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• April 2024: Target RWE launched a new patient-centric platform to engage patients and healthcare professionals. The newly launched platform is a scalable and flexible tool that facilitates effective patient engagement.
• September 2023: Oracle introduced new generative AI capabilities to healthcare. The newly launched capabilities by the company would help healthcare professionals focus more on patient engagement, trust development, and improving overall quality of care.

• May 2024: Athenahealth rolled out specialized EHR solutions tailored to address the unique clinical and operational requirements of women's health and urgent care practices.
• March 2024: Doceree launched its groundbreaking technology, Spark, at HIMSS 2024. Spark is designed to empower healthcare providers, improve care quality, and, in turn, boost patient outcomes. This innovative platform utilizes patented technology, clinical data, and AI triggers to seamlessly integrate relevant communications into existing clinical workflows, all in real-time.

• March 2024: Artera, a healthcare tech company, launched Artera Referrals, which aids providers struggling with referral leakage and management. This solution helps healthcare providers deliver timely patient communications with automated referral outreach, real-time responses to receive, respond, and self-schedule appointments, and automated pre-visit communications to ensure patients and staff are prepared for the appointment.
• July 2023: AristaMD, a US-based company that provides e-consult, or online medical consultation and referral management services, launched an Enhanced Platform for patient-to-provider. This platform supports primary care practices with end-to-end referrals and enhances the speed and delivery of patient care.

• February 2023: CLEW, a provider of real-time AI analytics platforms for healthcare providers, launched the CLEW ICU Conversion and Accelerator program. The program comprises packaged integrations to EMR, monitoring, AV equipment, CLEW's FDA-cleared AI predictive models, and the CLEW ICU workflow platform. Additionally, within 12 weeks, the program's consulting and implementation resources enable US health systems to successfully transition away from the Philips eICU software.
• January 2023: Google Cloud, eGovernment Foundation, and the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Government of Nagaland launched the TeleICU hub at Naga Hospital Authority.

• July 2024: AdvancedMD, a cloud-based healthcare software provider, reported the rollout of more than 30 new features for its 2024 summer product release, with updates to the AdvancedMD practice management, EHR, and patient engagement suite of tools that are used in specialty departments such as OBGYN clinics.
• November 2023: Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, reported the acquisition of NextGen Healthcare Inc., a cloud-based healthcare technology solution provider, for USD 1.8 billion. NextGen Healthcare’s solutions also include OBGYN EHR to improve women's health outcomes.

• June 2024: Docplix, a health-tech firm in New Delhi, India, secured INR 1.2 crore (USD 0.14 million) in a Bridge Round spearheaded by Inflection Point Ventures. The company plans to channel the funds into product development, AI integration, and broadening its market presence. This strategy includes upgrading the EHR system with cutting-edge AI features to bolster decision-making and patient care and extending innovative healthcare solutions to larger clinics and hospitals.
• April 2024: The Union Health Ministry of India unveiled the myCGHS app for iOS devices, designed to enhance access to electronic health records and vital information for beneficiaries of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

• June 2024: Wheel, a telehealth and virtual care solutions provider, unveiled its AI-driven Horizon platform. This platform acts as an easy button for health plans, retailers, digital health solution providers, and life sciences companies, enabling them to rapidly scale their virtual care programs nationwide. The initiative aims to enhance patient experiences, boost outcomes, and derive intelligent insights from every program.
• April 2024: Included Health, which specializes in virtual care and health navigation, rolled out a virtual-first specialty care clinic. This initiative grants its members streamlined access to over 4,000 specialist physicians, along with support services and care navigation. The clinics will integrate expert medical opinions, primary care, mental health services, and navigation capabilities. This holistic approach aims to address challenges in specialty care access and costs while also tailoring services to align with members' health benefits and preferences.

• June 2024: Lokavant Inc. launched Spectrum, an artificial intelligence (AI) software for clinical trial feasibility. Spectrum helps study teams predict, optimize, and control trial timelines and costs in real time, allowing for ongoing feasibility analyses and mid-study adjustments.
• April 2024: Parexel, a global leader in clinical research organizations (CROs) offering comprehensive Phase I to IV clinical development services, partnered with Palantir Technologies Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) system development. Their collaboration aims to use AI to improve and speed up the delivery of safe and effective clinical trials for biopharmaceutical clients worldwide. Through this partnership, Parexel will use Palantir’s Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) to strengthen its clinical data platform, focusing on making clinical trials more efficient while maintaining high safety and regulatory standards.

• May 2024: WELL Health Technologies Corp. launched HEALWELL AI, a second-generation WELL AI Decision Support (WAIDS). The upgraded WAIDS includes screening capabilities for numerous chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and diabetes, enabling risk stratification of patients into high-, medium-, or low-risk categories. This expansion broadens WAIDS's utility in detecting more than 100 rare and chronic diseases, providing clinically validated insights that identify care gaps and equip clinicians with actionable information at the point of care.
• February 2024: Elsevier Health, in partnership with OpenEvidence, launched ClinicalKey AI, the first and most advanced clinical decision support tool in the United States that combines the latest and most trusted medical content with generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help clinicians at the point of care.

• April 2024: Barti Software, a venture-backed software startup, launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) ambient listening and transcription technology add-on to its electronic health records (EHR) and practice management platform for optometric practices.
• February 2024: Best Practice Software, based in Australia, forged a partnership with Lyrebird Health. This collaboration positions Bp Premier, Best Practice’s leading practice management system, as the inaugural platform to introduce fully integrated generative AI software for Australian practitioners. Lyrebird Scribe enhances the consultation process by automatically generating pertinent medical documentation, enabling clinicians to prioritize patient interaction over administrative tasks.