With 97% of health data currently going unused and clinician burnout at crisis levels, the healthcare industry is facing a critical inflection point: the transition from legacy "systems of record" to dynamic "systems of intelligence." In this deep-dive interview, Sandra Johnson, Senior Vice President of Client Services at CliniComp, outlines the architecture of the "New Era EHR"—a platform defined not by static documentation, but by agility, true interoperability, and embedded AI.
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Clinician-Led Innovation at Scale: Sheba’s ARC Partners with Edge to Launch New Venture Studio
What You Should Know:
- ARC, the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center, has partnered with Edge Medical Ventures to launch a hybrid venture studio focused on scaling medical device and bio-convergence startups.
- Backed by over $10M in support from the Israel Innovation Authority, the collaboration aims to fast-track clinician-led technologies by combining Sheba’s clinical environment with Edge’s operational expertise. The initiative builds on an eight-year history of
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PGxAI and Lean Business Services Partner to Scale AI Pharmacogenomics in Saudi Arabia
What You Should Know:
- PGxAI has entered a strategic partnership with Lean Business Services and Najashi Holding to deploy AI-driven pharmacogenomics across Saudi Arabia, supporting the Kingdom's Vision 2030 Health Sector Transformation Program.
- The initiative aims to localize data infrastructure and expertise, ensuring that genomic insights are generated, secured, and applied within the country to reduce adverse drug reactions at a population scale. By focusing on data
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FDA Qualifies PathAI’s AIM-MASH as First AI-Powered Pathology Drug Development Tool
What You Should Know:
- PathAI has secured a historic regulatory milestone with the FDA qualification of its AIM-MASH AI Assist tool, making it the first AI-powered pathology biomarker to receive such status under the FDA's Drug Development Tool (DDT) program. This follows a similar qualification from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) earlier this year, establishing AIM-MASH as the first tool of its kind to hold dual U.S. and EU regulatory recognition.
- By standardizing liver
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Sword Health Launches MindEval: The First Clinical Benchmark for AI in Mental Health
What You Should Know:
- Sword Health has unveiled MindEval, the industry's first benchmark designed to evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs) based on American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines and realistic, multi-turn conversations.
- The initial study of 12 leading models revealed significant deficiencies in clinical safety and effectiveness, particularly as conversations lengthened or symptoms became severe. By open-sourcing this tool, Sword Health aims to establish a
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Rock Health 2025 Report: Mental Health AI and Longevity Tech Lead Innovation Curve
What You Should Know:
- Rock Health's 2025 Innovation Maturity Curve reveals a digital health landscape defined by the rapid ascent of AI chatbots for mental health and "Health Benefits 2.0", driven by rising costs and consumer demand. While next-gen wearables like smart rings moved from novelty to adoption—highlighted by Oura's massive $900M raise—climate health innovation remained stalled in nascency despite growing environmental urgency.
- As the industry heads into 2026,
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ECP Secures Growth Investment in Assisted Living Platform to Fuel AI and Value-Based Care
What You Should Know:
- ECP, a software platform for assisted living, has secured a massive growth investment led by Level Equity, marking the largest funding round in the history of the sector.
- The capital will accelerate ECP’s product development with a focus on artificial intelligence, value-based care, and usability, supporting over 8,000 communities nationwide. This move signals a major industry shift away from legacy tools toward purpose-built, data-driven platforms
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Report: 52% of Healthcare Email Breaches Involve Microsoft 365 as “Silent Fallback” Exposes Patient Data
What You Should Know:
- A new report from Paubox reveals that email remains the number one source of HIPAA breaches, with 107 incidents reported in the first half of 2025 alone.
- The analysis identifies a critical flaw in popular platforms like Microsoft 365, which prioritize message delivery over security, often stripping encryption without alerting the sender. With the OCR proposing to upgrade encryption from an "addressable" to a "required" safeguard, healthcare organizations
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Momentum Launches ‘Open Wearables’: The First Open-Source API Unifying 200+ Health Devices
What You Should Know:
- Momentum has launched Open Wearables, the industry’s first open-source platform designed to unify data from over 200 wearable devices—including Apple Health and Garmin—into a single, developer-friendly API.
- The new infrastructure eliminates the need for expensive proprietary SaaS aggregators, offering a self-hosted, HIPAA-compliant solution that drastically reduces integration time for healthcare startups. By standardizing data models for AI, Momentum
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Transparency Trap: Why Commercial Negotiated Hospital Rates Are Up to 32% Higher Than Cash Prices
What You Should Know:
- New analysis of Texas hospital price data reveals a transparency paradox: discounted cash prices for common services are often significantly lower than the rates hospitals negotiated with commercial insurers, according to a new research study from Trilliant Health.
- For diagnostic colonoscopies, the median cash price was 32% below the median negotiated rate. This disconnect means that employees on high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and the employers who
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