Health IT Product News Report November 2023
Allied Market Research reports that the global healthcare information technology (IT) market size was valued at $250,577.15 million in 2020, and is projected to reach $880,688.75 million by 2030, registering a CAGR of 13.3% from 2021 to 2030.
Data Bridge Market Research reports the market drivers and growth can be attributed to the increase in technological know-how, growing volume of patient data, and demand for quick and efficient healthcare processes and systems will help in driving the growth of the healthcare IT market. Increasing digitization in the healthcare industry and demand for value based care and rising cost of provision of healthcare services coupled with the increasing number of healthcare facilities will likely accelerate the growth of the healthcare IT market in the forecast period of 2020-2027.
Health IT Product News
Cedar Partners with Advocatia to Introduce Full-Service Medicaid Enrollment, Reducing Coverage Gap for Millions of Americans
Cedar (@CedarNY), an end-to-end healthcare financial engagement platform, has launched its Affordability Navigator, the healthcare industry’s first integrated suite of financial assistance offerings for patients. Cedar’s Affordability Navigator connects consumers with outside funding sources and self-service tools, including Medicaid enrollment in partnership with Advocatia, the leading benefits and financial assistance enrollment solution for hospitals.
Next Fertility Selects Fairtility’s CHLOE™ Transparent AI Decision Support Technology for Network Clinics Across Spain
Fairtility (@fairtility), the transparent AI innovator powering reproductive care for improved outcomes, announced that Next Fertility, part of Next Clinics, an international group and one of Europe’s largest assisted reproduction and healthcare providers, has chosen to implement CHLOE™ across its fertility clinics in Spain.
Lightbeam Health Debuts eCQM Capability – Supporting ACOs in CMS Quality Reporting
Lightbeam Health Solutions (@LightbeamHealth), a company in population health enablement technology and solutions, announces its new eCQM (electronic clinical quality measure) capability.
Inovalon Introduces First-Ever Solution to Provide Health Plans Current Marketplace Quality Benchmarking Data Monthly
Inovalon (@InovalonInc), a provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, launched Converged Analytics Benchmarking, the first and only benchmarking solution that provides health plans with current monthly insight into their relevant national and state quality measure performance while still within the respective measurement period.
MDaudit Releases Service Provider Workflow To Support Line Service Provider Audits, Enhanced Provider Education
MDaudit (@mdaudit), an award-winning provider of technologies and analytic tools that enable the nation’s premier healthcare organizations to minimize billing risks and maximize revenues, announced the release of Service Provider Workflow.
Telehealth Product News
Caregility Introduces New Integrations and Capabilities to Virtual Care Ecosystem that Streamline Clinical Workflows
Caregility (@caregility), an enterprise telehealth leader connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, announces the release of new capabilities as part of the company’s highly anticipated Cares 2.0 software series.
You can now treat your cough, cold, or flu virtually through Amazon Clinic
Amazon Clinic (@amazonnews) customers can now select “Cough, cold, and flu” from the “Find a treatment” list on Amazon Clinic via Amazon.com or the Amazon mobile app. From there, they can review a list of available telehealth providers and compare pricing and response times to find the right fit for their schedule and budget.
DocVilla integrates Stripe Terminal for Point-of-Sale (POS) Payment Convenience
DocVilla, a pioneer in health technology platforms, is proud to unveil a significant enhancement to its comprehensive suite of services. With the integration of Stripe Terminal for point-of-sale (POS) payments, DocVilla continues to redefine medical payment processes, adding another layer of convenience for healthcare providers and patients.
AI Product News
Press Ganey Announces AI-Enabled Technology in Human Experience Platform
Press Ganey (@PressGaney), a company that is helping organizations transform the Human Experience (HX) across healthcare, announced a generative AI-enabled tool, Dynamic Conversations, that will accelerate healthcare organization’s ability to gather, analyze, visualize, and act on feedback from the patients, providers, and communities they serve.
Aiberry Addresses Growing U.S. Mental Health Needs; Adds Comprehensive Screening Tool Covering Five Major Anxiety Disorders to AI-Powered Assessment Platform
Aiberry® (@aiberry_inc), an AI-powered mental health assessment platform, announced that it has expanded its capabilities to include screening for anxiety disorders, in addition to the clinically-validated depression assessments it has provided to date. The comprehensive anxiety screening includes assessments for five distinct anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
John Muir Health and Ambience Healthcare Launch End-to-End Epic EHR Integrations with Generative AI
John Muir Health (JMH) (@johnmuirhealth) and Ambience Healthcare announced a collaboration, launching a generative AI platform that is fully integrated with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR). This integration — which was built in a record two weeks — will enable Ambience’s AI medical scribe and suite of generative AI products to read from and write information directly to Epic on behalf of and under the oversight of JMH clinicians.
MedCerts Combines Conversational AI, Generative AI, and Natural Language Processing For a Revolutionary New AI Addition To Online Healthcare Training
MedCerts (@Med_Certs) has launched its first Conversational AI /Generative AI healthcare training programs available on the market today. A subsidiary of Stride, Inc., a provider of online and blended education programs – MedCerts is known for its innovation in online career training in allied healthcare and information technology. By combining Conversational AI, Generative AI, and Natural Language Processing (NLP), MedCerts gives learners realistic patient scenarios that are customized in each and every interaction without duplication within an End-to-End (E2E) platform.
Cyera Delivers First-to-Market Automated Remediations Extending Data Security Posture Management From Observability into Security Operations
Cyera (@cyera_io) announced that its cloud-native data security platform now includes automated remediation for sensitive data. Cyera combines artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with an automated, agentless approach that empowers security teams with holistic visibility, continuous insights and a deep understanding of the data to implement the proper controls confidently.
eClinicalWorks Integrates with Sunoh.ai, a Revolutionary AI-Powered Ambient Listening Technology Developed by healow for Clinical Documentation
eClinicalWorks® (@eClinicalWorks), the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, announced an integration with Sunoh.ai, an AI-powered ambient listening technology that enables providers to use natural language to seamlessly generate clinical documentation during in-office appointments and televisits. Sunoh.ai is a cost-effective solution to solve key challenges like physician burnout and administrative burden.
FDA Medical Devices
Approved in October 2023
The FDA regulates medical devices sold in the United States to assure their safety and effectiveness. Medical devices range from simple tongue depressors and hospital gowns to complex programmable pacemakers and robotic surgical systems. Their Medical Device Product Classification database lists over 6,000 types of medical devices regulated by FDA’s Center for Medical Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and the classification assigned to each type. Depending on the device classification, along with other factors, federal regulations (such as the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21) define requirements that must be fulfilled for CDRH to approve or clear devices sold in the United States.
Here are the recently approved devices in October.
