What You Should Know:
- Century Health has announced a strategic partnership with Datavant Connect—powered by AWS Clean Rooms—to bring AI-curated, disease-specific datasets directly to pharmaceutical and life sciences companies through a secure, no-data-movement platform.
- By joining Datavant’s Lighthouse Partner Program, Century Health enables researchers to discover and assess high-quality, longitudinal clinical data in minutes—not months—without accessing or transferring sensitive
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ShiftMed Unveils AI Suite to Optimize Healthcare Workforce Management
What You Should Know:
- ShiftMed, a provider of healthcare workforce technology, today announced the launch of its Workforce AI Suite, a set of intelligent tools designed to automate shift fulfillment and optimize workforce management.
- By embedding AI throughout the staffing process, the suite empowers health systems to efficiently manage labor operations and improve scheduling coordination across internal teams and on-demand clinicians.
Key Components of the Workforce AI
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OpenEvidence Secures $210M, Launches Free AI Agent for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- OpenEvidence, the most widely used medical search and AI application among verified U.S. clinicians raises $210M in Series B funding round, valuing the company at $3.5 billion. The round was co-led by Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, with follow-on investment from Series A leader Sequoia Capital, and additional participation from Coatue, Conviction, and Thrive. OpenEvidence has now raised over $300M since its founding.
- OpenEvidence is rapidly
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American Heart Association Ventures™ Invests in Auxira Health to Transform Cardiology Care
What You Should Know:
- Auxira Health, a virtual cardiology platform announced a strategic collaboration with and investment from American Heart Association Ventures™, the venture capital arm of the American Heart Association®. Both organizations share a commitment to improving patient outcomes by better aligning incentives between providers and patients.
- Auxira, initially co-developed by MedStar Health and Abundant Venture Partners, launched earlier this year to address the
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Sheba Medical, Hippocratic AI Partner to Deploy Generative AI Agents
What You Should Know:
- Hippocratic AI, a global leader in generative AI healthcare agents announced a strategic partnership with Sheba Medical Center, a global beacon of medical innovation and research.
- As part of this partnership, Hippocratic AI will also join the ARC ecosystem, a global network comprising leading hospitals, researchers, and innovation organizations, opening doors to new pathways for meaningful impact within the network.
Advancing a Shared Vision for
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New Opportunities for Healthcare AI: Decoding the 2026 Medicare Advantage Rate Hike
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) Rate Announcement, projecting a 5.06% average increase in payments to MA plans. That’s a notable jump from the 3.70% increase we saw in 2025. More than just a financial adjustment, this signals growing confidence in the Medicare Advantage model—and with it, growing expectations.
What does this mean simply? Insurance companies offering these plans will receive more government funding,
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Teladoc Health Launches Wellbound Employee Assistance Program
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in virtual care, today announced the launch of Wellbound, a bold new employee assistance program (EAP) designed to empower a more engaged, healthier workforce.
- The new program, purpose-built for the company’s employer and health plan clients in the U.S., leverages Teladoc Health’s unmatched scale, clinical product portfolio and consumer engagement expertise to help organizations create a powerful “on-ramp” for
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Google Forms Consumer Health Advisory Panel: Elevating Health Tech with Expert Guidance and Responsible AI
What You Should Know:
- Google announced the formation of its Consumer Health Advisory Panel, a team of external experts who will provide clinical and scientific guidance to support the company's ongoing commitment to building helpful and reliable health technology.
- The creation of this formal panel underscores Google's dedication to developing new advancements like generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) responsibly and effectively. The panel will advise Google as it
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Eko Health’s Telehealth Platform Expands Across 800 Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, announced today that its telehealth platform is now used by health systems that operate over 800 hospitals across the U.S.
- By enabling the real-time streaming of high-fidelity heart and lung sounds, Eko is helping virtual care teams deliver more confident frontline diagnostics from anywhere.
Eko Health Expands Remote Diagnostic Capabilities with Web-Based Telehealth Platform
Eko Health, a
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Elsevier’s Clinician of the Future 2025 Report: AI’s Rapid Ascent in Healthcare Amidst Clinician Pressures
What You Should Know:
- The 4th annual Elsevier Clinician of the Future report reveals a remarkable acceleration in the adoption and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare.
- Based on a global survey of over 2,000 clinicians, the report highlights AI's growing role in addressing persistent challenges like clinician burnout, increasing patient demand, and fragmented care, while also shedding light on evolving perceptions and regional differences.
Current State
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