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The Deal: Midstream Health, a platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has secured a strategic partnership with CommonSpirit Health. The health system isn't just a customer; its venture arm is an initial investor.The Tech: Midstream deploys "AI Agents" that scour financial data to find lost value. Unlike standard analytics, these agents are "contract-aware," proactively flagging missed rebates, pricing errors, and underpayments that humans miss.The Impact: The
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Mount Sinai Study: LLMs Susceptible to Medical Misinformation in Clinical Notes
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The Study: In a paper published today in The Lancet Digital Health [10.1016/j.landig.2025.100949], researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analyzed over one million prompts across nine leading Large Language Models (LLMs) to test their susceptibility to medical misinformation.The Vulnerability: The study found that AI models frequently repeat false medical claims—such as advising patients with bleeding to "drink cold milk"—if the lie is embedded in
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KLAS: Why Ambulatory Practices Are Ditching Point Solutions for Epic and athenahealth
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The Trend: According to the new 2026 KLAS Research report, ambulatory organizations are increasingly favoring comprehensive suites (all-in-one EHR and Practice Management) over piecemeal "best-of-breed" stacks to reduce complexity and improve data flow.The Leaders: Epic and athenahealth have emerged as the clear market leaders, delivering the most consistent outcomes. Their customers report high satisfaction with the "cohesive package" that supports both clinical and
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Tebra Report: 3 in 5 Staff Say ChatGPT Cuts Burnout—But 14% Admit They Can’t Function Emotionally Without It
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The Benefit: A new survey from Tebra reveals that 3 in 5 healthcare employees report ChatGPT has reduced burnout by streamlining documentation and communication. In private practices, 44% of staff now use AI daily.The Dependency: The efficiency comes with a psychological cost. 14% of respondents admit to feeling "emotionally dependent" on AI (checking it impulsively or feeling anxiety without it), and 47% have used it for emotional processing.The Risk: AI is now
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Accenture Federal Services Awarded 4.5-Year Contract for VA EHR Modernization
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The Deal: Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has won a pivotal 4.5-year contract to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.The Mission: The project aims to replace aging legacy systems with a single, integrated Oracle Health platform, creating a seamless "lifetime health record" that follows a soldier from active duty into veteran status.The Strategy: Accenture will be serving as the "program management
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Vivos Therapeutics to Distribute SoundHealth’s FDA-Cleared Sonu and Spatial Sleep Bands
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The Collaboration: Vivos Therapeutics, a leader in sleep breathing treatments, has partnered with SoundHealth to distribute AI-enabled wearables across its network of 2,000+ providers.The Tech: The partnership focuses on two devices: the Sonu Band (FDA-cleared for nasal congestion/rhinitis) and the Spatial Sleep™ band. Both use "vibro-acoustic neuromodulation"—vibrations derived from a personalized 3D anatomical model—to open airways and induce sleep.The Innovation:
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Opentrons and NVIDIA Partner to Develop Physical AI for Laboratory Robotics
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The Partnership: Opentrons Labworks, the company behind the ubiquitous pipette robots found in labs worldwide, is partnering with NVIDIA to accelerate the development of "Physical AI."The Integration: By combining NVIDIA's Isaac and Cosmos platforms with Opentrons' fleet of 10,000+ robots, the companies aim to create a "closed loop" where AI doesn't just predict drug targets (via NVIDIA BioNeMo) but physically validates them in the wet lab.The Goal: The collaboration
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The “Platform” Squeeze: Epic Releases Native AI Charting, Putting Venture-Backed Scribes on Notice
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The Launch: Epic has officially released AI Charting, a native feature that listens to patient visits and automatically drafts notes and orders. This is part of a broader suite called Art (for clinicians), Penny (for revenue cycle), and Emmie (for patients).The Integration: Unlike third-party tools that require separate logins or data bridges, Epic’s AI is "built-in." It draws context from the entire medical record to draft notes and allows clinicians to format them via
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Optum Launches AI Platform to Erase Prior Auth Friction
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The Launch: Optum is rolling out a dual-sided AI strategy to modernize prior authorization: Digital Auth Complete for providers (powered by Humata Health) and InterQual® Auth Accelerator for payers.The Provider Impact: By embedding AI directly into the EHR, the provider-side tool has demonstrated a 96% first-pass approval rate in early deployments, aiming to reclaim the average 13 hours per week staff spend on these tasks.The Payer Impact: The payer-side solution focuses
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From Mass Messaging to N-of-1: How Agentic AI Closes the Life Sciences Trust Gap
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The Failure: Lirio, in partnership with healthcare consultancy Sage Growth Partners, released "From Mass Messaging to N-of-1," a survey of 75 life sciences executives. The report reveals that traditional "segment-based" personalization in life sciences is failing to move the needle. 79% of leaders cite clinical trial engagement and 72% cite medication adherence as their most persistent challenges.The Shift: The industry is pivoting from "Mass Messaging" to "N-of-1"
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