What You Should Know
Flosonics Medical secured a major development contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).Awarded under BARDA’s Burn and Blast Medical Countermeasures program (Contract No. 75A50126C00006), the agreement includes initial funding of approximately $15 million, with a total potential value of up to ~$70
Read More
Digital Health | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Glooko Launches GestationalCare to Unify Multi-Device Diabetes Telemetry in High-Risk Pregnancy
What You Should Know
Global connected diabetes care leader Glooko, Inc. announced GestationalCare™, a dedicated pregnancy-specific clinical module built on its ambulatory diabetes management platform.GestationalCare resolves the acute challenge of compressed clinical timelines in pregnancy, replacing disconnected spreadsheets, patient portal screenshots, and paper logs with automated, device-neutral data aggregation.Covers the full spectrum of maternal metabolic care: Gestational Diabetes
Read More
Weave Bio and Takeda Deploy AI Regulatory Automation Across 14 Global Programs
What You Should Know
AI-native regulatory software company Weave Bio announced a major enterprise collaboration with global biopharma leader Takeda to deploy its regulatory automation platform across 14 active drug development programs in multiple global markets.The collaboration directly addresses the heavy administrative bottleneck of regulatory dossier authoring, which has historically trapped critical scientific data inside static, hard-to-maintain document repositories.The system handled
Read More
Scan.com Secures $220M to Scale National Diagnostic Imaging API
What You Should Know
Diagnostic medical imaging network Scan.com has closed $220M in combined equity and debt financing, comprising a $90 million Series C equity round and $130M in debt facilities.The equity financing was led by Noteus Partners, with participation from Aviva, Concord Health Partners, YZR Capital, and Oxford Capital; debt facilities to support M&A and working capital were provided by VerisFi Capital and Atempo Growth.Follows a period of rapid growth where Scan.com doubled
Read More
PHTI Launches New Digital Diabetes Evaluation Centered on GLP-1s and CGMs
What You Should Know
The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) will conduct a comprehensive new independent evaluation of digital health tools for type 2 diabetes, slated for publication in 2027.The evaluation re-evaluates the market three years after its landmark March 2024 assessment, which determined that widely used digital diabetes tools relying on noncontinuous glucometers failed to deliver meaningful clinical improvements and drove up net healthcare spending.Focuses on the
Read More
M&A: Globus Medical Acquires Duke Incubator Higgs Boson Health to Expand Surgical Intelligence
What You Should Know
Musculoskeletal technology leader Globus Medical, Inc. announced the acquisition of Higgs Boson Health, a digital healthcare experience company based in Durham, North Carolina, and incubated out of Duke University.Integrates Higgs Boson’s software engineering and artificial intelligence research teams into Globus Medical to develop a seamless, connected digital care environment spanning the entire musculoskeletal patient journey.The acquisition positions Higgs Boson’s
Read More
Philips Wins $33.7M ARPA-H Award to Scale Autonomous Robotic Thrombectomy
What You Should Know
Philips secured an award of up to $33.7M from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) under its Autonomous Interventions and Robotics (AIR) program, led by Dr. Ileana Hancu.Develops AI-enabled robotic procedure automation and remote-assisted capabilities for endovascular stroke treatment (mechanical thrombectomy) built on the Philips Azurion image-guided therapy platform.The program integrates AI navigation algorithms, robotic catheter control, and
Read More
GE HealthCare Expands Cardiovascular Ultrasound Portfolio with Vivid Explorer, Vivid Advanced, and Vivid Focus
What You Should Know
GE HealthCare unveiled three new cardiovascular ultrasound systems—Vivid™ Explorer, Vivid™ Advanced, and Vivid™ Focus—showcased at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2026 in Munich, Germany.All three systems leverage the software-defined cSound™ imaging architecture introduced on the ultra-premium Vivid Pioneer, standardizing image reconstruction, contrast, and spatial resolution across care environments. The systems pair with EchoPAC™ Software Only
Read More
Metriport Raises $26M to Scale Open-Source Point-of-Care Clinical Intelligence
What You Should Know
Open-source healthcare data infrastructure company Metriport secured $26M in new funding led by TJ Parker, General Partner at Matrix, with participation from ARTIS Ventures and Y Combinator, bringing its total capital raised to $28.4M.The platform eliminates point-of-care blind spots and weeks-long manual chart chasing across hospitals, pharmacies, and outpatient clinics by unifying and deduplicating medical records into a standardized, searchable data model. Replaces
Read More
Intermountain Medical Center Deploys GE HealthCare’s AI-Powered SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI
What You Should Know
Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, is the first hospital in Utah—and only the second in the United States—to deploy GE HealthCare’s SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI system.GE HealthCare’s SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI system utilizes embedded artificial intelligence reconstruction software and advanced high-performance gradient hardware to reduce scan acquisition times and enhance diagnostic clarity for complex cardiovascular and oncologic conditions.
AI-Driven Clarity and
Read More
