Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the holidays.

Why AI’s Risks and Remedies Are Different in Healthcare. Andy Oram asked several lawyers – as well as a couple generative AI tools – about how states will need to adopt guidance about the use of AI in making judgments in a clinical setting, along with how its use may clash with both clinical workflows and patient privacy. Read more…

Bringing Care to the Streets in Nashville. Colin Hung spoke to Neighborhood Health CIO Anthony Villanueva about enabling a grassroots approach to care by giving care teams NextGen mobile technology to document encounters well beyond the clinical setting. Read more…

Taking Social Determinants of Health to New Heights. Andy took a deep dive into LexisNexis Health Equity and Inclusion Insights, which takes steps to provide more granular data by drawing on non-traditional data sources and evaluating data in the context of a patient’s environment. Read more…

Healthcare IT Today Podcast: 2023 Health IT Recap. John Lynn and Colin recap the year that was, offering their take on the biggest trends, best conferences, and favorite interviews of 2023. Read more…

Ensuring Continued Utilization of Telehealth for Outpatient Mental Health. Dr. Michael Levinson at Berger Singerman detailed the importance of efforts to expand interstate licensure given the established popularity of telehealth for providing mental health amid the end of the public health emergency. Read more…

Navigating Healthcare’s Identity Challenge and Preserving Patient Trust. Inaccurate or duplicate medical records can lead to medical mistakes, misdiagnoses, treatment delays, and increased strain on resources. All point to the need for a modern approach to patient identity verification, according to AU10TIX CEO Dan Yerushalmi. Read more…

Leveraging Connected Solutions for Improved Patient Care. Wearables, monitoring devices, and telehealth platforms will play an important role in caring for the aging population, wrote Huong Le Dieu at Baracoda – provided the industry can protect patient privacy and ensure accessibility. Read more…

Making Healthcare Device Asset Management Efficient. The first step to managing the risks associated with connected devices is knowing everything that’s connected to the network, said Wes Wright at Ordr. Given the number of devices in use at any time, automatic detection and identification is a must. Read more…

Bonus Features for December 24, 2023: 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, plus per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals. Read more…

Funding and M&A Activity:

• Patient experience and financial performance vendor R1 RCM is acquiring Acclara, an RCM vendor, from Providence.
• Life sciences appliance lifecycle management software maker Ketryx raised $14 million in Series A funding.
• Global women’s health medtech firm Biorithm secured $3.5 million in Series A funding.
• Cloud-based behavioral health EHR Valant received an investment from Resurgens Technology Partners.

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Happy New Year, everyone! Cheers to a wonderful 2024.