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The Raise: New Zealand-based Wellumio has raised $7.28M in the first close of its pre-Series A round, led by Nuance Connected Capital, to fast-track its portable stroke detection technology. The round also included participation from Icehouse Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners, Pacific Channel and the New Zealand Government’s Active Investor Plus (AIP) program.The Tech: The company’s flagship device, Axana, is a 50kg, battery-powered MRI scanner. Unlike traditional
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Hillsboro Health to Deploy Oracle Health Foundation EHR and Clinical AI Agent
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The Switch: Hillsboro Health, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Illinois, is transitioning from legacy systems to the Oracle Health Foundation EHR to standardize clinical operations across its network.The AI: The hospital is deploying the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, a generative AI voice tool that automatically drafts structured notes from patient-clinician conversations, drastically reducing "pajama time" for doctors.The Network: By implementing Oracle Health
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Solace Health Raises $130M to Expand Patient Advocacy Network
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The Deal: Solace Health has raised a $130M Series C led by IVP with participation from Menlo Ventures, SignalFire, propelling the company to a valuation of over $1 billion. This "unicorn" status reflects a massive bet that healthcare advocacy is becoming essential infrastructure.The Mission: Solace acts as a "human layer" on top of the fragmented healthcare system. It connects patients with over 2,000 trained advocates (often nurses) to manage logistics, appointments, and
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Garner Health Secures $118M to Reward Top Doctors
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The Funding: Garner Health has raised $118M in Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Redpoint Ventures, Maverick Ventures, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures., bringing its total capital to approximately $200M.The Mechanism: Unlike passive transparency tools, Garner acts as a financial overlay on existing health plans. If an employee visits a "Top Provider" identified by Garner's data, the employer covers their out-of-pocket costs
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Midstream Health Partners with CommonSpirit Health to Deploy AI Financial Operations Platform
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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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