What You Should Know:
- Heartflow, a leader in AI technology for coronary artery disease (CAD), has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Next Gen Heartflow Plaque Analysis algorithm and platform.
- The technology features an updated algorithm, an expanded nomogram, and advanced 3D color-coded visualization of plaque, empowering clinicians with crucial insights for confident care decisions. In addition, Heartflow announced that Cigna will
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Edifecs Launches Agentic AI Platform to Solve Value-Based Payment Challenges
What You Should Know:
- Edifecs, a Cotiviti business, has launched the next generation of its Population Payment Management platform, which is now powered by agentic artificial intelligence (AI).
- The enhanced solution is a practical and scalable application of AI designed to address persistent challenges in the shift to value-based payment (VBP).
How Agentic AI is Revolutionizing VBP
At the core of the platform are intelligent, task-oriented AI agents that understand VBP
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Survey: 50% Open to AI-Enabled Triage for Faster Mental Health Treatment
What You Should Know:
- The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health is a rapidly growing field, but a new national survey from Iris Telehealth reveals that consumer trust hinges on one critical factor: human oversight.
- The 2025 AI & Mental Health Emergencies Survey suggest that while respondents recognize AI's potential to expedite the detection of behavioral health crises, they overwhelmingly oppose any model in which AI makes final care decisions without
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SonderMind Launches AI Notes to Cut Clinician Documentation Time by 80%
What You Should Know:
- SonderMind, a leader in mental healthcare, has commercially launched AI Notes, a new tool designed to significantly reduce the administrative burden on clinicians.
- The tool, which has already been used to generate over 100,000 notes for insurance claim submission, is saving providers up to 90 minutes per day. This allows therapists and psychiatry providers to dedicate more time to their patients and less to administrative tasks.
Reducing Burnout and
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Seven Starling Raises $8M to Expand Maternal Mental Health Platform Nationally
What You Should Know:
- Seven Starling, a virtual provider of women's behavioral health services secures $8M in Series A funding led by Rethink Impact. The round includes participation from insiders Pear VC, Zeal Capital Partners, Magnify Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Expa, Fiore Ventures, the March of Dimes, Rogue Women's Fund, and Graham & Walker.
- The investment will accelerate the company's national expansion of its maternal mental health platform.
Maternal Mental
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University Hospitals Launches Whole-Hospital Virtual Nursing Program
What You Should Know:
- University Hospitals (UH) has launched its Connected Care Team initiative at UH Lake West, making it one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to implement a whole-hospital virtual nursing program.
- The initiative uses Vitalchat’s AI-driven audio and video platform to extend the reach of nurses through secure, high-definition communication. This expansion follows a successful initial phase that demonstrated significant benefits for patients, caregivers,
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Birches Health Raises $20M to Combat Gambling Addiction Crisis
What You Should Know:
- Birches Health, a national provider of gambling addiction treatment, has announced it has raised $20M in combined Series A and Seed funding.
- The Series A was led by AlleyCorp and the Seed was led by General Catalyst, with additional participation from a number of other investors.
- The funding will be used to accelerate investments in clinical excellence, expand its provider network, and scale its infrastructure to meet the growing demand for
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ATA Launches Digital Infrastructure Score to Map U.S. Virtual Care Readiness
What You Should Know:
- The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has introduced an enhanced Digital Infrastructure Score, a data-driven tool designed to measure how well U.S. communities are equipped for digital access.
- The new benchmarking tool provides a comprehensive review of the elements needed for digital health solutions, especially as physical access to healthcare changes.
What the Digital Infrastructure Score Measures
The ATA's new tool and its accompanying
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Bar-Ilan University and Sheba Medical Center to Launch $120M Biotech Research Institute
What You Should Know:
- Bar-Ilan University and Sheba Medical Center have announced the establishment of a joint research institute.
- The $120M institute will serve as a bridge between academia, healthcare, and industry to accelerate the translation of laboratory discoveries into clinical treatments. It will be located within Sheba’s new Health Tech Valley (HTV) in Ramat Gan, which is owned by Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings.
Biotech Institue Focus Areas
The new
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Peerbridge Health Raises $7M, Appoints MedTech Veteran Dan Reuvers to Board
What You Should Know:
- Peerbridge Health, a company transforming how heart disease is diagnosed has closed its latest fundraising round, raising $7M to support the commercial rollout of its new product.
- Additionally, it has submitted its next-generation wearable, the Cor MDx™, for FDA 510(k) clearance and appointed medical-technology executive Dan Reuvers to its Board of Directors. It is expected to launch later this year, pending regulatory clearance.
Strengthening
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