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. - ★ Cutting-edge care, everywhere — Seema Verma on Oracle’s ambitious vision for the future — Vedant Bhosale (7 Oct 2025)
Oracle pitches consolidating redundant tech stacks into a unified platform with embedded AI to improve clinician UX, scalability, and outcomes.
Why It Matters: Platform rationalization can reduce TCO and complexity but requires strong integration guardrails, data governance, and change management to avoid lock-in and disruption. - ★ Bridging the Health IT Skills Gap with Affordable, Scalable Online Learning — Guest Author (7 Oct 2025)
A case for scalable online learning to upskill the health IT workforce as digital capabilities become mission-critical for care delivery.
Why It Matters: Investing in role-based learning paths boosts project velocity, security/compliance readiness, and retention—reducing reliance on costly contractors.
EHR Vendor Releases / Sales
- ★ Penguin Ai Secures $29.7M in Venture Funding to Tackle the $1 Trillion Administrative Burden in the Healthcare Industry — Healthcare IT News (7 Oct 2025)
Penguin Ai raised $29.7M (including a $25M Series A led by Greycroft) to automate administrative workflows, backed by leaders with payer/provider data pedigrees.
Why It Matters: AI for prior auth, denials, and rev cycle can yield rapid ROI; vet PHI handling, audit trails, and EHR/payer interoperability before scaling. - ★ Heidi Health raises £48m in Series B funding to expand globally — Jordan Sollof (7 Oct 2025)
Heidi Health closed $65M (£48m) to scale its AI scribe for GP workflows and expand internationally.
Why It Matters: Ambient documentation can reduce burnout and increase throughput; ensure accuracy benchmarks, privacy safeguards, and seamless EHR template integration to realize value.
Hospital Implementations
- East Suffolk and North Essex goes live with Epic EPR — Jordan Sollof (7 Oct 2025)
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust launched Epic EPR with MyChart patient access.
Why It Matters: Focus on cutover stability, data migration quality, and rapid MyChart enrollment; leverage FHIR APIs and cyber hardening to maximize interoperability and resilience.
Other Healthcare Technology
- AI Scribes Aren’t About Just Time Saved. Mental Space is Also a Benefit. — Colin Hung (7 Oct 2025)
Beacon Health System reports Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent reduces cognitive load, strengthens patient connection, and lessens burnout.
Why It Matters: Define success beyond minutes saved—track after-hours charting, note quality, patient experience, and clinician well-being to guide rollout and ROI. - AI is helping to speed clinical trial approval times, says MHRA — Tammy Lovell (7 Oct 2025)
The MHRA is using AI to support assessors with complex data review and automated flagging for human oversight.
Why It Matters: Regulatory acceptance of assistive AI may compress R&D timelines; ensure model transparency, validation, and auditability to meet compliance expectations. - ★ Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ — Cora Lydon (7 Oct 2025)
Roundup highlights fresh funding (e.g., Miiskin, BoobyBiome) and the Discovery Spark business development program alongside broader digital health updates.
Why It Matters: Early-stage activity signals where partnerships and procurement opportunities may emerge—track categories aligned to your roadmap.
Why It Matters — A Healthcare IT CIO’s Perspective
Today’s themes converge on interoperability at scale (TEFCA, FHIR, consent), platform rationalization (Oracle), and practical AI (scribes and admin automation) delivering ROI in burnout reduction and RevCycle efficiency. Balance ambition with guardrails: invest in identity/consent services, data quality, and API governance; enforce privacy, auditability, and bias controls for AI; and pair major EPR go-lives with rigorous stabilization metrics and user training. Finally, close the skills gap with targeted learning programs so teams can safely adopt new platforms without adding operational risk.
