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The Funding: Flourish Care, a maternal healthcare platform operating a massive network of credentialed doulas, has secured $5.7M in an oversubscribed seed financing round led by Zeal Capital Partners with participation from Create Health Ventures, Collide Capital, Rogue Women’s Fund, Symphonic Capital, Slater Technology Fund, Catalytic Impact Foundation, Capita3, and others. The Regulatory Catalyst: The policy landscape has fundamentally shifted. Currently, 46
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GE HealthCare Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Photonova Spectra Photon-Counting CT
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The Milestone: GE HealthCare has officially received FDA 510(k) clearance for Photonova Spectra, its highly anticipated photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) system.The Core Technology: Unlike traditional CT scanners that convert X-rays into visible light before measuring them, PCCT directly counts individual photons and measures their energy. GE is utilizing a proprietary Deep Silicon detector architecture that provides 8-bin energy resolution to virtually eliminate
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Elpida Launches AI-Powered Marketing Compliance Platform for Healthcare Brands
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The Launch: Elpida, an AI-powered marketing compliance platform tailored specifically for the healthcare industry, officially launched today.The Core Problem: Traditionally, ensuring that healthcare marketing assets (websites, videos, social media) are compliant requires bloated, manual review cycles. This friction kills campaign momentum and drastically delays time-to-market.The Regulatory Catalyst: The regulatory landscape has fundamentally shifted. The FDA recently
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LinusBio Expands Its Laser-Powered Hair Test to Help Rule Out Autism in Older Children
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The Expansion: LinusBio has expanded the availability of its ClearStrand-ASD test to children up to age 10. Previously, the test was only validated for children under 48 months.The Technology: ClearStrand-ASD is a first-of-its-kind biochemical screening test. It requires only a single, noninvasive strand of hair, which can be collected from children as young as one month old.How It Works: In a CLIA-certified laboratory, proprietary robotics and lasers analyze hundreds of
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Kaufman Hall January 2026 Report: Hospital Labor Expenses and Bad Debt Continue to Rise
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The Data Source: The January 2026 National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall, a Vizient company, is based on real-time data sampled from more than 1,300 hospitals across the United States.The Volume Slump: Patient volume in January declined across both inpatient and outpatient services. Analysts attribute this dip to a combination of postponed elective procedures around the holidays and shifts in the payer mix.The Margin Squeeze: Following a relatively strong finish
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Perplexity and b.well Connected Health Partner for AI-Powered Medical Records Search
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The Partnership: AI search engine Perplexity has partnered with b.well Connected Health to allow consumers to securely link their complete medical records directly into their AI search experience.The Data Network: b.well operates one of the largest connected health data networks in the U.S., enabling secure access across more than 2.4 million providers and 350+ health plans and labs.The Clinical Upgrade: Instead of relying on generic internet scraping to answer health
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Your Health Deploys Fathom Autonomous Medical Coding Platform Across All Service Lines
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The Deployment: Your Health, a rapidly growing senior-focused primary and specialty care organization, has deployed Fathom’s autonomous medical coding platform across its entire operation (spanning 14 physician offices, 278 assisted living facilities, 11 nursing homes, and telehealth).The Automation Scale: Since going live in October 2025, Fathom has achieved a staggering 95.5% encounter-level automation rate—meaning AI is completely handling the coding for the vast
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Wolters Kluwer Health Expands Publishing Partnership with American Heart Association to 12 Journals
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The Deal: Wolters Kluwer Health has officially renewed and expanded its publishing relationship with the American Heart Association (AHA).The Portfolio Addition: Wolters Kluwer will now publish the Open Access journal Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, bringing the total number of AHA journal titles under its management to twelve. This sits alongside flagship publications like Circulation and Stroke.The Platform: The AHA titles will be featured within Wolters
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M&A: MedArrive Acquires Inbound Health Assets, Names Ophir Lotan CEO to Scale Hospital-at-Home Logistics
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The Acquisition: MedArrive, a technology platform that optimizes in-home care logistics, has acquired assets from Inbound Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The Tech Acquired: The acquisition specifically brings Inbound Health's AI-backed patient-navigation capabilities into the MedArrive ecosystem. This technology uses AI scoring models to analyze clinical data and identify exactly when a patient is ready to transition from a hospital
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M&A: Why Sutter Health is Absorbing Allina in a $2B Mega-Merger
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The Deal: California-based Sutter Health and Minnesota-based Allina Health have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for Allina to join the Sutter system, creating a massive, cross-country nonprofit healthcare network.The Tech Synergy: The merger is explicitly framed around regional technological strengths: combining Northern California’s dominance in AI and platform development with Minnesota’s historical position as a leading hub for medical technology and engineering.The
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