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Zocdoc has officially partnered with Google as the Gemini app's first health appointments connected apps partner, enabling agentic, real-time appointment scheduling.Google Gemini users (ages 18+ in the US) can search for and book appointments across Zocdoc's network of over 200,000 providers, 200+ specialties, and 10,000+ insurance plans.Providers currently listed on Zocdoc are automatically enabled on Google Gemini without requiring additional software integrations.While
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Oracle Health Launches EHR-Integrated AI Assistant for Plain-Language Records
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The AI-powered Oracle Health Patient Portal is now generally available across the United States.The solution integrates directly into the Oracle Health Electronic Health Record (EHR), allowing patients to view summaries, medical histories, lab trends, and pending tasks in one secure environment.Embedded, context-aware AI translates complex medical documentation, diagnoses, lab results, and treatment options into plain, accessible language.Patients can manage scheduling
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Function Partners with NYU Grossman School of Medicine for Longitudinal AI Disease Detection
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Function announced a research collaboration with NYU Grossman School of Medicine (part of NYU Langone Health) focused on developing next-generation AI models for early, preventive disease detection.The initiative pairs NYU Grossman's deep, longitudinal clinical and treatment dataset with Function's broad, multimodal health monitoring pipeline—ingesting routine biomarker labs and advanced imaging scans before and after disease onset.Initial clinical focus areas target
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Viome Life Sciences Acquires Circulate Health to Launch Viome Professional Clinical Group
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Viome Life Sciences announced the acquisition of Circulate Health, a developer of outpatient therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) protocols targeting healthspan extension and chronic disease management.The transaction bridges Viome’s molecular diagnostic, microbiome, and precision nutrition platform with Circulate’s physician-guided outpatient TPE protocols and nationwide network of partner clinics staffed by specialized nurses.Circulate Health Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Brad
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Flagler Health Raises $50M to Build the AI Operating System for MSK Care
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Flagler Health announced a $50M Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $63M.Additional round participants include SignalFire, Alumni Ventures, Streamlined, 186 Ventures, Proof VC, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Offscript.Founded by CEO Albert Katz, CMO Dr. Leon Anijar, and CTO Will Hu, Flagler Health provides an AI-native operating system designed specifically for musculoskeletal (MSK) practices.The platform integrates
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Atlantic Health and K Health Embed PatientGPT into MyChart
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Atlantic Health partnered with AI care delivery provider K Health to launch Atlantic Health PatientGPT and Atlantic Health Virtual Primary Care, establishing New Jersey's first EHR-integrated AI digital front door.Integrated directly into Atlantic Health's Epic MyChart portal, PatientGPT leverages individual patient medical records to deliver personalized, context-aware health guidance rather than generic search engine results.The platform features direct clinical care
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Carta Healthcare Survey: 81% of Healthcare IT Leaders Say Clinicians Must Control AI
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81% of surveyed CHIME member IT executives consider clinician involvement in the design and deployment of AI "mostly or vitally important," with zero respondents rating it unimportant, according to a Carta Healthcare survey.77% of technology leaders report seeing better clinical and operational outcomes when AI tools operate collaboratively alongside clinicians, and none reported that collaboration failed to help.Executives identify AI hallucination as the primary risk of
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Redesign Health Study: 71% of Health Systems Adopt an “Epic-First” AI Purchasing Strategy
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71% of surveyed health system leaders describe their organization as "Epic-First," and 80% expect this preference to intensify over the next 3 to 5 years, according to research study from Redesign Health 91% of executives possess "complete" (60%) or "significant" (31%) confidence that Epic will execute its AI roadmap to match best-in-class external solutions.Health systems deploy an average of 57% of their clinical and administrative IS budget to Epic, leaving 43%
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HealthSnap Secures $25M to Scale AI-Augmented Virtual Care
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Virtual care management leader HealthSnap secured a $25M senior secured growth financing facility led by Eastward Capital Partners, LLC.Specialty investment bank Ziegler served as HealthSnap's exclusive financial advisor for the growth transaction.The financing refinances existing debt, strengthens balance sheet liquidity, and funds the national expansion of HealthSnap's AI-augmented Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) platform.HealthSnap supports over 80,000 active
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M&A: iRhythm to Acquire VitalConnect for $287.5M to Build Broad Cardiac Intelligence Platform
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Digital healthcare leader iRhythm Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vital Connect, Inc. for approximately $287.5M.The transaction consideration consists of $237.5 million in cash (funded from iRhythm's balance sheet) and $50M in iRhythm common stock, with up to $30M in interim working capital financing provided prior to closing.The acquisition expands iRhythm's flagship Zio cardiac monitoring portfolio by adding VitalConnect's FDA-cleared
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