# Clinical Communication * **Definition:** The exchange of information between healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers that is essential for the delivery of effective healthcare services, encompassing verbal, non-verbal, and written communication methods. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Clinical Communication ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Clinical Communication**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.6K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/13/2025 | [**Health IT Hires, Appointments, and Who's Hiring**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/health-it-hires-appointments-and-whos-hiring-051325/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**Rauland Recognized for Digital Health Innovation in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rauland-recognized-digital-health-innovation-141000168.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 4/14/2025 | [**US Clinical Communication & Collaboration Market worth US$1.57 billion by 2029 with 13.5AGR**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-clinical-communication--collaboration-market-worth-us1-57-billion-by-2029-with-13-5-cagr--marketsandmarkets-302427405.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 4/14/2025 | [**US Clinical Communication & Collaboration Market worth US$1.57 billion by 2029 with 13.5AGR**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-clinical-communication-collaboration-market-143000861.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 4/3/2025 | [**Why Nurse Leaders Deserve a Seat at the AI Table - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/04/03/why-nurse-leaders-deserve-a-seat-at-the-ai-table/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/26/2025 | [**InteliChart Named #1 End-to-End Patient Engagement Solution for Third Consecutive Year ...**](https://www.newswire.com/news/intelichart-named-1-end-to-end-patient-engagement-solution-for-third-22542782) | [[Newswire]] | | 3/26/2025 | [**InteliChart Named #1 End-to-End Patient Engagement Solution for Third Consecutive Year ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intelichart-named-1-end-end-200000198.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/25/2025 | [**Black Book Research Releases 2025 Comprehensive Guide to Patient Engagement and ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-book-research-releases-2025-114500538.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/25/2025 | [**Spok Achieves Top Client Satisfaction Scores for Eighth Consecutive Year - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spok-achieves-top-client-satisfaction-123000818.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/24/2025 | [**Spok Clinches 8th Consecutive Title for Leading Satisfaction in Clinical Communications ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spok-clinches-8th-consecutive-title-130000213.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/6/2025 | [**Providers must create smarter, more connected healthcare environments, tech CEO says**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/providers-must-create-smarter-more-connected-healthcare-environments-tech-ceo-says) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 2/5/2025 | [**SONIFI Health names veteran healthcare technology executive Michelle Allen as general manager**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sonifi-health-names-veteran-healthcare-technology-executive-michelle-allen-as-general-manager-302368947.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/13/2025 | [**Clinical Communication and Collaboration Market is Set to Surpass Valuation of ... - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/clinical-communication-collaboration-market-set-103000697.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**Mobile Heartbeat® Announces Multiple Deployments of Banyan® and Future Innovative Features**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241218295775/en/Mobile-Heartbeat%C2%AE-Announces-Multiple-Deployments-of-Banyan%C2%AE-and-Future-Innovative-Features/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-Q-tiwWZwkcswR1UZtV7eGe24xL9TZOyQUMS3J72mJlQ7fxFuNFTHSunhvli30RlBNXya2izy9YOgHlBiZQk2LOzmn6JePCpHPCiYGaEx4DL1Rq8pNwkf3AarimpDzQGuQ==) | [[Business Wire]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**Mobile Heartbeat® Announces Multiple Deployments of Banyan® and Future Innovative Features**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241218295775/en/Mobile-Heartbeat%C2%AE-Announces-Multiple-Deployments-of-Banyan%C2%AE-and-Future-Innovative-Features/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 12/16/2024 | [**How to Improve Healthcare Teamwork with Collaboration Tools**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2024/12/how-improve-healthcare-teamwork-collaboration-tools) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 12/4/2024 | [**PerfectServe Announces Partnership with Five9 to Reimagine Hospital Contact Centers**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/perfectserve-announces-partnership-with-five9-to-reimagine-hospital-contact-centers-302322540.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/21/2024 | [**PerfectServe Positioned Furthest for Completeness of Vision in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Clinical Communication and Collaboration**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/perfectserve-positioned-furthest-completeness-vision-174500531.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 11/21/2024 | [**TigerConnect® Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Clinical Communication ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tigerconnect-named-leader-gartner-magic-161500449.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 9/13/2024 | [**Clinical Communication & Collaboration Market Projected Growth Outlined by Size and Share**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/880622-clinical-communication-collaboration-market-size-and-share-key-insights-industry-dynamics-and-current-trends.html) | whatech.com | | 8/21/2024 | [**CipherHealth Earns Third Consecutive Inclusion in Constellation ShortList for Healthcare Clinical Communication**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cipherhealth-earns-third-consecutive-inclusion-in-constellation-shortlist-for-healthcare-clinical-communication-302227576.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 8/8/2024 | [**Health IT Business News, Financial Edition - August 8, 2024**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/health-it-business-news-financial-edition-august-8-2024/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 8/5/2024 | [**Understanding the Future: Clinical Communication & Collaboration Market CAGR of 13.46%**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/industrial/862882-understanding-the-future-clinical-communication-collaboration-market-cagr-of-13-46-trends-and-innovations-to-2031.html) | whatech.com | | 7/30/2024 | [**Future Growth: Clinical Communication and Collaboration Market Reaching $4.8 Billion ... - WhaTech**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/861412-future-growth-clinical-communication-and-collaboration-market-reaching-4-8-billion.html) | whatech.com | | 3/16/2022 | [**Enhancing patient care with mobile clinical communication technologies**](https://medcitynews.com/2022/03/enhancing-patient-care-with-mobile-clinical-communication-technologies/) | [[MedCity News]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Cisco**: A leading provider of networking hardware and software, including solutions for clinical communication. - **TigerConnect**: A healthcare communication platform that enhances clinical collaboration and improves patient outcomes. - **Cisco Systems**: Offers a range of communication tools designed to facilitate collaboration among healthcare professionals. - **OnPage**: A clinical communication technology leader recognized for its real-time communication solutions in healthcare. - **Microsoft Corporation**: Develops technology solutions that support clinical communication and enhance patient care. - **CipherHealth**: Recognized for its innovative patient communication solutions, enhancing engagement and care coordination. - **PerfectServe**: A healthcare communication platform focused on improving clinical workflows and team communication. - **Avaya LLC**: A leader in communication solutions for healthcare, focusing on enhancing clinical communication and collaboration. - **Spok**: Recognized as a top vendor in clinical communications and secure messaging, providing solutions that enhance communication efficiency in healthcare. - **OpenNotes**: An initiative promoting transparency and patient engagement in healthcare through accessible clinical documentation. - **Dialog Health**: Specializes in healthcare SMS communication and analytics software to enhance patient journeys. - **Consensus Cloud Solutions**: Recognized for secure data exchange solutions in healthcare, enhancing communication and workflow efficiencies. - **CheckinAsyst**: A digital patient intake and communication platform recognized for streamlining patient workflows and enhancing patient experience. - **Spok, Inc.**: A leader in healthcare communications, facilitating over 70 million messages monthly to improve patient outcomes. - **symplr**: Supports healthcare organizations with provider data management, workforce management, and clinical communications. - **GLOBO**: Provides language, translation, and interpreting services to improve communication in healthcare settings. - **Nuance**: A company providing ambient clinical documentation software, integrating AI with EHR systems. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Dialog Health and AMSURG**: Partnership to enhance patient communication through innovative texting solutions. - **Abridge with Mayo Clinic and Epic**: Forming partnerships to enhance clinical documentation efficiency. - **OpenNotes and Abridge**: Partnered to enhance patient-clinician transparency through improved visit summaries, focusing on usability for patients. - **OpenNotes and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center**: Collaboration to improve patient-clinician transparency through AI-generated visit summaries. - **TruDoc Healthcare and e& enterprise**: Collaborating to launch engageX, a solution for improved healthcare communications in the MENA region. - **Stryker and Care.ai**: Stryker's acquisition of Care.ai aims to bolster its healthcare IT offerings, enhancing clinical communication and workflow solutions. - **PerfectServe and Five9**: A partnership aimed at integrating healthcare communication tools with intelligent virtual agents to enhance patient care and operational efficiency. - **Amazon One Medical and Cleveland Clinic**: Partnering to enhance access to primary care in northeast Ohio. - **GLOBO and Healthcare Providers**: GLOBO collaborates with healthcare providers to offer 24/7 interpreting services across 430 languages. - **HealthAsyst and Veradigm**: CheckinAsyst integrates with Veradigm's systems to enhance patient engagement and streamline workflows. - **Genuin and Skyscape**: Collaboration to integrate healthcare-focused video content into Genuin's platform, enhancing engagement with healthcare professionals. - **SONIFI Health and NESA**: Partnered to integrate interactive TV systems with AI-powered virtual care technology to enhance patient engagement. - **Microsoft and Rural Hospitals**: Partnerships to provide cybersecurity support to rural hospitals, enhancing their operational security. - **Philips and AWS**: Expanding collaboration to offer integrated diagnostics in the cloud. - **Suki with MEDENT and Azalea Health**: Integrating AI capabilities into their EHR solutions. - **Suki's Partnerships**: Suki has established partnerships with over 300 health systems and clinics to enhance its AI-driven solutions. - **Everise and Sanas**: An exclusive partnership to integrate AI speech technology into customer service solutions. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **AI in Clinical Communication**: The integration of AI-powered tools is becoming essential for improving communication workflows, particularly in urgent care scenarios like sepsis management. - **Market Growth**: The Clinical Communication & Collaboration market is projected to grow from $2.6 billion in 2024 to $4.8 billion by 2029, driven by chronic disease prevalence and advancements in technology. - **Ambient Listening Technology**: Testing of technology to facilitate natural conversations between clinicians and patients. - **EHR Integration**: Transforming patient engagement through enhanced communication tools like patient portals and telehealth apps. - **Telehealth Adoption**: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth and remote patient monitoring solutions, integral to clinical communication. - **AI and Machine Learning**: Technological innovations such as AI and machine learning are enhancing clinical communication through predictive analytics and real-time data processing. - **Twiage Acquisition by TigerConnect**: Enhancing emergency communication workflows to improve real-time sharing of patient information. - **Clinical Mobility Solutions**: Implementations like the one by a Maryland medical system with SMG3Rx and Zebra Technologies aim to improve mobile communication capabilities. - **Cloud-Native Solutions**: Mobile Heartbeat's Banyan platform exemplifies the trend towards modular, cloud-based solutions that enhance clinical communication and interoperability. - **AI-Driven Patient Rounding Technologies**: Analyzing conversational data to provide real-time insights for improved patient care. - **Digital Front Door Strategies**: Improving patient access and convenience through streamlined processes for scheduling and accessing records. - **AI Integration**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting AI technologies to streamline communication and improve patient care. - **AI-Driven Language Services**: AI-powered language services are transforming communication between patients and providers, improving health outcomes. - **Mobile Health (mHealth) Solutions**: These solutions enhance decision-making and care coordination by allowing providers to access patient data from anywhere. - **ProvARIA**: An AI tool developed by Providence to organize patient messages for clinicians, improving response times. - **CheckinAsyst Features**: Advanced features like mobile patient check-in and telehealth intake are aimed at improving operational efficiency. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Regulatory Requirements**: Stringent regulations are impacting the adoption and implementation of clinical communication technologies. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Healthcare organizations face the need for robust security features and regulatory compliance in clinical communication solutions. - **Integration Issues**: The need for effective integration of EHRs with clinical communication platforms remains a challenge for healthcare organizations. - **Provider Burnout**: The demand for integrated communication platforms aims to reduce clinician burnout and improve workflow efficiency. - **Interoperability**: Challenges related to interoperability and data security remain significant concerns in the clinical communication landscape. - **Communication Breakdowns**: Ongoing issues with communication breakdowns among healthcare teams contribute to delays in critical care scenarios, such as sepsis treatment. - **Security Risks**: Despite advancements, a significant portion of hospital data is still shared using unsecured methods, highlighting the need for improved security measures in clinical communications. - **AI in Patient Communication**: Concerns regarding ethical implications and safety issues with AI-generated responses. - **EHR Burden**: The increasing burden of EHRs on clinical teams is prompting efforts to enhance documentation tools. - **Accuracy of AI Tools**: Concerns regarding the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated clinical documentation. - **Ethical Use of AI**: The need for responsible and ethical use of AI in clinical settings, including accountability for errors. - **Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals**: Addressing burnout is crucial as healthcare teams adapt to new technologies and workflows. - **Data Privacy and Security**: Challenges in ensuring compliance with regulations while utilizing AI and digital communication tools. - **Interoperability Issues**: Challenges related to the interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) and usability issues persist. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: Healthcare organizations face significant cybersecurity threats, necessitating robust risk management strategies. - **Data Security and Privacy**: Concerns regarding data security and privacy in the implementation of AI technologies in healthcare. - **Regulatory Constraints**: Healthcare leaders are navigating regulatory challenges in implementing AI technologies. - **Overwhelming Workloads for Nurses**: High burnout rates leading to potential workforce shortages in healthcare. - **Regulatory Challenges**: Healthcare organizations face complex regulatory environments as they implement AI technologies. ## Related Topics [[Patient Communication]]; [[Patient Communications]]; [[Healthcare Communication]]; [[Clinical Care]]