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Bonus Features – November 17, 2024 – 63% of patients are more likely to participate in clinical trials if they offer telehealth, 29% of healthcare payments in 2023 went through downside risk contracts, plus 18 more stories

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Studies

• More than 63% of patients would be more likely to participate in a clinical trial that offered telehealth visits, according to a survey from Lindus Health.
• A Vivalink survey found 81% of Canadians over 40 have had a positive experience with hospital at home. The most common conditions monitored were cancer, cardiac, and diabetes.
• An analysis of benchmarking data from Cedar Gate Technologies found less than 35% of patients with a COPD or asthma diagnosis get an annual flu shot, which increases the risk of adverse events.
• About 29% of healthcare payments flowed through downside risk contracts in 2023, according to research from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network. Medicare Advantage led the way, with 43% of dollars in downside risk.

Partnerships

• McKesson subsidiary Ontada’s real-world data is now available within Datavant.
• Ubie’s Symptom Checker is now integrated with the PatientsLikeMe platform.
• Virtual care provider HealthTap is partnering with Aeroflow Health to provide patients with access to durable medical equipment.
• Publix has partnered with Healthpilot to make the company’s Medicare plan comparison tool available to Publix Pharmacy customers.
• Payment integrity software from HealthEdge has been integrated with Codoxo’s Unified Cost Containment Platform.

Products

• Data platform Arcadia launched Enhanced Benchmarks and Arcadia Vista Push, two tools for analyzing value-based care performance.
• Employee wellbeing vendor Personify Health launched a Microsoft Teams app and Max GO, a wearable device.

Sales

• Washington-based Confluence Health chose KeyCare for virtual urgent care within Epic.
• The HHS Office of Acquisition Management Services awarded a contract to Zane Networks, worth up to $17 million per year, to support the Health IT Alignment Initiative.

Company News

• In-home primary care service provider HarmonyCares achieved a net savings rate of 23% in the High Needs Track of ACO REACH in 2023.
• Heart and lung disease detection platform Eko Health announced the issuance of a CPT code for its SENSORA platform effective July 1, 2025.

People

• Clinical AI platform Ambience Healthcare appointed Dr. William H. Morris as Chief Medical Officer.
• Pelago, a virtual clinic for managing substance use, announced Frank Jennings as President.
• Clinical trial imaging workflow vendor Yunu appointed Patrick McNamara as Senior Vice President of Business Development.
• Precision medicine firm OncoHost added Ron Andrews as Strategic Consultant to the CEO.
• Phone call automation vendor Infinitus Systems appointed John Driscoll to its Board of Directors.

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