The defining challenge in senior care is not simply extending life. What gives those extra years significance is maintaining the sense of identity, independence, and connectedness. Technology is shifting from the periphery of senior care to the core of the business model as providers address staffing shortages, rising acuity, and growing demand. However, the most significant improvements are not those that save labor costs or automate administrative duties. These technologies make aging more
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Zocdoc Partners with Google Gemini for Real-Time Healthcare Appointment Booking
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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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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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Why Digital Health Founders Should Stop Worrying if They Are “AI Enough”
Everybody wants to be “AI-first” because the market is telling them they need to be. But what is AI-first? Is it AI-native? Is it software that has successfully threaded AI across its business? I’m not sure anyone can confidently answer the question, and it’s creating a lot of confusion in the market among founders, buyers, and investors.
The money is still flowing regardless – especially in healthcare. Rock Health reported that AI-enabled companies took 54% of digital health funding in
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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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Beyond Pack-Years: Why Lung Cancer Detection Demands a Shift to AI-Driven Case-Finding
Most conversations about closing the lung cancer screening gap focus on uptake, and for good reason. Just 18.7 percent of eligible Americans were up to date with low-dose CT screening in 2024, roughly one in five, according to the American Cancer Society. The standard remedies follow: better outreach, more reminders, smarter scheduling, friction removal in the EHR. All of that is worth doing.
But it treats the eligibility criteria themselves as fixed, as the outer boundary of the
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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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CliniComp Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for EHR-Integrated PACS Viewer
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CliniComp received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its PACS Viewer as a Medical Image Management and Processing System (MIMPS).The clearance enables diagnostic-quality image viewing, manipulation, and advanced processing directly within CliniComp's New Era EHR with Native AI Solution Suite.By eliminating application switching between standalone PACS and EHR systems, clinicians can review imaging alongside vital signs, laboratory results, medications, and clinical history
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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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