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The Funding: Third Way Health has raised an oversubscribed $15M Series A led by Health Velocity Capital (bringing total funding to $22.5M). This follows strategic 2025 investments from Astrana Health and MedPOINT Management.The Model: The company tackles healthcare's administrative crisis not just with software, but with an AI-enabled services model. They provide a hybrid front-office solution—combining AI automation with dedicated human teams—to handle scheduling, prior
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ARC Launches SmartER Ambient AI Platform at Sheba Medical Center Emergency Department
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The Launch: ARC (the innovation arm of Israel's Sheba Medical Center) has officially launched SmartER, a new ambient artificial intelligence platform deployed directly into its emergency department (ED).The Tech: Built in collaboration with the AI Center at Sheba and external partner ScribeMD, SmartER uses ambient listening to transcribe patient-physician conversations and automatically generate structured clinical summaries without manual typing.The Workflow Shift: The
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Qventus Launches AI-Powered Care Gap and Coding Automation Suite for EHR Workflows
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The Launch: Qventus has launched the Care Gap and Coding Automation Suite, an AI-powered platform embedded directly into the EHR to identify missed diagnoses, orchestrate clinical interventions, and complete documentation in real time.The First Module: The suite is debuting with Malnutrition Care Automation. Severe malnutrition is frequently overlooked in acute settings, resulting in longer hospital stays, higher readmission risks, and an average loss of $10,000 per
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BlockIt Rebrands to Alluvium, Launches Orchestrate AI Platform for Healthcare Access
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The Rebrand: Enterprise access and capacity startup BlockIt has officially rebranded as Alluvium. The name change reflects the company's evolution from building point solutions to offering a comprehensive, unified data platform.The New Tech: Alongside the rebrand, Alluvium launched Orchestrate, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered operational data insights platform designed to manage network access and capacity.The AI Advantage: Orchestrate features a powerful Large Language
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Baba Emerges from Stealth with $6.5M to Launch Medicare Advocacy Platform
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The Launch: Baba, a new patient advocacy platform for older adults, has emerged from stealth with over $6.5M in seed funding led by General Catalyst.The Model: Baba embeds dedicated human advocates (nurses/social workers) into the care journey to handle "operational breakdowns" like insurance denials and scheduling. It pairs this with an AI companion for daily engagement—a hybrid model covered by Medicare and Medicare Advantage.The Backing: The startup is advised by
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GE HealthCare Launches Next-Generation LOGIQ Ultrasound Portfolio with AI Tools
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The Launch: GE HealthCare has unveiled the next generation of its LOGIQ™ general imaging ultrasound portfolio, including the E10 Series, Fortis™, and Totus™. The systems will debut at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2026.The Tech: The new systems feature the Auto Abdominal Suite 2.0, an AI-powered toolkit that automates measurements of the aorta and common bile duct. Data shows these tools can reduce system interactions by 80% and speed up measurements by 65%.The
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RevSpring Acquires TrustCommerce to Expand Integrated Healthcare Payment Gateway
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The Deal: RevSpring (backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners) has acquired TrustCommerce (a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners) to build a dominant, end-to-end healthcare payment platform.The Tech: TrustCommerce brings its enterprise gateway connectivity and deep integrations with major Electronic Health Records (EHRs). This allows RevSpring to offer a seamless, unified payment stack from the front desk to the back office.The "BYOM" Advantage: A major strategic
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CharmHealth Launches MCP Server to Give AI Direct Access to the EHR
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The Tech: CharmHealth has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Originally championed by companies like Anthropic, MCP is an open standard that allows AI models to securely connect to local data sources without needing custom-built APIs for every single action.The Impact: Instead of forcing developers to read extensive API documentation and build complex connectors, the MCP server allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to use natural language requests to fetch
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Alira Health Sued for Stock Manipulation and Fraud
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The Lawsuits: Several startup founders, including PatchAi's Alessandro Monterosso and RedCrow's Jerry Harrison (of the Talking Heads), are suing Alira Health and CEO Gabriele Brambilla for fraud, unjust enrichment, and Securities Exchange Act violations.The Alleged Scheme: The founders claim Brambilla orchestrated a systematic freeze-out. Alira allegedly acquired startups using inflated stock, set impossible performance goals to justify firing the founders, and then
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Verily Launches Self-Serve Access to Pre Platform with New Segmed and RefinedScience Datasets
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The Launch: Alphabet's Verily is lowering the barrier to entry for biomedical research by launching a free, self-serve "Standard tier" for its Pre precision health platform.The Tech: Researchers can now instantly access Verily's Exchange (data catalog) and Workbench (trusted research environment) using just a Google account, bypassing months of traditional IT provisioning and data-use red tape.The Data: The launch includes three massive new datasets: an Acute Myeloid
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