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
What You Should Know
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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Three Essential Principles for Evaluating Healthcare AI Vendors
Healthcare organizations are confronting an overwhelming number of AI vendors lately. Most products appear similar in presentations and slide decks, making it difficult for buyers to differentiate between product A and B. The real challenge — more than finding AI solutions — is building a selection process that scales as vendor volume increases.
The fastest path to a good AI decision is an intentional, structured evaluation process. Here are three things every healthcare executive
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Controlling AI Hallucinations: Building Evidence- First Trust in Medical Information and Medical Writing Workflows
Trust Is the Real Question
Can AI outputs be trusted? This is one of the most important questions healthcare professionals ask about generative AI. This question is especially important in medical information and medical writing because the value of a response depends on clarity and whether every statement is grounded in verifiable evidence and can withstand expert scrutiny. This matters because these workflows impact clinical judgment, scientific exchange, and regulated healthcare
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M&A: Unite Us Acquires Vircho Health to Advance Performance Analytics for Community Care Networks
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Social care coordination leader Unite Us has acquired Vircho Health, a technology platform providing performance, quality, and financial accountability analytics for community care networks. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.The acquisition includes the full Vircho Health team, led by co-founders Craig Manson and Evan Jones.The deal transitions Unite Us from proving that a social service occurred (closed-loop referrals) to providing intelligent
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Definitive Healthcare Launches Early Adopter Program for AI-Powered Intelligence Platform
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Definitive Healthcare announced an early adopter program for its new AI-powered healthcare intelligence platform, inviting select customer organizations in August 2026.General availability for the platform is targeted for late 2026, informed by feedback from early adopter cohorts across health systems, life sciences companies, and commercial healthcare vendors.The platform integrates Definitive Healthcare's proprietary datasets—spanning healthcare providers,
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