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Optura Raises $17.5M to Measure Healthcare AI ROI and Performance

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Optura Raises $17.5M to Measure Healthcare AI ROI and Performance

What You Should Know Optura, an enterprise healthcare platform, has announced a $17.5M Series A funding round led by Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $25M.The platform introduces ROAI™ (Return on AI Investment), a discipline designed to help healthcare organizations objectively measure the business value and viability of AI initiatives.Despite the industry spending over $18B on AI this year, approximately 95% of enterprise GenAI pilots have failed to produce measurable
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Signant Health Acquires Ametris to Combine Wearable Data and eCOA Technology

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Signant Health Acquires Ametris to Combine Wearable Data and eCOA Technology

What You Should Know Signant Health has acquired Ametris (formerly known as ActiGraph) to combine electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) technology with wearable-based digital measurements. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The deal addresses a primary industry bottleneck by replacing multiple disconnected vendors with a single platform for both subjective patient feedback and objective sensor data.The integrated system is designed to support decentralized
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Shyld AI Secures $13.4M to Scale Agentic AI and Autonomous Disinfection Across U.S. Health Systems

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Shyld AI Secures $13.4M to Scale Agentic AI and Autonomous Disinfection Across U.S. Health Systems

What You Should Know Shyld AI has closed a $13.4M seed round led by Aulis Capital, marking one of the largest early-stage rounds in the healthcare AI sector.The company is moving beyond "passive" ambient AI to Active Intelligence, deploying Agentic AI systems that take real-time action inside physical hospital environments.Flagship Technology: The system combines AI with UV-C light technology to autonomously disinfect rooms; a Stanford University study found it reduced contamination by more
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Urologic Health Secures $11M for Non-Invasive Bladder Function Monitoring

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Urologic Health Inc. Raises $11M for Non-Invasive niu™ System

What You Should Know Urologic Health Inc. has closed an $11M seed financing round led by an undisclosed strategic investor, with participation from Edge Medical Ventures, SHD Partners, and Longevity Venture Partners.The funding supports clinical validation and the FDA 510(k) regulatory pathway for the company’s niu™ System.The niu™ System is designed to provide comprehensive bladder function data without catheterization, addressing conditions such as overactive bladder, urinary retention, and
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9amHealth Raises $26M to Expand AI-Driven Virtual Specialty Care for Chronic Conditions

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9amHealth Raises $26M to Expand Virtual Specialty Care for Chronic Conditions

What You Should Know 9amHealth has secured $26M in Series B funding led by Define Ventures, bringing new participation from SemperVirens, Catalio Capital Management, and NewHealth Ventures.The platform has demonstrated over $50 million in projected medical and pharmacy savings across two Fortune 100 employers.The expansion targets chronic conditions that account for up to 70% of employer pharmacy spend, moving beyond its initial focus on cardiometabolic care.The company’s integrated model
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Anomaly Insights Secures $17M to Scale AI Payer Intelligence for Health Systems

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Anomaly Insights Secures $17M to Scale AI Payer Intelligence for Health Systems

What You Should Know Anomaly Insights has announced $17M in new funding led by Sound Ventures, bringing its total raised to $34M. Alumni Ventures also joined the round, alongside existing investors Link Ventures, Redesign Health, and RRE Ventures.The company provides an AI-powered payer intelligence platform designed to combat revenue loss from denials, underpayments, and adjudication deviations.The platform analyzes billions of real-time healthcare transactions to surface patterns in payer
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Harmony Healthcare IT Appoints Brian Liddell as CEO Succeeding Founder Tom Liddell

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Harmony Healthcare IT Appoints Brian Liddell as CEO Succeeding Founder Tom Liddell

What You Should Know Harmony Healthcare IT has appointed Brian Liddell as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 30, 2026.Brian Liddell succeeds founder Tom Liddell, who will transition to Chairman of the Board after leading the company for more than two decades.Brian Liddell previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer, playing a central role in the company's growth and operational strategy.Industry Leadership: Under Tom Liddell, the organization served over 550 healthcare
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Labcorp Integrates Full Diagnostic Menu into Epic Aura: Streamlining Lab Workflows for U.S. Health Systems

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Labcorp Integrates Full Diagnostic Menu into Epic Aura: Streamlining Lab Workflows for U.S. Health Systems

What You Should Know Labcorp and Epic have announced an expanded collaboration to make Labcorp’s full diagnostic test menu available through Epic’s Aura platform.The integration allows clinicians to order tests and receive discrete results directly within their existing Epic workflows, eliminating the need for manual workarounds.The initiative targets a major industry pain point by reducing the time, cost, and IT complexity traditionally required for laboratory-EHR interfaces.The expansion
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UC Berkeley Spinout Knit Health Launches with $11.6M to Scale LCBM Platform

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UC Berkeley Spinout Knit Health Launches with $11.6M to Scale LCBM Platform

What You Should Know UC Berkeley spinout Knit Health has officially launched out of stealth with $11.6M in seed funding co-led by Uncork Capital and Frist Cressey Ventures.The platform introduces a new AI framework called the Large Clinical Behavior Model (LCBM), which shifts away from traditional text-based large language models to focus on real-world clinical decision patterns.To train its behavioral world model, Knit Health leverages a massive data foundation consisting of Truveta EMR data
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Included Health Launches Provider Connect AI Assistant for High-Quality Physician Matching

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Included Health Launches Provider Connect AI Assistant for High-Quality Physician Matching

What You Should Know Included Health has launched Provider Connect, a healthcare experience that combines real-time member context with quality and cost data to guide members toward high-quality, in-network providers.The platform is embedded within Dot, Included Health’s AI assistant, allowing members to use natural language to find doctors, view out-of-pocket estimates, and book appointments.The system is powered by 45 billion clinical and cost data points from 140 million patients and over
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