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IKS Health will acquire TruBridge for $26.25 per share (up to $565M) in an all-cash transaction, with the deal expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2026.The combined organization will support over 2,000 healthcare organizations and more than 150,000 clinicians across the ambulatory and acute care continuum.The acquisition integrates TruBridge’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions with IKS Health’s agentic AI care
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Almanac Health Launches with $10M to Scale Research-Validated Clinical AI for Point-of-Care Support
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Almanac Health has raised $10M in a seed round led by F-Prime, with participation from General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total funding to nearly $12M.The platform was founded by Cyril Zakka, MD, a physician-researcher at Stanford who developed the first retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system for clinical medicine.Unlike many "black box" solutions, Almanac is grounded in peer-reviewed evidence and is currently undergoing rigorous clinical
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Backed by Redesign Health, Gravity Rail Launches with $2.75M to Provide No-Code AI Operating System for Healthcare
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Gravity Rail has officially launched with a $2.75M seed investment led by Redesign Health.The platform functions as a model-agnostic operating system, allowing healthcare teams to build and manage AI engagement workflows across voice, SMS, email, and web without writing code.Unlike outsourced "black box" solutions, Gravity Rail enables operations teams to translate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) into live AI infrastructure using natural language.Early deployments
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Ambience Healthcare Appoints Dr. Michael Han as CMO to Lead Clinical AI Strategy
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Ambience Healthcare has appointed Dr. Michael Han, MD, MBA, as its first Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to lead clinical strategy and platform expansion.Dr. Han previously served as Enterprise Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at MultiCare Health System and held surgical leadership roles at Providence and Pacific Medical Centers.Dr. Han is board certified in both urology and clinical informatics, bringing over two decades of experience in health IT and large-scale EHR
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Infinitus Systems Launches “Studio”: The First No-Code AI Agent Builder Purpose-Built for Healthcare Complexity
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Infinitus Studio allows healthcare teams to design and deploy AI agents using a natural-language interface, requiring zero coding knowledge.The platform delivers significant performance gains, including 90% faster deployment and 40% higher accuracy compared to manually built agents.A core feature called Agent Response Control (ARC) provides patent-pending safety guardrails that automatically detect sensitive topics, ensuring 100% compliance in agent behavior.Early
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Strata 2026 Healthcare Financial Outlook Report: Medicaid Cuts and Labor Costs Top CFO Concerns
Strata 2026 Report: U.S. Healthcare Finance Leaders Pivot from Volatile Recovery to Strict Operational Discipline
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Government funding and Medicaid cuts have surged to the top of the executive agenda, cited by 66% of healthcare finance leaders as their primary concern for 2026. While 43% of leaders expect margin increases, the dominant theme for the year is margin protection, with 25% anticipating declines and 22% projecting flat performance.According to the 2026
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The AI Therapy Crisis: Why the AMA is Urging Congress to Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
Why the AMA Says Mental Health Chatbots Need Crisis Detection
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The Legislative Push: In letters to the Congressional AI Caucus, the Congressional Digital Health Caucus, and the Senate AI Caucus, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially urged federal lawmakers to establish strict guardrails for mental health AI chatbots.The Core Risks: While acknowledging that AI can expand access to resources, the AMA warned that unregulated chatbots present serious risks,
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Courier Health Raises $50M to Solve Biopharma’s Data Fragmentation
The Biopharma Bottleneck: Why Courier Health Raised $50M to Fix Fragmented Patient Journeys
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The Funding: New York-based Courier Health has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors Norwest and Work-Bench.The Clinical Disconnect: Despite massive clinical innovation in life sciences, getting patients prescribed to actually start and stay on their medications is a logistical nightmare. According to the 2026
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Amperos Health Raises $16M for Agentic AI Denial Management and Revenue Recovery Platform
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The Funding: Amperos Health has closed a $16M Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Uncork Capital and Neo. This follows a $4.2M seed round in June 2025.The Core Technology: Amperos has launched the industry’s first AI-native, end-to-end denial management platform. Unlike fragmented tools that only draft appeal letters or offer predictive scoring, Amperos uses agentic AI (state-of-the-art LLMs with computer and voice
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Treehub Launches Stanford-Adjacent AI Health Residency for Early-Stage Academic Founders
Treehub Launches as Premier Academic Residency to Bridge the Gap Between Breakthrough Labs and Billion-Dollar Healthcare Ventures
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Treehub is a first-of-its-kind boutique residency program located in Los Altos, specifically designed to scout and fund early-stage founders emerging from university ecosystems.The program is backed by the AI Health Fund, which serves as the venture arm and provides the "first check" commitment to every Treehub company, often prior to formal
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