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The Funding: Luminai, an AI-native enterprise automation platform for healthcare, has closed a $38M Series B round led by Peak XV Partners, bringing its total funding to $60M.The Mega-Partnership: Luminai simultaneously announced a massive enterprise AI deployment with the Cleveland Clinic (which serves 15 million patients across 23 hospitals). The initial use case uses AI to process, classify, and intelligently route complex faxed referrals across thousands of possible
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Click Therapeutics Secures $50M to Commercialize Schizophrenia Digital Therapeutic
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Click Therapeutics have restructured their commercialization agreement for CT-155. Boehringer is transferring all commercial and marketing rights to Click, backed by a $50M Series D strategic investment and undisclosed dedicated commercial funding.
The Clinical Moat: Conquering 'Negative' Symptoms
To understand why Boehringer is willing to pour $50M into Click's commercial engine, you have to look at the massive clinical unmet need
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Epic Customers First to Share Medical Records with Social Security Administration via TEFCA
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The Milestone: Customers of Epic are officially the first healthcare providers to share medical records with the Social Security Administration (SSA) through TEFCA (Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement), the federally sponsored interoperability network.The Pioneer Cohort: The first wave of Epic health systems connecting to the SSA via TEFCA includes AltaMed (CA), Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services (OK), Overlake Hospital Medical Center (WA), Saint
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Rune Labs Launches StrivePD Guardian, an AI Companion for Parkinson’s Disease Powered by Claude
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The Launch: Precision neurology company Rune Labs has launched StrivePD Guardian, a personalized AI companion designed to provide continuous, real-time support for people living with Parkinson’s disease.Safety and Availability: The platform was built with clinical oversight, utilizing cautious language and built-in guardrails to urge patients to contact a clinician when high-risk symptoms arise. It is available now via the App Store for patients, with partner
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Cedar Expands Cedar Intelligence AI Platform to Personalize the Patient Financial Experience
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The Launch: Cedar has announced a major expansion of Cedar Intelligence, its AI-powered decision engine, embedding new generative and predictive capabilities across its entire product suite.The Catalyst: Cedar's internal data reveals a breaking point in healthcare affordability. Even among patients classified as "most likely to pay," only 65% are satisfied with their financial experience. For financially at-risk patients, satisfaction drops to 40%, and they are
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M&A: ESO Acquires d2i to Build End-to-End Emergency Intelligence Platform
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The Acquisition: ESO Solutions, Inc., a data services company serving fire departments, EMS, and hospitals, has acquired d2i, a healthcare performance improvement company specializing in Emergency Department (ED) and hospital analytics. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Impact: The d2i acquisition enables ESO is building the industry's first unbroken data pipeline from the initial 911 dispatch all the way through post-acute hospital
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Houston Methodist to Deploy Midstream Health’s Agentic AI Financial Action Platform Across Enterprise
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The Deployment: Midstream Health has announced a strategic collaboration with Houston Methodist to deploy its AI-powered "financial action platform" across the massive health system.The Starting Point: The technology will initially launch within Houston Methodist's supply chain operations, with plans to quickly expand into broader healthcare operations.
The 'Agentic' Solution
When a massive health system purchases hundreds of millions of dollars in supplies and
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Sovato Appoints Former Intuitive Chief Digital Officer Brian Miller as CEO
Samsung Introduces Android Enterprise and Knox Manage to Galaxy XR for Healthcare Deployments
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The Healthcare Pivot: Samsung has announced a major update to its Galaxy XR platform, specifically highlighting new enterprise capabilities designed to scale spatial computing within the healthcare sector.The Clinical Bottleneck: Medical training is incredibly expensive, geographically constrained, and limited by patient availability. The Galaxy XR is being positioned as a risk-free, cost-effective tool that allows clinicians to practice procedures independently and
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Qualifacts Acquires MethodOne to Add Controlled-Medication Dispensing to Behavioral Health EHR
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The Acquisition: Qualifacts, a major behavioral health Electronic Health Record (EHR) provider, has acquired MethodOne by Computalogic. Financial terms were not disclosed.The Target (MethodOne): MethodOne provides comprehensive controlled-medication dispensing software that is purpose-built for Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) providers.
Following the Billing Workflows
According to Qualifacts, treatment agencies are actively shifting
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