Smoother clinical workflows. Powerful decision support. Faster R&D. AI holds lots of promise for healthcare orgs – and the last few years have seen a surge of investment as leaders race to train and implement new models.
But healthcare AI initiatives are only as good as the data they're built on. Put differently, they rely on good data governance.
Here are two of the biggest barriers to effective governance – and how healthcare orgs can overcome them to achieve their AI
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Xerox + Connecticut Children’s Introduce AI to Pediatric Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Connecticut Children’s and Xerox are collaborating to reimagine pediatric healthcare through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
- The expanded partnership will see the introduction of AI-powered solutions to streamline care delivery and improve patient outcomes.
Xerox AI Improves Census Forecasting at Connecticut Children's Hospital
AI is already transforming how Connecticut Children’s delivers care, from helping emergency department
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Eir Partners Invests in Porter: Expanding AI-Driven Care Coordination
What You Should Know:
- Eir Partners (“Eir”), a middle market private equity firm focused on healthcare technology and tech-enabled services, today announced a growth investment in Porter, the only platform dedicated to connecting plan members with the resources, services, products, and education they need to live their best lives at home.
- Porter is led by John Criswell, an experienced healthcare technology founder, who witnessed firsthand how healthcare system complexity negatively
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Reveleer Unveils Global Capability Center in India to Accelerate AI-Powered Value-Based Care Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Reveleer, the industry’s pioneering value-based care platform, today announced the opening of a global capability center (GCC) in the IT corridor OMR in Chennai, India. This expansion marks a key milestone in the company’s ongoing efforts to scale operations and meet the growing demand for its innovative AI-powered, intelligent automation solutions.
- The expansion comes as Reveleer continues to experience significant growth. The team in India will enhance
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symplr Appoints Chief Commercial Officer & Chief Product Officer
What You Should Know:
- symplr®, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, has recently announced the appointments of Mike Valli as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Scott Sbihli as Chief Product Officer (CPO).
- These strategic additions to the leadership team underscore symplr's commitment to evolving its comprehensive approach to healthcare operations and supporting the newly launched symplr Operations Platform (SOP). The appointments are expected to drive
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HIMSS 2025: Smart Hospital Transformations for Patient Centered Care
As a young kid, I always wondered how my mother, with just a set of simple questions, could understand the root cause of my illness. She would ask about my symptoms, what I had eaten, how I was feeling—pieced together the information to diagnose and care for me even before we visited a doctor.
Years later, when I started visiting a doctor, the experience felt completely different from the care my mother had given me. It was more structured, standardized, almost mechanical—focused
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Citizens Memorial Hospital Integrates Unite Us with MEDITECH Expanse EHR
What You Should Know:
- Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Bolivar, Missouri, has announced a collaboration with Unite Us, a technology partner for social care transformation, to integrate its MEDITECH Expanse EHR with Unite Us' closed-loop referral system.
- Citizens Memorial Hospital is a comprehensive rural healthcare system serving eight counties in southwest Missouri. The integration aims to identify and address the social care needs of CMH's patient population,
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Security Alert: How Federal Health Agencies Can Protect Health Data
As federal health agencies modernize to improve security and enhance efficiencies and insights, IT leaders cannot overlook the security of health data itself. Data security ensures the privacy, integrity, and availability of this valuable information, forming the bedrock of effective data modernization.
But health data is unique. Not only is it incredibly sensitive and personal, but data is constantly shared among various stakeholders in the federal health system, from doctors to
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When Clinicians Complain About Wi-Fi, Your FQHC Needs to Take Notice
It’s hard to imagine, but it’s true: Wi-Fi-enabled devices didn’t go mainstream until 2004, when the first devices (cellphones, personal data assistants, and TVs) hit the market.
Fast forward two decades, and can you imagine work or home life without Wi-Fi access, well, everywhere? Just like electricity, water, and natural gas, internet access has moved well beyond a nice-to-have to a necessity. We just expect it to be there and to work.
But unlike other utilities that have direct pipes
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ReferWell Appoints Kevin Healy as New CEO to Drive Growth
What You Should Know:
- ReferWell, a digital healthcare company specializing in navigating care access, has announced the appointment of Kevin Healy as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2025.
- In 2025, ReferWell aims to identify new opportunities to leverage its care scheduling platform and care concierge service to break down barriers to care. The company is committed to connecting data and empathy to positively impact patient health outcomes and drive
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