency loans to help see them through any billing gaps that might occur as a result of the cyberattack that has forced Lurie’s Epic system offline since January 31. The practices, many of which use Lurie’s system for billing, can apply for up to $50,000 per doctor.

Other

New research from Linus Health finds that the Digital Clock and Recall assessment within its Core Cognitive Evaluation solution outperforms the most commonly used paper-based assessment in detecting early, mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Most digital health companies use standards-based APIs like FHIR when integrating with EHRs, according to research from ONC. Those that connect their apps or software with multiple EHRs use these APIs at higher rates than those that connect to just one. Barriers to adoption of standards-based APIs include high fees, a dearth of realistic clinical testing data, and data elements that are of little interest or value.

Sponsor Updates

• AdvancedMD’s 2024 Winter Release gives private practices elevated levels of operational agility and more streamlined billing capabilities.
• Ellkay congratulates customer CommonWell Health Alliance on its QHIN designation.
• Experity announces the recipients of its Limelight Awards at its 2024 Urgent Care Connect Conference.
• EClinicalWorks customer Be Well Primary Care Medicine (TX) reports that over 95% of its patients use Healow Sign for faster check-in during office visits.
• Nym Health celebrates its sixth anniversary.
• Sectra publishes a new whitepaper, “True SaaS or a Cloudy Promise? A guide to navigating SaaS and achieving imaging excellence.”

Blog Posts

• How to rethink your Cerner point solution strategy to stay competitive in 2024 (Notable)
• Five Best Practices for Using Credentialing Workflows – Part Three: Configure for Your Unique Needs (QGenda)
• How Redox + Google Cloud are powering Generative AI in 2024 (Redox)
• An efficient and automated approach to managing LOINC code standardization (Rhapsody)
• Elevating your clinical communication platform: Why users should transition to Spok Care Connect (Spok)
• Keep it Simple: Putting ‘Care’ Back in Healthcare (Surescripts)
• To Fix Alert Fatigue in Healthcare, Focus on These 3 Things (Synapse Medicine)
• Lance Robertson, Former Assistant Secretary for Aging, Discusses Caregiving Policy (Trualta)
• Public Health Data Goes Digital: EHealth Exchange Offers Free Access for Early Adopters! (Zen Healthcare IT)

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