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Thrivory Raises $25M Credit and $3.5M Equity to Eliminate Healthcare Reimbursement Delays with AI

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Thrivory Raises $25M Credit and $3.5M Equity to Eliminate Healthcare Reimbursement Delays with AI

What You Should Know: - Thrivory, the AI-powered healthcare fintech company, has secured $3.5M in equity led by Redesign Health and up to $25M in credit from Trinity Capital. - The funding supports the scale of its ThriveNow API, which embeds instant, non-recourse claims payments directly into EHR and practice management systems. Solving Healthcare’s Biggest Financial Barrier: Slow Reimbursement Thrivory, a healthcare AI company founded in 2023, is tackling the slow and unpredictable
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Philips Launches AI-Powered DeviceGuide for Minimally Invasive Valve Repair

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Philips has introduced DeviceGuide, an AI-powered device tracking solution that integrates into the EchoNavigator platform to provide real-ti

What You Should Know: What You Should Know: - Philips, a global leader in health technology, today launched DeviceGuide, a new AI-powered software solution. The technology is designed to assist physicians during the highly complex procedures used to repair leaking heart valves, specifically through a minimally invasive approach. - Built on Philips’ established EchoNavigator platform, DeviceGuide translates complex X-ray and ultrasound imaging into intuitive, real-time visual guidance.
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voize Nabs $50M to Scale AI Nursing Companion to U.S. and Europe

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voize Nabs $50M to Scale AI Nursing Companion to U.S. and Europe

What You Should Know: - voize, the AI company redefining nursing care, has secured $50M in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital. - The investment will fuel its expansion into the U.S. and Europe, accelerating its mission to give nurses up to 30% of their time back from administrative work. The Crisis Point: Administrative Burden and Nursing Shortage Healthcare systems across the globe are facing a staffing crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts a global deficit of
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Barbados to Establish $200M Life Sciences Hub for the Caribbean

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Barbados to Establish $200M Life Sciences Hub for the Caribbean

What You Should Know:  - Export Barbados (BIDC) and the Dubai-headquartered EarlyHealth Group (EHG), a global pharmaceutical services and life sciences company, have signed a Letter of Intent to jointly establish EarlyHealth City Barbados.  - The $200M world-class pharmaceutical and life sciences cluster aims to attract international pharmaceutical partners, drive industrialisation through sustainable contract manufacturing, and expand laboratory and clinical research capacity in
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HIT Professional Services Outlook 2025: CIOs Prioritize Investment in AI, Cybersecurity, and EHR Optimization

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HIT Professional Services Outlook 2025: CIOs Prioritize Investment in AI, Cybersecurity, and EHR Optimization

What You Should Know:  - The 2025 healthcare landscape is marked by significant uncertainty due to evolving reimbursement models and shifting federal policies. Margin pressures are intensifying across the industry. However, healthcare organizations are responding by intensifying, not cutting, investments in Health Information Technology (HIT) professional services. - A survey of 105 CIOs by KLAS Research revealed that the vast majority plan to maintain or increase spending on
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CMS Notifies 742 Hospitals of Pricing Targets for New Value-Based Payment Model

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CMS Finalizes New Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule

What You Should Know:  - On November 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin notifying 742 hospitals and health systems of their 2026 pricing targets and quality scores for the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM). - CMS issued a final rule in July codifying the TEAM model, which aims to reduce costs and improve the quality of outcomes for millions of Americans.  TEAM Model The model focuses on the five highest-spend surgical
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CHIME-KLAS: The Digital Health Most Wired National Trends Report 2025

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CHIME-KLAS: The Digital Health Most Wired National Trends Report 2025

What You Should Know: - The Digital Health Most Wired (DHMW) National Trends Report 2025, produced by CHIME and KLAS Research, signals a crucial evolution in healthcare technology. - The insights in this report reveals how high-performing organizations achieve measurable outcomes across infrastructure, cybersecurity, analytics, interoperability, patient engagement, and clinical quality, turning digital investment into meaningful, sustainable impact. Digital Maturity Defined by
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AI Risk Alert: Hospitals Underinvest in Governance Despite Looming 2026 Scrutiny

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AI Risk Alert: Hospitals Underinvest in Governance Despite Looming 2026 Scrutiny

What You Should Know: - Despite the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across clinical and operational workflows, a new survey by Black Book Research of 182 U.S. hospital leaders reveals widespread underinvestment in AI governance, safety, and compliance. - The survey reveals the median 2026 budget share for AI governance and safety is critically low, standing at just 4.2% of the combined IT and Quality/Safety budget. The Quiet Risk: Widespread Underinvestment in AI
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AISAP Launches FDA-Cleared Platform in Ghana to Solve Cardiologist Shortage

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AISAP Launches FDA-Cleared Platform in Ghana to Solve Cardiologist Shortage

What You Should Know: - AISAP, an AI Point-of-Care Diagnostics company, announced a landmark field initiative in Ghana to deploy its FDA-cleared AI-powered cardiac diagnosis platform. This program directly addresses the profound challenge of healthcare access in Ghana, a country of approximately 35 million people served by fewer than 30 cardiologists. - The initiative, in collaboration with the G-ACT Foundation, aims to establish a global model for bringing expert-level cardiac diagnostics
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InterSystems Launches: Generative AI AI Assistant for Faster Patient Record Access

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InterSystems Launches HealthShare AI Assistant to Transform Clinician Access to Patient Data

What You Should Know:  - InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering over 1 billion health records worldwide, announced the launch of the InterSystems HealthShare AI Assistant.  - The new generative AI capability is designed to assist clinicians, case managers, and administrators in accessing and understanding patient information faster and more intuitively. Generative AI: The New Conversational Interface for Health Records Built on the trusted foundation
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