Health IT Business News – February 29, 2024

ViVE Announcements

CHIME and care.ai Collaborate to Create Smart Hospital Maturity Model
In a groundbreaking collaboration, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and care.ai, a leading healthcare AI technology firm, have embarked on a project to craft the “Smart Hospital Maturity Model.” By combining their efforts to address the critical need for structure to focus a strategic approach toward building a “Smart Hospital,” CHIME and care.ai aim to offer clarity in a healthcare technology environment that is becoming increasingly complex.

CPSI to Rebrand as TruBridge, Inc.
CPSI, a healthcare solutions company, announced that the Company is rebranding and changing its name to TruBridge, Inc. In a strategic move to streamline its offerings, enhance its market presence and position the Company for future growth, the Company is consolidating its diverse portfolio of solutions under a unified identity. The company unveiled the TruBridge brand at ViVE®2024.

Artisight Announces Systemwide Expansion of AI-Driven Smart Hospital Platform at WellSpan Health
Artisight, Inc., a Smart Hospital Platform powered by industry-defining artificial intelligence to provide virtual care, quality improvement, and care coordination solutions, announced a systemwide expansion of its collaboration with WellSpan Health. The new program will bring the remote nursing, remote observation, and AI services of Artisight’s Smart Hospital Platform to just over 1,000 total beds across the WellSpan Health system.

Nominations Open for DrFirst’s 2024 Healthiverse Heroes Award
Nominations are open for health technology pioneer DrFirst’s 2024 Healthiverse Heroes Award. Now in its fourth year, the award honors healthcare organizations using technology to transform the delivery of care by reducing administrative burden for clinicians and improving safety for patients. DrFirst is exhibiting at ViVe Booth 1830.

CenTrak Transforms Healthcare Operations with ConnectRT Software Platform
CenTrak, the leader in real-time location technology solutions, introduces ConnectRT, a state-of-the-art cloud-based software platform developed to advance the utility of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) in healthcare. RTLS software has become a crucial asset within healthcare systems, playing a pivotal role in improving patient health outcomes, optimizing financial performance, reducing non-clinical burdens, and supporting staff safety.

GE HealthCare and Biofourmis Collaborate to Extend Patient Monitoring Outside the Hospital with Virtual Care-at-Home Solutions
GE HealthCare and Biofourmis have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing continuity of care by enabling safe, effective, and accessible care in the home to support the patient journey beyond the hospital setting. The collaboration leverages the combined expertise of two market leaders to scale and deliver innovative care-at-home solutions.

Backed by Leading Health Systems, Vale Health Launches at Vive 2024
Vale Health, a wellness marketplace platform company backed by a consortium of leading healthcare systems, was introduced at ViVE 2024, offering an innovative new approach to helping health systems bridge the gap between wellness and healthcare.

Greenway Health and Luma Health Partner with Patient Connect™ to Enable Patient Self-Service, Reduce Staff Burden, and Improve Healthcare Access
Greenway Health, a health information technology services provider, announced its strategic partnership with Luma Health, the innovative market-leading Patient Success Platform™ to create Greenway Patient Connect™ powered by Luma.

AvaSure Episodic Virtual Care Solution Launched Today at ViVE 2024
AvaSure, the market leader in acute virtual sitting and virtual nursing, announced a new solution for virtual episodic care called AvaSure Episodic™. The latest addition to AvaSure’s Intelligent Virtual Care Platform includes robust two-way video capabilities with group calling and polite entry that provides full control over the quality of remote interactions.

Trending News

NextGen Healthcare Recognized by Forbes as a Best Midsize Employer
NextGen Healthcare, a provider of innovative healthcare technology solutions, has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers 2024. This is the third consecutive win for the health-tech company, which has a remote workforce across the U.S. and India.

Product News

Answering the Call for an Integrated, Affordable, Service-Driven EHR Alternative
CliniComp, the pioneer in high-performing, reliable electronic health record (EHR) solutions, announced the next generation of its disruptive System-as-a-Service (SYaaS) solution suite to provide health systems of all sizes with a comprehensive longitudinal patient EHR that is quick to implement and at a dramatically lower total cost of ownership.

Rivet Revenue Diagnostics Diagnoses Financial Wellness for Healthcare
Rivet, a healthcare financial diagnostic and revenue acceleration platform, announced the launch of Revenue Diagnostics. Financial leaders can now gain full visibility into forecasted net revenue, cash collection, and claim adjudication for a full picture of their organization’s financial health.

Amenities Extends Seamless Mobile App Experience to Health System Websites with Plug-and-Play Provider Search and Scheduling
Amenities Health continues to revolutionize healthcare’s digital front door with the introduction of a cutting-edge tool that makes it simple for health systems to implement modern provider search and patient scheduling. The new online solution enables any consumer to find care and make an appointment on their own, at any time, directly through a health system’s public-facing website.

CipherHealth Announces Self-Service Rounding, Giving Patients Autonomy and Taking Aim at Staff Burnout
CipherHealth, a recognized leader and innovator in patient-centered communications, engagement, and insights for the nation’s leading healthcare systems, announced a new Self-Service Rounding solution.

DeepScribe Launches New and Innovative Trust and Safety Suite for its Ambient AI Technology
DeepScribe, a company in AI-powered medical documentation solutions, announced its new Trust and Safety Suite. The innovative features in DeepScribe’s latest addition to its ambient AI technology reflect the company’s initiative to set industry standards for AI in healthcare in safety, transparency, and ethics, and ensure that AI advancements are as trustworthy as they are revolutionary.

Avation Medical unveils first non-invasive, closed-loop wearable neuromodulation for bladder treatment to urology community at 2024 SUFU Conference
Avation Medical, a neuromodulation and digital health company on a mission to make wearable peripheral neuromodulation accessible to patients across a variety of clinical conditions, is unveiling its Vivally System to the urology community. Vivally is the first and only non-invasive, FDA-cleared, wearable neuromodulation system for home use that delivers closed-loop, autonomously adjusted electrical stimulation to treat patients with urge urinary incontinence (UUI) and urinary urgency caused by overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome, which affects more than 46 million people in the U.S. A poster highlighting outcomes from Vivally’s REDUCEOAB study demonstrating a statistical difference over sham is being presented by Dr. Colin Goudelocke from Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans.

Edifecs Solution Addresses New CMS Prior Authorization and Interoperability Mandate
Edifecs, Inc., a global health information technology solutions company, announced that its healthcare interoperability solution now includes proven and production-ready capabilities that enable customers to comply with the recently published Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule(CMS-0057-F).

ChristianaCare Improves Care for Black Patients Living with Heart Failure and Hypertension
ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health has dramatically improved the clinical outcomes of Black patients living with heart failure and hypertension by using a digital hybrid platform that provides patients with a dedicated health coach to ensure their care plan is followed and treatment goals are achieved.

Data Kinetic Introduces New Applied AI Solutions Suite for Healthcare
Data Kinetic, a technology company focusing on Applied AI for industry, has launched its first suite of industry-focused applications, designed to work with existing healthcare workflows and solutions.

Know Labs Announces the KnowU™, its Wearable Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor
Know Labs, Inc., an emerging developer of non-invasive medical diagnostic technology, announced the KnowU™, its wearable non-invasive continuous glucose monitor (CGM).

Collaboration News

Innsena Announces Impact Partnership with CancerX
Innsena, a health tech consultancy focused on improving care outcomes for underserved communities, announced its partnership with CancerX, a public-private partnership announced by The White House as a national accelerator to boost digital innovation in the fight against cancer as part of the reignited Cancer Moonshot. Innsena joins the initiative as its first Impact Supporter.

AXYS and F4CP Announce Strategic Collaboration to Revolutionize Chiropractic Data Management and AI-Driven Decision-Making
AXYS, Inc. an innovator in no-code data integration and management solutions based in San Francisco, announces a groundbreaking cooperative endeavor with the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP), a premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on the benefits of chiropractic care.

Product Certification News

X-trodes Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Wearable “Skin” Solution that Brings Medical-Grade Electrophysiological Monitoring to the Home
X-trodes, a bio-convergence company bringing wireless monitoring solutions to the home environment, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for X-trodes’ Smart Skin solution (marketed as X-trodes System M), a new wireless wearable technology for advanced electrophysiological monitoring.

Yosi Health Reaffirms Commitment to Robust Security Through Successful SOC 2 Audit
Yosi Health, a provider of comprehensive digital healthcare solutions, announced that it has successfully renewed its System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance in accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) standards for SOC for Service Organizations also known as SSAE 18.

Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More

Lumeon Awarded Panda Health Partner Status for its Clinical Workflow Automation Solution
Lumeon, the pioneer in clinical workflow automation solutions for health systems, announced that it has been awarded status as a Panda Partner by Panda Health. Panda Health connects hospitals and digital health companies, ensuring easier solution identification, selection, and procurement.

Relatient Named a Fastest-Growing Private Company in the Southeast by Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Inc. Regionals List
Relatient, a patient scheduling platform, has been ranked the 157th on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Southeast Regions’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The list recognizes the innovative achievements of companies in generating sustainable growth and jobs within a region. Relatient’s continued growth is a direct response to broad challenges within the current healthcare ecosystem, and the urgent need to address them.