Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ How a purpose-built digital twin is changing hospital operations — Vedant Bhosale (14 Nov 2025) Hospitals are turning to digital twins to simulate patient flow, ADT dynamics, and resource constraints in real time, enabling proactive bed management and smoother discharges. The approach aims to cut boarding, reduce delays, and improve throughput in complex, shifting environments.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ Optum Real Delivers Clarity in Claims and Reimbursement — John Lynn (13 Nov 2025) Optum Real aims to create real-time transparency between payers and providers at the point of care, leveraging AI to streamline prior authorization and reimbursement. With broad market reach, the platform targets friction in claims resolution by exposing status and decision logic earlier in the process.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ Qualtrics to Buy Healthcare Tech Firm Press Ganey in $6.75 Billion Deal — Healthcare IT News (11 Nov 2025) Qualtrics will acquire Press Ganey Forsta, marrying PX/EX survey tech with healthcare-specific datasets to bolster AI training and experience analytics.Why It Matters: Consolidation could streamline patient experience measurement across systems and tie experience data to clinical and operational workflows—but leaders should plan for integration complexity, data governance, and potential vendor lock-in.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ US charges 2 cybersecurity specialists over healthcare ransomware attacks — Giles Bruce (6 Nov 2025) — A federal grand jury indicted two individuals employed by U.S. cybersecurity firms for allegedly participating in ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations, according to filings in the Southern District of Florida. The case underscores the risk of insider collusion within third-party vendors serving hospitals and health systems.

Most Important Today ★ Pair AI with RTLS and Security to Advance Patient Care and Staff Safety — Guest Author (5 Nov 2025) Real-time visibility paired with AI and security tooling can contextualize events, streamline workflows, and improve staff safety, according to CenTrak’s Dr. Shannon Housh. The piece highlights how context-aware data from RTLS can drive faster response, reduce risk, and enhance patient experience.

Most Important Today ★ Health system leaders believe AI is ‘fundamental’: 4 notes — Becker's Hospital Review (4 Nov 2025) The Chartis survey finds most health system leaders are prioritizing AI and digital tools to improve access and signal consensus on the need for fundamental change. Why It Matters: Budget and operating plans should align to AI-enabled access, automation, and workforce relief—backed by governance, clinical safety, and measurable ROI.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ CISA warns of security issues in hospital software — Becker's Hospital Review (29 Oct 2025)CISA issued an advisory on two vulnerabilities in Vertikal Systems’ Hospital Manager Backend Services (versions released on or before 19 Sep 2025) that could expose sensitive system information to attackers. Why It Matters: Prioritize patching and compensating controls for affected systems, tighten network segmentation, and enhance monitoring; this is a concrete, near-term risk to operations and compliance that can lead to care disruption and HIPAA exposure.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ Learnings and Innovations from the HLTH 2025 Conference – Part 1 — John Lynn (27 Oct 2025). Highlights from HLTH USA capture conversations across providers, payers, and vendors on innovation themes spanning AI, data, and patient engagement.Why It Matters: Use these cross-industry signals to calibrate 2026 roadmaps—focus pilots on AI-enabled workflows that integrate with existing data pipelines and contracts, not shiny demos.

Most Important Today ★ Perspectives on Autonomous Coding, SDoH, Interoperability, AI and Much More at AHIMA 2025 — John Lynn (24 Oct 2025). HIM leaders spotlight early outcomes from autonomous coding and AI, the push to integrate SDoH, and renewed urgency around interoperability showcased at AHIMA 2025.Why It Matters: Expect measurable RCM and documentation gains, but budget for governance, model validation, and workforce change management to scale responsibly.

Most Important Today ★ Billings Clinic on AI in Healthcare: Why Trust Beats Speed — Colin Hung (21 Oct 2025) Billings Clinic is integrating Oracle Health’s AI tools with governance-first guardrails, emphasizing clinician and patient trust over rapid rollout. Dr. Randy Thompson details how framing, oversight, and clear use cases are bringing AI scribes and clinical agents into daily care.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ Innovaccer Acquires Story Health to Pioneer AI Agents that Augment Specialty Care Teams (Healthcare IT News, 20 Oct 2025) Innovaccer acquired Story Health to extend AI-powered, continuous specialty care models, with a former Verily co-founder joining to advance clinician-augmenting agents across health systems. Why It Matters: Signals acceleration of AI copilots in specialty workflows, with potential ROI from reduced readmissions and improved throughput—but success hinges on integrating agent outputs into EHR, care management, and device data streams with strong governance.

Most Important Today ★ From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: AI’s Role in Timely Patient Discharges — Guest Author (13 Oct 2025). A guest article outlines how AI can reduce discharge delays, shorten length of stay, and improve hospital flow by identifying and unblocking barriers to timely patient departures.Why It Matters: Discharge is a throughput choke point; embedding AI insights into bed management and EPR workflows can unlock capacity, cut LOS, and improve ROI—provided governance, clinical oversight, and integration to operational teams are in place.

Most Important Today ★ Ascend Learning Acquires Laudio to Accelerate Innovation in Frontline Healthcare Leadership — Healthcare IT News (10 Oct 2025). Ascend Learning acquired Laudio, a frontline leader solution that drives efficiency and engagement for health systems, expanding Ascend’s tech-enabled workforce management offerings and deepening support of the healthcare workforce. Why It Matters: Consolidation in workforce tech can streamline leader workflows and reduce burnout; assess HRIS/EHR integration, data governance, and model ROI via retention, premium labor reduction, and time saved per manager.

Most Important Today ★ Oracle Wants to Be Healthcare’s Partner—Will the Industry Let It? — Colin Hung — 9 Oct 2025 At OHLSSummit 2025, Seema Verma highlighted Oracle’s efforts to automate prior authorization, embed clinical trials in the patient portal, and connect ERP/supply chain with the EHR to promote openness across the care continuum.Why It Matters: For CIOs, Oracle’s strategy tests your interoperability posture and the business case for converging EHR and ERP workflows—potentially reducing denials friction, supply delays, and operational waste.

Daily EHR & Health IT Brief Most Important Today ★ The Future of Data Sharing — Grayson Miller (7 Oct 2025) Industry leaders outline the next phase of health data exchange, from TEFCA-style networks and FHIR APIs to granular consent, patient-mediated sharing, and real-time analytics. Why It Matters: Prioritize API maturity, consent orchestration, identity, and data quality to turn interoperability into measurable ROI across analytics, value-based care, and patient experience.

Most Important Today ★ When It Comes to AI, Healthcare Organizations Mean Well; So Why Are Employees Going Rogue? — Guest Author — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 — Despite governance programs and training, staff are adopting unvetted AI tools. The piece calls for practical guardrails, faster tool vetting, and user-centered workflows to reduce shadow AI and align behavior with policy.

EHR & HealthTech News — 2025-09-29 Health IT / EHR News Highlights — September 29, 2025 Epic and Abridge: From Partners to Competitors in Ambient AI Scribes Epic once helped elevate Abridge by embedding its transcription and summarization tools. Now, Epic is rolling out its own Nuance/Microsoft-powered ambient AI scribe, directly threatening Abridge’s EHR integrations and market share. STAT News…

EHR & HealthTech News Health IT / EHR News Highlights Datavant to Acquire DigitalOwl to Expand AI-Driven Health Record Retrieval & Analysis Datavant announced plans to buy DigitalOwl, an AI platform used by insurers and legal teams to structure and summarize health records—extending Datavant’s footprint across retrieval, normalization, and analytics for claims and underwriting workflows. Fierce Healthcare Middle East Healthcare IT Outlook Highlights Rapid EHR, CDS, and Telehealth Adoption…

Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Articles — September 25, 2025 Today’s Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Updates VA EHR Modernization Linked to Veteran Deaths, Senate Report Says The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs reported that four veterans have died in connection with the VA’s ongoing EHR modernization initiative, three of them in Ohio. Investigations point to medication data drop-offs, faulty scheduling queue logic, and pharmacy function failures as major contributing factors.

Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Articles — September 24, 2025 Today’s Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Updates Qualifacts Becomes the First EHR Solutions Provider to Earn AI Management Systems Certification ISO 42001:2023 Behavioral health EHR vendor Qualifacts earned ISO 42001:2023 certification for AI Management Systems. This covers both its Qualifacts iQ platform and its internal AI operations, highlighting strong governance and compliance practices.

Healthcare IT / EHR News — Sept 19, 2025 Today’s EHR & Healthcare Tech Highlights — September 19, 2025 HHS Intensifies Enforcement of Information Blocking Rules The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is increasing enforcement of information blocking rules. EHR vendors—especially those with large market share—are being scrutinized for practices that may hinder data sharing. Providers may also face penalties if they fail to comply.

Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Articles — September 18, 2025 Today’s Top EHR & Healthcare Tech Updates 1. Valant Launches “AI Notes Assist” for Behavioral Health Valant introduced AI Notes Assist, which converts in-person or telehealth session transcripts into structured clinical documentation to reduce admin time for behavioral health clinicians. Read more 2. PointClickCare Rolls Out AI-Driven ED Optimization…

Seattle Children’s Announces Layoffs Amid Funding Pressures Seattle Children’s Announces Layoffs Amid Funding Pressures September 17, 2025 — TriggWorks.com Seattle Children’s Health Care System confirmed this week that it will lay off 154 employees, representing about 1.5% of its workforce. The reductions will begin November 15 and primarily affect administrative staff and front-line lab and research positions. In addition, the hospital plans to eliminate…

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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (WA) initiates a second round of layoffs within its Virtual Health Services division, with the elimination of 24 roles expected to begin in November. The health system laid off 116 virtual health employees in June, citing financial problems. Hope they turn things around soon!