September News in Review
A look back at the news this month that we have reported on. These are our recurring reports that highlight and focus on the important areas of the health IT industry. If you have news you would like us to report email to me at roberta@hitechanswers.com. Thanks for reading and listening!
Most Played Episode
HealthLaw HotSpot: Andrea Winslow – Health Care Recruiting: What Employers and Employees Should Know
Host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health Law Practice Group Leader is joined this week by Andrea Winslow, Neurosurgery Recruitment Consultant at Rosman Search, for a look at both the employer and candidate sides of physician recruitment. For employers, they discuss the factors that affect recruitment decisions, including type of practice and reason for hiring, and the requirements of the new position, along with the appropriate compensation package. For the candidate side of the search, they focus on what to look for in a new position, how to analyze the officer holistically, and what red flags a candidate should be aware of to avoid ending up in an unsatisfactory employment position.
Health IT Business News
Our bi-weekly business report featuring financial, contract, acquisition, collaboration, product, and company achievement news in health IT.
This month, Silicon Valley Bank doubles CareCloud’s credit facility, Sphere joins with Saina Health to enable secure patient payments, Orion Health to deliver hospital information system for Kaweka Health’s new $70M surgery facility and more.
Telemedicine 2021
Our bi-weekly report on the hottest topic in health IT – Telehealth. The report highlights industry, product, State, and company achievement news along with suggested reading and a pick from our HealthcareNOW Radio channel podcast episodes all on the most current happenings in telehealth.
This month, 19Labs adds GALE | VisualVitals, Solv Raises $45M in Series C Funding to Accelerate Growth of its National Network of Providers, Amwell Closes Acquisitions of SilverCloud Health and Conversa Health, and more.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
Our bi-weekly report of accumulated CMS communication from their newsroom.
This month, Hurricane Ida added to automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy for MIPS, the Biden Administration to expand vaccination requirements for health care settings and more.
State HIE News and Updates
This monthly report checks in on our State Health Information Organizations. State HIEs come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states.
This month, DHIN Joins New Collaborative to Help Keep Kids in School, healtheConnect Alaska Conducts a Members Survey, Manifest MedEx CEO Appointed to California’s Health and Human Services Stakeholder Advisory Group and more.
HIE Rundown
This monthly report keeps an eye on the industry’s progress on health data interoperability. News from vendors and national organizations, along with suggested reading and a pick from our HealthcareNOW Radio channel podcast episodes for listening.
This month, ONC and The Sequoia Project release Common Agreement Elements, InterSystems IRIS® FHIR® Accelerator Service enables easy data retrieval and storage of healthcare data and more.
What’s Happening at the ONC
The Office of the National Coordinator is an agency of HHS to support the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. This monthly report keeps you up to date on what they are up to.
This month, the final draft of Qualified Health Information Network Technical Framework is now available for feedback, the ONC wants to hear from you about the SRA Tool, the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 2 published and more.
Revenue Cycle and Payer News
This monthly report includes the latest news being reported on payers and the health insurance industry.
This month,CareSource Diversity & Social Impact Investment Fund makes first investment, Cigna and Hartford HealthCare reach an agreement to keep quality care affordable, RxBenefits officially joins forces with Confidio, and more.
Sorting out AI, ML, DL, and NLP
Another hot topic in health IT – Artificial Intelligence. This monthly report brings you news and resources along with suggested reading and a pick from our HealthcareNOW Radio channel podcast episodes for listening.
This month, Sensyne Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital partner to apply ethical AI to drive research in childhood disease, Jvion drives adoption of prescriptive intelligence and clinical AI with new peer-reviewed results, platform integrations and SDOH solutions and more.
Health IT Marketing
Our Director of Marketing, Carol Flagg brings you this monthly report answering these questions. What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more?
This month, CureClick reshapes clinical recruitment space through appointment of Nico Coetzee as Chief Marketing Officer, Clarity Quest Marketing adds content marketing manager to support its expanding healthcare agency and more.
NursesNOW
Looking to keep your finger on the pulse of the nursing industry? Check out our monthly report on top nursing news stories from around the globe.
This month,ANA urges US Department of Health and Human Services to declare nurse staffing shortage a national crisis, Neonatal Nurses Week, AONL announces new president-elect, treasurer and board directors and more.
Talent Tuesday
If it is Tuesday we are talking about our industry’s talent. This bi-weekly report features new hires, who is hiring, and tips for the experts.
This month, hires from NextGen, Tesis Labs, Curbase, Cambia Health Solutions, Caravan Health, Point of Care Partners, Health Catalyst, NextGate and more.
PHARMA Updates
With new developments and discoveries happening around coronavirus every day we’ve rounded up some of the latest news and announcements pertaining the pharmaceutical industry in this bi-weekly report.
This month, FDA authorizes additional vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised individuals, Epitome Risk offers neutralizing antibody test developed for at-Home use, INTEGRA automated ASSIST PLUS Pipetting Solutions assist antibiotic development and more.
Product News
Research says the US Health Care Information Technology market was evaluated at $61,018 million in 2017, and is estimated to reach $149,178 million by 2025. This bi-weekly report highlights new and updated health IT products.
This month, Experity unveils new urgent care EMR/PM designed to power the future of on-demand care, FDS Amplicare announces new vaccine registry reporting & querying capabilities and more.
Trending White Paper
This month our most popular download resource was Keys to Building a Successful Remote Patient Monitoring Program by Vivify Health.
Seven building blocks that deliver the best results while saving time, money, and effort.
For the best RPM outcomes, healthcare organizations must do more than just selecting a technology vendor. There is a need to plan out the RPM solution ensuring quality benefits are achieved while driving up the due reimbursements.
Learn the key insights and 7 building blocks that every provider, physician, or health system must consider when launching an RPM Program, download the eBook.
