# Product Management * **Definition:** The process of overseeing the development and lifecycle of healthcare products, ensuring they meet user needs, market demands, and business goals while focusing on innovation and user experience. * **Taxonomy:** CTO Topics / Product Management ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Product Management**, for healthcare technology leaders * 12K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/30/2025 | [**AristaMD Promotes Jeff Taylor to Vice President of Product Management to Accelerate Innovation**](https://www.prweb.com/releases/aristamd-promotes-jeff-taylor-to-vice-president-of-product-management-to-accelerate-innovation-302469116.html) | [[PRWeb]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**athenahealth Launches athenaOne® for Community Health Centers**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/19/athenahealth-launches-athenaone-for-community-health-centers/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**WebMD Ignite to Enhance Health Plan Care Management Engagement - - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/04/23/webmd-ignite-to-enhance-health-plan-care-management-engagement/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 2/28/2025 | [**Mohammad (mo) Islam - Associate Director - UnitedHealth Group - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammadmoislam) | [[Linkedin]] | | 2/27/2025 | [**Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch - CIO**](https://www.cio.com/article/3829602/product-based-it-6-key-steps-for-making-the-switch.html) | [[CIO]] | | 1/31/2025 | [**RegEd Continues Expansion of Audit Management Capabilities in Support of FINRA's ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reged-continues-expansion-audit-management-163000172.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/31/2025 | [**IBM gears up to roll out AI-ready mainframe midyear - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-gears-roll-ai-ready-144335943.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/26/2024 | [**The Business and Finance of Healthcare in 2025**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/the-business-and-finance-of-healthcare-in-2025/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 12/6/2024 | [**Climbing the Product Management Ladder: Insights for Aspiring and Experienced Product Leaders**](https://medium.com/@richardewing1/climbing-the-product-management-ladder-insights-for-aspiring-and-experienced-product-leaders-4407c319051c) | [[Medium]] | | 11/13/2024 | [**Raintree Adds Elite Healthcare Tech SaaS Product and Financial Leaders to Executive Team**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raintree-adds-elite-healthcare-tech-saas-product-and-financial-leaders-to-executive-team-302303744.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 9/18/2024 | [**Roku Launches Ads Manager, a Self-Service Performance Solution for Growth Marketers**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240918031574/en/Roku-Launches-Ads-Manager-a-Self-Service-Performance-Solution-for-Growth-Marketers/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 9/18/2024 | [**FICO and Jersey Telecom Collaborate to Tackle Authorised Push Payment Fraud**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240918964472/en/FICO-and-Jersey-Telecom-Collaborate-to-Tackle-Authorised-Push-Payment-Fraud/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 9/18/2024 | [**Luminate's hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care**](https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/18/luminates-hair-saving-chemo-helmet-nears-release-as-new-funding-goes-toward-home-cancer-care/) | [[TechCrunch]] | | 9/18/2024 | [**Kargo Welcomes Eric Hoffert as Chief Technology Officer - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kargo-welcomes-eric-hoffert-chief-120000124.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 9/18/2024 | [**Fed Prepares to Lower Interest Rates, With Size of Cut in Doubt - WSJ**](https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-interest-rate-cut-size-79a238ca) | [[The Wall Street Journal]] | | 9/13/2024 | [**How a Product Management and AI Expert is Modernizing Digital Customer Experiences ...**](https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/technology/how-a-product-management-and-ai-expert-is-modernizing/479834) | entrepreneur.com | | 9/10/2024 | [**Last Call: Don't Miss Phenom AI Day for HR - Register Now! - Business Wire**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240910360602/en/Last-Call-Don%E2%80%99t-Miss-Phenom-AI-Day-for-HR-%E2%80%94-Register-Now%21) | [[Business Wire]] | | 9/6/2024 | [**Coffee chat with Wole Ayeni on Product Management - Technext**](https://technext24.com/2024/09/06/chat-wole-ayeni-product-management/) | technext24.com | | 9/6/2024 | [**Midea's New ECOMASTER Energy-Saving Solution Shines at IFA Berlin 2024**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mideas-new-ecomaster-energy-saving-solution-shines-at-ifa-berlin-2024-302241030.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 9/6/2024 | [**ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Taps Former Meta Exec To Drive Strategy Amid Growing Exodus - MSN**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/chatgpt-maker-openai-taps-former-meta-exec-to-drive-strategy-amid-growing-exodus/ar-AA1plKrZ) | msn.com | | 9/6/2024 | [**What (if any) precautionary measures are you taking to protect your organization against the ...**](https://www.gartner.com/peer-community/post/if-precautionary-measures-taking-to-protect-organization-against-potential-increased-tariffs-chinese-products) | gartner.com | | 8/27/2024 | [**US Consumer Financial Health Analysis, Q2 2024 - Forrester**](https://www.forrester.com/blogs/us-consumer-financial-health-analysis-q2-2024/) | [[Forrester]] | | 8/18/2024 | [**Navigating the Future: A Career in Product Management within Medical Technology**](https://techbullion.com/navigating-the-future-a-career-in-product-management-within-medical-technology/) | techbullion.com | | 8/12/2024 | [**European, SWANA startups power through slowdown in Ed-tech funding**](https://vator.tv/news/2024-08-12-european-swana-startups-power-through-slowdown-in-ed-tech-funding) | vator.tv | | 6/26/2024 | [**ZwitterCo Welcomes Sean Carey as New VP for Product Management and Strategy**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zwitterco-welcomes-sean-carey-vp-114500786.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Christel Billault**: VP of Marketing at Korbyt, involved in leadership changes aimed at enhancing product innovation. - **Wole Ayeni**: A Product Manager with over five years of experience in leading product teams across various sectors, including healthcare technology. - **HTEC**: A global product development and digital engineering company, recently appointing Carsten Wierwille to lead product and design. - **SmartBear**: A leader in API management recognized by Gartner, providing tools for API design, testing, and governance. - **Denise Meade**: Healthcare and life sciences technology leader at Microsoft, discussing AI adoption in healthcare. - **Dentsply Sirona**: A dental industry leader enhancing its Board's expertise in product management and commercial deployment. - **Joshua Li**: Vice President of Product at Uwill, focusing on mental health solutions for students. - **Travis Kemp**: VP of Product Management at Korbyt, focusing on accelerating product innovation. - **Varun Kulkarni**: Senior Engineering Product Manager at Cisco Webex, recognized for contributions in AI and product management within healthcare. - **ZwitterCo**: A company focusing on innovative wastewater treatment solutions, recently appointing Sean Carey as VP for Product Management and Strategy. - **MiraLogic**: Develops IoT-enabled smart docks for enhanced IT asset management. - **Inovalon**: A technology company transforming healthcare through data and technology, with a focus on product management and market requirements. - **Daniel Zenker**: Director of Product Management at BTL, focusing on advanced radio frequency microablation technology for skin treatments. - **FDB**: A company hosting a panel discussion on clinical decision support to enhance personalized medication guidance in healthcare. - **Greenphire**: A company specializing in software solutions that streamline clinical trials, focusing on improving patient and site experiences. - **Tomorrow Health**: A healthcare technology company enhancing its executive team to drive innovation in care delivery. - **HealthPresso**: A healthcare technology company focused on content automation using AI, led by Manuj Sanduja as CTO. - **Derek Bluestone**: Chief Product Officer at Greenphire, enhancing product development strategies in clinical research. - **Phreesia**: A healthcare technology company specializing in patient engagement applications, facilitating millions of patient visits and improving healthcare outcomes. - **Swisslog Healthcare**: Provides integrated medication supply chain solutions to healthcare facilities, aiming to optimize medication management workflows. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Korbyt and Clearhaven Partners**: Strategic investment aimed at solidifying Korbyt's position in digital signage and technology. - **SmartBear**: Partnering with various organizations to enhance API lifecycle solutions and streamline workflows. - **Greenphire and Derek Bluestone**: Derek Bluestone appointed as Chief Product Officer to enhance clinical research site performance and participant satisfaction. - **Particle**: Collaborating with publishers like Reuters and AFP to enhance content visibility and user engagement. - **Swisslog Healthcare and Yufei Chen**: Yufei Chen appointed as Global Innovation Executive to lead innovation initiatives in medication management. - **IBM and ServiceNow**: Collaborated to assist businesses in aligning talent with evolving market demands through skills transformation initiatives. - **Konica Minolta and various providers**: Partnered with leading solutions providers to enhance the capabilities of Exa Enterprise, focusing on clinical and radiology workflows. - **Infosys and zooplus**: A strategic collaboration to enhance service capabilities and operational efficiency through AI-driven solutions. - **FETCH and Accor**: A strategic partnership to enhance payment and order solutions in the hospitality sector. - **Medcrypt and BioT, Extra Security, RTI, Stratigos Security**: Strategic partnerships aimed at enhancing cybersecurity solutions for medical device manufacturers. - **Oracle Health**: Plans to market its AI tool to providers using other EHR systems and expand its availability to other medical specialties. - **Capgemini and clients**: Collaborating to develop a platform that complies with European AI legislation for the life sciences sector. - **Stellar Cyber and Sophos**: Strategic integration to enhance threat detection and response for enterprises. - **HealthPresso and AI**: HealthPresso is utilizing HumetaTM, an advanced AI model for automating healthcare content creation. - **Lyft and Anthropic**: Collaboration to implement AI-powered tools for enhancing customer service in rideshare. - **Clario and Mobilise-D**: Collaborating to integrate digital mobility outcomes with Clario's Opal wearable sensor system to enhance patient mobility data capture. - **Uwill's new hires**: Aim to enhance product innovation and address mental health support for students. - **Integrity360 and Darktrace**: Partnering to enhance cybersecurity services through advanced threat detection and response capabilities. - **Dataloop AI and Qualcomm**: Collaboration to enhance AI model development for devices powered by Snapdragon platforms. - **Kinsmen Group and Microsoft Azure**: Launch of Kinsmen AI, an AI-powered solution for data challenges in asset-heavy industries. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Product Management in Healthcare**: Emphasizes the need for user empathy, regulatory compliance, and understanding of healthcare workflows. - **Product Management Roles**: The importance of product management in healthcare technology, focusing on market requirements and customer needs. - **FoodLogiQ Product Management**: A solution aimed at enhancing food supply chain management through streamlined workflows and data insights. - **Digital Health Interventions**: Emphasis on sustained patient engagement through technology to improve healthcare outcomes. - **Consumer Experience Orchestration**: Platforms like Praia Health integrating digital interactions to enhance patient engagement and retention. - **AI in Healthcare**: The need for product leaders to integrate AI governance frameworks and focus on systemic change. - **FDA's IT Acquisition Strategy**: Aims to centralize vendor management and standardize technology procurement to enhance operational efficiency. - **Generative AI in Healthcare**: Rapid adoption discussed by industry leaders, highlighting its potential despite adoption disparities. - **AI and Data Solutions**: New York Life's leadership in AI and data product management aims to develop innovative solutions for stakeholders. - **API Management Trends**: Focus on overcoming challenges like API sprawl and the importance of gateway-agnostic solutions. - **Diversity and Inclusion**: Inovalon promotes a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within its product management teams. - **Clinical Decision Support Tools**: FDB's initiative to provide personalized medication guidance to improve patient care and streamline clinician workflows. - **Agile Methodologies**: Adoption of agile practices in IT to enhance collaboration and project outcomes. - **Patient Engagement Solutions**: Phreesia's focus on enhancing patient registration and user experience through innovative software solutions. - **SmartSolve®**: IQVIA's intelligence-driven platform that simplifies quality and regulatory compliance, enhancing patient safety and product quality. - **Centralized Pharmacy Models**: Health systems transitioning to optimize medication management and address financial pressures. - **Exa Enterprise**: A scalable, web-based imaging solution leveraging AWS to improve medical imaging efficiency and data management. - **Revenue Cycle Automation**: Efforts by companies like Clearway Health to enhance financial and operational software infrastructure. - **ZwitterCo's Fouling-Immune Technology**: Innovative wastewater treatment solutions targeting new filtration markets. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Transition to Product Management**: Healthcare IT departments struggle with limited resources and the need to shift from project-based to product-based management to enhance business value. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Healthcare product managers must navigate complex regulations that impact product development and patient outcomes. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: Concerns raised about the vulnerabilities of digital products in healthcare, necessitating risk assessment. - **Operational Efficiency**: General Motors' layoffs in its software division reflect challenges in adapting to increased competition and the need for streamlined operations. - **Medical Device Start-ups**: Challenges in navigating complex regulations and establishing market presence. - **Financial Pressures**: Healthcare organizations facing rising costs and claim denial rates, impacting operational efficiency. - **Funding and Regulatory Hurdles**: Challenges faced by product managers in Nigeria's growing tech ecosystem. - **Data Governance**: AI-driven technologies require a privacy-by-design approach and strong data governance frameworks to ensure compliance and security. - **Talent Acquisition**: High demand for skilled professionals in IT, particularly in cybersecurity and digital transformation, to remain competitive. - **Cybersecurity Threats**: Concerns regarding vulnerabilities and data theft as enterprises unify networking and security teams. - **Operational Efficiency in Healthcare**: Challenges in staffing and budget constraints necessitate innovative solutions for clinical workflows. - **Talent Gap**: Projected need for an additional 1.76 million tech workers in the U.S. by 2028, highlighting a gap in strategic planning among leadership regarding AI's impact. - **Staffing Shortages**: Challenges in healthcare staffing and increasing patient complexity, addressed through innovative care delivery models. - **Data Standardization**: Challenges related to integrating real-world data into clinical trials due to varying standards. - **Cybersecurity in Healthcare**: The need for secure and interoperable technology in healthcare is critical, as highlighted by Medcrypt's partnerships. - **Competition in EHR Market**: Oracle faces competition from Epic in the hospital EHR market as it seeks to expand its AI tool. ## Related Topics [[Product Development]]; [[Healthcare Product Management]]; [[Product Strategy]]; [[Program Management]]; [[Partner Management]]