Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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ThedaCare invests $3M in Qventus
Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare has invested $3 million in care automation company Qventus as part of a $50 million funding round, the health system said in an Aug. 9 news release. -
Bain invests in life sciences company
Management consulting group Bain and Co. is partnering with the life sciences company Trinity Life Sciences. -
Banner Health CEO joins board of virtual interpretation platform
Peter Fine, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Banner Health, joined the board of virtual interpretation platform Jeenie. -
4 ways Mayo Clinic is speeding up AI development, commercialization
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using software standardization, development processes and technology to generate AI use cases more rapidly, according to an Aug. 8 MIT Sloan Management Review article. -
Intravenous therapies chain launches digital health app
Intravenous vitamin chain the Dripbar's app has gone live on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. -
Children's Hospital Colorado saves $220K by getting rid of pagers
Children's Hospital Colorado saved $220,000 in device costs when it got rid of pagers in favor of a secure messaging system through Epic, the EHR vendor reported recently. -
Partnership to assist providers moving Epic to AWS Cloud
Healthcare managed services provider Cloudticity and Epic infrastructure services provider Sapphire Health are collaborating to smooth the transition of providers using Epic's EHR to the Amazon Web Services Cloud, the companies said Aug. 9. -
Curebase adds to leadership team
Clinical studies software company Curebase has appointed Alan Sun to vice president of product. -
Top 25 tech hubs by salary
Despite the pandemic increasing the number of people who work remotely, traditional tech hubs still lead in average salaries for technologists, though some up-and-coming areas have seen pay growth, according to a 2022 salary report from career website Dice.com. -
How 12 digital execs streamline tech for clinicians
The healthcare industry is increasingly going digital, with artificial intelligence helping diagnose conditions and patients with wearable smart devices being cared for at home. -
From 'hospital room of the future' to remote mental health monitoring, innovation chiefs share top tech ideas
Health system chief innovation officers literally have the word "innovation" in their titles — and not for nothing. These executives develop and sometimes commercialize technologies that treat patients in their hospitals and beyond. -
Snooping employee accesses medical records at Vermont hospital
St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center terminated an employee who accessed its EHR without authorization to obtain the protected health information of patients, Saint Albans Messenger reported Aug. 8. -
Digital mobile X-ray devices market to grow by 7%, study says
The digital mobile X-ray market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7 percent through 2026, according to a new report from Future Market Insights. -
Amazon Web Services' healthcare leader departs
Phoebe Yang, who led Amazon Web Services' non-profit healthcare business, said she will be leaving her role in a Aug. 5 LinkedIn post. -
EHE Health to use Cedar Gate's health analytics
Provider network EHE Health is partnering with software company Cedar Gate in a deal that will give EHE Health's clients access to population health analytics. -
HCA Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson partner on health equity initiatives
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will partner with Johnson & Johnson to work on data-driven programs to promote health equity. -
9 leaders on tech initiatives geared toward improving patient care
As more health systems and hospitals across the country invest in digital health resources, initiatives have been launched in an attempt to ease all aspects of patient care. -
AI software used to detect prostate cancer gets FDA clearance
Omaha, Neb.-based medical device company Bot Image has received FDA clearance for its ProstatID technology, a prostate cancer detection tool that combines MRI technology and artificial intelligence. -
Netsmart acquires healthcare data analytics platform
Healthcare information technology company Netsmart has acquired Core Analytics' healthcare data platform from Zimmet Healthcare. -
AvoMD adds to leadership
Clinician decision-making software platform AvoMD has appointed Mark Clermont to the advisory board.