Health IT Business News – September 12, 2024

Trending News

Healthmark Offers New Humipak for Robotic Instruments
Healthmark, A Getinge Company has announced they are now offering the Humipak for Robotic Instruments to its SST Instrument Retrieval product line.

Waystar named a 2024 Best Place to Work in Atlanta
Waystar is proud to be named one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Atlanta.

Zscaler Doubles Down on Investments in Australia With New Co-located Data Center
Zscaler, the leader in cloud security, announced the launch of a new co-located data center in Perth to extend greater support to customers in the region to further fortify their organization’s Zero Trust cybersecurity postures.

Infinx Healthcare Enters into MOU to Expand Operations in Tamil Nadu; Plans to Create 700 Jobs in Madurai
Infinx Healthcare, a provider of revenue cycle management solutions for U.S.-based healthcare providers, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu to establish a new Technology and Global Delivery Center in Madurai.

Product News

Kontakt.io’s Sticker Tag Sets New Standard for Scalable, Cost-Effective Asset Tracking
Kontakt.io, a company in healthcare RTLS and digital transformation, has introduced the Sticker Tag, an ultra-thin, adhesive BLE tag that is ideal for tracking small, flat, or disposable assets.

Ochsner Digital Medicine elevates program with a focus on total cardiometabolic health
Ochsner Digital Medicine is announcing an added capability to its cardiometabolic solution: comprehensive weight management care.

AvaSure, Oracle Collaborate With NVIDIA on AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Hospitals and Health Systems
AvaSure, a provider of acute virtual care, is collaborating with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop a virtual concierge solution built with NVIDIA full-stack AI technology to improve patient care and streamline clinical workflows in hospitals and healthcare systems.

Lyric to Add Coordination of Benefits Capabilities to Payment Accuracy Solutions
Lyric, a provider of technology-first, platform-based payment integrity solutions, announced it would offer coordination of benefits solutions as part of its leading payment integrity offering. The first component of Lyric’s overall COB offering is available as a result of a strategic partnership with Strout (formerly the Strout Company), a market leader in Medicare COB.

Valant Announces Platform Updates Offering Behavioral Healthcare Practices Increased Operational Efficiency
Valant, an EHR for behavioral healthcare practices, unveiled new platform updates for behavioral health practices. New capabilities supporting operational efficiencies, workflows, and revenue collection include Valant Treatment Plans and Valant Custom Forms.

Aledade Launches Recruiting Service to Connect Primary Care Practices to Talent
Aledade, a national network of independent primary care, has launched a new service to accelerate practices’ ability to hire physicians, advanced practice providers and new staff, addressing the ongoing nationwide workforce challenges that primary care practices encounter.

Rune Labs Launches GenAI Clinical Support to Accelerate Care Management for Parkinson’s Patients and Clinicians
Rune Labs, a precision neurology software and data company, announced a major milestone in accelerating care management for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care support teams. As part of the StrivePD app, Rune has introduced new StrivePD-AI, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) clinical reports that provide a comprehensive, monthly outlook of disease progression along with personalized educational content to help patients, caregivers, and clinicians improve outcomes and optimize care.

Collaboration News

ContinuumCloud and DrFirst Partner to Enhance Prescribing Workflows and Patient Safety
ContinuumCloud, a provider of behavioral health software solutions, and healthcare technology pioneer DrFirst announced a strategic partnership to bring advanced medication management and prescribing capabilities to behavioral health providers.

Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More

Introducing the Future of Healthcare: CharmHealth Announces Winners of the 2024 Innovation Challenge
CharmHealth, a provider of healthcare technology solutions for providers, announced the winners of its 2024 Innovation Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the Innovation Challenge was designed to uncover transformational ideas that will fundamentally improve healthcare and its underlying systems and processes.

Sunoh.ai Multilingual AI Scribe Drastically Reduces Physician Burnout
Sunoh.ai, an EHR-agnostic, AI-powered ambient listening technology, announced that High Country Community Health (HCCH), an early adopter of Sunoh.ai’s multilingual feature, is transforming patient encounters. The new multilingual feature identifies different dialects and accents of the same language, helping save two hours daily on clinical documentation. Improved documentation enables better patient care. Sunoh.ai helps the community health center achieve improved work-life balance and reduced risk of burnout for providers.

Verato Recognized in 2024 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ Report for Real-Time Health System Technologies
Verato®, the identity experts for healthcare, has been recognized in a 2024 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ report. Verato was acknowledged as a Sample Vendor in the Hype Cycle for Real-Time Health System Technologies (RTHS) report in the category of Next-Generation EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index).

Product Certification News

DeepWell DTx announces FDA clearance
DeepWell Digital Therapeutics (DTx), which commercializes immersive medical media for mental and physical health, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its biofeedback (ABS) software development kit (SDK) for use in over-the-counter treatments for the reduction of stress and as an adjunctive treatment for high blood pressure, together with other pharmacological and/or nonpharmacological interventions.