Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ultimate double-edged sword in healthcare. On one side, AI is already driving real improvements, from accelerating diagnostic imaging to streamlining operational workflows such as delivering faster, more accurate, and more efficient patient care. And we are still only at the beginning; AI’s potential to reshape healthcare is undeniable.
But that optimism is tempered by the reality that AI also introduces one of the most significant cybersecurity risks the
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Popai Health Secures $11M to Transform Patient Conversations with Voice AI
What You Should Know:
- Popai Health, the Patient Conversation Intelligence company, today announced it has raised $11M in seed funding led by Team8 and NEA, alongside additional strategic investors,
- The capital intended to strengthen Popai's go-to-market efforts and accelerate adoption across health systems, medical groups, health plans, and ACOs.
Eliminating Healthcare’s Biggest Blind Spot
Popai is revolutionizing care coordination by leveraging Voice AI to eliminate
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Reimbursement Shift under 2026 PFS Poised to Usher in New Era for RPM
The annual release of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) generated more attention than usual this year among practices that have considered or are already offering Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) to their patients. CMS’s July 14 publication of the proposed rule, outlining revisions to payment policies and rates, was seen as particularly significant for RPM.
Key changes to RPM under the 2026 PFS include the introduction of a code for 2-15 days of data collection and another that allows
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Henry Schein One and AWS Partner to Launch AI-Augmented Dental Practice Management System
What You Should Know:
- Henry Schein One, a global leader in dental technology, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform.
- The collaboration will integrate AWS’s generative AI (GenAI) technologies across the Henry Schein One platform—including Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, and Dentally—to usher in a new era of AI-powered dentistry.
Reimagining Dental Workflows with AI
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WellSky Launches AI Ambient Listening in Specialty Care EHR to Cut Documentation Time by 41%
What You Should Know:
- WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, announced the launch of an AI-powered ambient listening feature within its Specialty Care electronic health record (EHR) solution.
- Enabled by Suki, a pioneer in healthcare AI, the WellSky Ambient Listening solution is designed to deliver secure, efficient, and intelligent documentation directly into the clinical workflow of providers in behavioral health, rehabilitation, and long-term
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Hoag and Philips Announce 10-Year Collaboration to Modernize Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Philips, a global leader in health technology, and Hoag, Orange County, California’s highest-ranked hospital announced a landmark 10-year strategic collaboration.
- The initiative is set to standardize and modernize patient monitoring across Hoag’s two acute care hospitals, including the expanded Sun Family Campus in Irvine, which will add 155 inpatient beds in mid-2026.
Unified, Patient-Centered Monitoring Environment
Hoag will adopt Philips’
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WebMD Ignite Launches Ignite Pulse™: A Precision Intelligence Solution for Healthcare Growth
What You Should Know:
- WebMD Ignite, a leading full-service growth partner for the healthcare industry announced the launch of Ignite Pulse™, a precision intelligence and activation solution.
- Purpose-built to help healthcare marketers succeed in an era of AI disruption and constrained budgets, Ignite Pulse moves beyond traditional ROI metrics to guide smarter marketing investments and prove value across the entire patient and healthcare provider (HCP) journey.
Precision
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SimonMed Launches Ultrasound+ AI Program for Enhanced Breast and Thyroid Cancer Detection
What You Should Know:
- SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest outpatient medical imaging providers and radiology practices in the United States, today announced the launch of Ultrasound+, an AI-enabled ultrasound program.
- The program is powered by the FDA-cleared software, Koios DS, and is designed to assist with breast and thyroid cancer detection.
Embedding AI for Earlier and More Accurate Detection
Ultrasound+ represents a significant step in making advanced imaging
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VideaHealth Launches Voice Notes: The First Ambient AI Scribe Purpose-Built for Dentistry
What You Should Know:
- VideaHealth, the leading dental AI platform, today announced the launch of Voice Notes, the first AI-powered ambient scribe created specifically for dentistry.
- The solution eliminates one of the industry’s most persistent pain points, manual charting and documentation, by turning chairside conversations into chart-ready clinical notes in seconds without disrupting how dentists work.
VideaHealth launches Voice Notes to automate dental documentation with
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Flatiron Launches 6 AI-Powered Hematology Datasets to Advance Blood Cancer RWE
What You Should Know:
-Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to improving cancer care and advancing research using real-world data, today announced the launch of six new hematology Panoramic datasets, representing another critical moment of scientific innovation that foundationally redefines the company's real-world evidence offerings in blood cancers.
- Flatiron’s Panoramic data unlocks the company’s entire patient network, leveraging breakthrough AI and large language
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