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ECRI, a nonprofit patient safety organization, submitted formal recommendations to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in April 2026.The organization warns that many general wellness devices—measuring vitals like blood pressure and glucose—lack FDA oversight and clinical validation, creating "invisible" risks for users.ECRI raised concerns regarding the Digital Health Screeners Act of 2026, specifically citing the lack of mandatory reporting for
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Parexel Acquires Vitrana to Integrate AI-Enabled Pharmacovigilance Platform
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Parexel has acquired Vitrana, a provider of an AI-enabled, end-to-end pharmacovigilance (PV) technology platform.The acquisition allows Parexel to provide a fully integrated model where a single partner is responsible for both PV technology and services.The acquired platform is system-agnostic, integrating with any existing safety database to improve accuracy and cycle times.Key operational benefits include improved EDC-to-safety integration, streamlined Serious Adverse
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Axoft Secures $55M for Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces and Fleuron™ Material Global Trials
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Axoft has raised an oversubscribed $55M Series A led by C.P. Group Innovation, bringing its total funding to over $60M.The capital will be used to expand global clinical trials, progress U.S. regulatory approval for its implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces (iBCIs), and build a GMP manufacturing facility in Cambridge, MA.Axoft’s iBCIs utilize a proprietary material called Fleuron™, which is 10,000x softer than traditional polyimide, significantly reducing tissue scarring
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Photon Raises $16M to Modernize AI-Native Prescription Infrastructure
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Photon has secured $16 million in Series A funding led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Notation, Flare Capital, and Evidenced.The platform addresses the "information vacuum" of traditional e-prescribing, where patients choose pharmacies without knowing price, inventory, or convenience.Photon utilizes artificial intelligence as an engine to process complex, fragmented data across pharmacy networks and formularies in real time.The platform serves as an
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AiZtech Labs Launches iSelfie BioSignals in U.S. to Automate Intake and Digital Biomarker Detection
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AiZtech Labs has officially launched iSelfie BioSignals in the U.S., a smartphone-based platform that detects digital biomarkers using a standard selfie-camera interaction.The platform is designed to generate clinically meaningful measurements from the eye and surrounding skin, helping care teams prioritize patients faster and reduce reliance on device-heavy hardware.Clinical validation includes data from over 5,000 human participants across six studies in the U.S.,
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Viz.ai and NRHA Collaborate to Deploy AI in Rural Hospitals
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Viz.ai has partnered with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) through its Rural Hospital & Clinic Partnership Program to help rural leaders implement AI-powered detection and coordination tools.The initiative targets a significant "adoption gap": rural hospitals are currently 25% less likely to adopt new technologies like AI than urban facilities due to funding and geographic barriers.The Viz platform analyzes medical images and clinical data in real time to
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Greatly Health Secures $4M to Scale MSK-Validated Integrative Oncology Platform
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Greatly Health raised a $4 million seed round co-led by Pear VC and Commonweal Ventures to bring integrative oncology to a broader patient population.The company's virtual model was originally developed and validated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).In clinical trials, the program demonstrated a 16% absolute improvement in overall survival at two years and a 69% reduction in hospitalizations.The platform provides live, expert-led group sessions in exercise,
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Nordic 2026 Survey: Epic Managed Services Transition from Staffing Support to Strategic IT Operating Model
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Nordic Global has released 2026 survey findings showing that 61% of healthcare IT leaders now view Application Managed Services (AMS) as a central, rather than supplemental, part of their IT strategy.The market is seeing a distinct urban-rural divide: 70% of urban organizations view AMS as a strategic lever for transformation, compared to 43% of rural organizations who use it primarily for operational resilience.Urban and large health systems are increasingly using AMS to
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Aidoc Secures $150M to Accelerate Enterprise-Scale Clinical AI Across 2,000 Hospitals
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Aidoc has raised $150M in Series E funding, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total funding to over $500M. The round included participation from General Catalyst, SoftBank Investment Advisors, and NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm).Capital will be used to further develop Aidoc's CARE™ clinical foundation model and its aiOS™ enterprise platform.The company currently analyzes more than 60 million patient cases annually and is deployed
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Operationalizing Precision Medicine 2026: U.S. Health Systems Scale Genetic Testing and AI Integration
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Precision medicine has transitioned from "one-off" testing to organized institutional programs at more than three-quarters of surveyed U.S. health systems, according to new research from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at UPMC.This represents a massive shift from 2020, when 69% of organizations had little to no precision medicine deployment.While adoption is high, reimbursement uncertainty, high costs, and operational complexity remain the primary barriers to
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