J2 Interactions Newsletter | January '25 



Happy New Year!

It’s with much excitement that I greet each of you in the new year. We have a full 12 months ahead of endless possibility and ambition.

Taking time off during the holidays always gives me a renewed sense of creativity and a re-invigorated set of goals. I fill my planner with healthcare conferences, trips with family and friends, and the birthdays of my loved ones. It’s a wonderful annual ritual that allows me to visualize how my year will unfold and plan the pace of my projects.

We’re entering the Year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese zodiac. It’s supposed to be a year of planning and transformation, one that will provide people with opportunities to “level up” and grow.

I’ve got the planning part down, and I know my colleagues are constantly leveling up their skills, delivering above and beyond in every capacity.

What goals are you setting for this year? What ambitions are tacked up on your bulletin board as a daily homage to your overall vision?


Let’s start your year off with a bang. Hit “reply” to this email, and let’s set up a free consultation to turn those New Year’s data and tech resolutions into reality.



Rachel Warnock  🐍🎆
Director of Marketing


J2 Insights ​​​​​​​​​​​

How Top HIEs Are Using Salesforce to Grow

Organizations like Civitas and KONZA are working with J2 to level up their Salesforce environments, and we’re so proud to introduce our new HIE Accelerator package. The Accelerator is a bundle of essential upgrades and integrations designed to help HIEs with their sales, customer service, and overall operations.

KONZA has made use of some of these upgrades and integrations, and they’re joining us for a webinar hosted by Civitas to showcase the results of our work within their Salesforce environment.

Join KONZA and J2 on our Civitas webinar: How Top HIEs Are Using Salesforce to Grow, Presented by J2 Interactive.

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Vulcan Interoperability Bridge Event: A Webinar to Enable Clinical Research Infrastructure

J2 has teamed up with InterSystems, HL7, Manifest MedEx, the FDA, and the ASTP to bring a new FHIR use case to life. This use case specifically leverages real-world data and FHIR-based interoperability to facilitate the use of real-world data for FDA approvals and developmental medications.

HL7, the FDA, and the ASTP are hosting a virtual event on February 5th, showcasing several new FHIR and pharma use cases, which are all part of the HL7 Project Vulcan, and we invite you to join us.

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J2 Insider 


2025 DEVIES Awards

The 2025 DEVIES Awards, awarded at the DeveloperWeek conference, celebrate outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer and engineering technology. These awards are by developers, for developers, and J2 was honored to win the “Services: Strategic and Technical” category for our technical implementation of the SaPHIRE Project for Manifest MedEx. Stay tuned for pictures from the awards ceremony next month!




Getting Together for the Holidays

Our Boston-based employees gathered together to share a meal and toast the new year. Cheers!

 
 

 J2 Industry News

Mesh Health Solutions Partners with KONZA

Mesh Health Solutions has announced a strategic partnership with KONZA National Network. This collaboration aims to streamline the Prior Authorization process, enhancing connectivity between payers and providers while aligning with the recent CMS final rule on Prior Authorization.

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VA Announces 2024 State of Innovation Report

Since 2019, VHA’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning has published an annual report, the State of Innovation Report, that highlights notable VA innovations that are advancing the care delivery and experiences for Veterans. The 2024 SOI Report is now available online.

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HIPAA Updates With New Security Rule

The newly proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published in the US Federal Register include strict cybersecurity requirements that leave little wiggle room for healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates to avoid implementing strong cybersecurity practices, including validation that their business partners also meet their HIPAA requirements.

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 symplr Completes Integration of IntelliCentrics Acquisition

symplr, a leading provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, announced the successful integration of IntelliCentrics, following its recent acquisition. This strategic acquisition positions symplr to broaden its technological capabilities within its Access Management solution, enhancing its ability to deliver secure, compliant, and efficient credentialing nationwide.​​​​​

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Kaiser Permanente’s New Head of AI Speaks on Fundamental Shifts the Technology Will Enable

Healthcare IT News sat down with Dr. Daniel Yangk, VP of AI and Emerging Technologies at Kaiser Permanente, to discuss his role, the most important healthcare issues that AI can affect, and the deployment of a new AI-enabled clinical documentation tool for the health system’s physicians and other caregivers.
   

The Food and Drug Administration Proposes Framework to Advance Credibility of AI Models 

The FDA issued draft guidance to provide recommendations on the use of AI intended to support a regulatory decision about a drug or biological product’s safety, effectiveness, or quality. This is the first guidance the agency has issued on the use of AI for the development of drug and biological products.
 
 
 


Celebrating Our J2 “In-ployees” 
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Resolutions to Bring in the New Year


We asked, and they answered: here are some of the resolutions our employees have for 2025.





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