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News 3/26/25
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Silna Health launches with $27 million in funding. The company offers automated insurance verification, benefit checks, and prior authorization software to specialty practices.
Sponsored Events and Resources
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Sustainable Medical Billing acquires Pettigrew Medical.
Announcements and Implementations
Klarity Health develops Kiwi Health, a software suite for private practices encompassing online presence and website management, patient engagement, practice management, and virtual care.
TheraManager rebrands and officially launches as ProsperityEHR to offer behavioral health practices EHR, RCM, and practice management software.
Person Family Medical Center (NC) will combine Validic’s remote patient monitoring capabilities with cholesterol screenings and virtual consults as part of a new cardiovascular care program.
Research and Innovation
Brandi Fink, PhD an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, develops a tablet-based alcohol consumption assessment for patients to fill out before being seen by their primary care physicians. Fink plans to incorporate the PALM assessment into provider EHRs so that patients can access it via their portals from the comfort of their homes. Ultimately, Fink hopes PALM will help PCPs better care for high-risk patients.
A new Athenahealth physician sentiment survey reveals interesting, hands-on details about AI utilization in physician practices:
- 46% of surveyed physicians say they are growing more comfortable with AI.
- The number of those who feel AI is unable to meet their expectations has dropped from 40% to 27%.
- 68% have used AI more frequently in the last year to generate clinical documentation, with transcription capabilities and services reported as AI’s most valuable use case.
Other
Concord Orthopaedic (NH) notifies patients that Clearwave, its patient intake software vendor, experienced a data breach last November that may have compromised their information.
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