Weekly Roundup – August 1, 2026

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 week.

Improving Operational Efficiency With Back Office Health IT Systems. Improving data accuracy at the point of use, extracting unstructured data, automating core functions, and creating unified operational workflows are just some of the ways the Healthcare IT Today community is making this happen. Read more…

Coding for Clinical Care Instead of Reimbursement. Canadian healthcare professionals are focusing increasingly on data quality and governance, Colin Hung reported from eHealth 2026. That’s the main benefit of not constantly fighting insurance companies for reimbursement. Read more…

Human in the Loop Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Safe. In another interview from eHealth 2026, Colin caught up with Julia Zarb at Blue x Blue and learned that standard IT guardrails fail when they’re applied to AI agents because their errors look perfectly logical but multiply rapidly when shared across an organization. Read more…

The Hidden Risk of Rushed Technology. Patrick Lo at Privacy Horizon sat down with Colin to discuss why healthcare organizations must establish solid AI governance before deploying new digital health solutions. That means preparing compliance infrastructure well before any software integration goes live. Read more…

Applying AI to Healthcare Integration and Interoperability. John Lynn tuned into a webinar from Rhapsody, which is going beyond integrating AI agents to connecting them so they can move data across mission-critical systems. Read more…

Life Sciences Today Podcast: Achieving Savings in Clinical Trials Without AI. Dr. Jurate Lusienne at Jura Lasas Consulting talked to Danny Liaberman about how to design leaner, smarter trial strategies without relying on AI or CROs. Read more…

Care Everywhere, Secure Endpoints: IT Beyond Hospital Walls. Roughly half of health delivery organizations still lack the mobile threat defense coverage that matches their desktop security, noted Joyal Bennison at ManageEngine. This means organizations need to take a layered approach to managing security risks. Read more…

If A Server Fails Today, How Long Until Your Patients Can Be Seen? Michael Ohayon at Nexcess explained why backup is not the same as recovery: Even a successful backup job doesn’t tell you how long a restore takes or confirm that the copy is usable for clinical applications. Read more…

The Future of Value-Based Care Will Require Actuarially Engineered AI. Models trained on actuarial-grade logic such as loss ratio modeling, risk adjustment mechanics, trend analysis, and regulatory guardrails helps organizations manage risk more confidently, according to Brian Overstreet at Arbital Health. Read more…

Healthcare AI Advances With Precision and Data Control. A Freeform Dynamics report recently noted the growing importance of private AI infrastructure for healthcare and life sciences, noted Paul Speciale at Scality. This suggests organizations are building a more sustainable model for operational AI. Read more…

This Week’s Health IT Jobs for July 29, 2026: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health is looking for a Deputy CIO. Read more…

Bonus Features for July 26, 2026: 92% of healthcare leaders say deep healthcare expertise is critical when evaluating AI vendors; fewer than two-thirds of patients are committed to staying with their provider. Read more…

Funding and M&A Activity:

• Nexus acquired Telemetrix RPM, a remote monitoring and chronic care management company that operates inside Epic workflows.
• Serelora acquired the clinical risk-stratification software of ACTIN Care Groups.
• Medicare patient risk management technology company Pearl Health announced a $110 million capital raise.
• Nurse practitioner empowerment company Corner Health raised $32.5 million in Seed and Series A financing.
• Pediatric and young adult mental health provider Flourish Health announced $26 million in Series A funding.
• Remote physical examination technology TytoCare closed a $25 million-plus growth round.
• Radiology AI marketplace and platform CARPL.ai announced a Series A round of $10 million.
• Procode announced a $10 million Series A funding round; the company provides RCM tools for private practice surgeons.

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