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The Announcement: Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has officially welcomed its newest cohort, selecting 18 national and international healthcare technology companies to participate in its 30-week immersive program.The "Moat": The most significant benefit of the program is access to Mayo Clinic's data ecosystem. Startups will be able to utilize millions of de-identified, longitudinal clinical records to develop, train, and validate their artificial intelligence (AI)
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LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart
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The Integration: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is significantly expanding its footprint within the Epic Connection Hub, allowing U.S. hospitals using Epic to natively deploy a broader suite of identity verification tools.The Target: The primary goal is to secure access to Epic MyChart, ensuring that only successfully verified patients can access their highly sensitive personal health information (PHI) while maintaining a frictionless user experience.The Tech Stack: The
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Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine
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The Launch: Thyme Care, a leading value-based cancer care enabler, has officially launched its Integrated Social Support (ISS) model.The Paradigm Shift: Instead of waiting for a patient to flag an emotional or financial crisis, Thyme Care is positioning licensed, master's-level social workers as the first point of intervention. 100% of members are proactively screened for psychosocial barriers at enrollment.The Data Reality: Proactive screening at just one partner site
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Why Guideway Care Acquired Waypoint to Fix the EHR Execution Gap
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The Deal: Guideway Care, a leader in evidence-based patient activation, has acquired and integrated Waypoint Healthcare Solutions. Waypoint's entire team, including founders Lisa McDermott and David Bradshaw, has joined Guideway.The Core Problem: Health systems have invested heavily in Electronic Health Records (EHRs), digital front doors, and population health analytics. However, a massive "execution gap" remains in the non-clinical layer. Identifying a social
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AWS Announces Amazon Connect Health: Agentic AI for Clinical Workflows and Scheduling
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The Launch: AWS has officially launched Amazon Connect Health, the company's first purpose-built, agentic AI solution designed specifically for healthcare providers and their patients.The Capability: The platform acts as an autonomous administrative workforce, integrating directly with existing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to handle patient verification, appointment scheduling, medical history reviews, clinical documentation, and medical coding.The Clinical Workflow:
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Microsoft Upgrades Dragon Copilot to an Agentic Clinical Assistant at HIMSS 2026
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The Evolution: At HIMSS 2026, Microsoft announced that Dragon Copilot is evolving from a standalone ambient documentation tool into a unified AI clinical assistant. It now integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing clinicians to pull work-related context (emails, chats, schedules) directly into the clinical workflow. Microsoft revealed that more than 100,000 clinicians currently rely on Dragon Copilot as part of their daily practice, supporting the care of millions
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Google Cloud Showcases Agentic AI Healthcare Partnerships with CVS Health, Humana, and Waystar
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The Paradigm Shift: At HIMSS 2026, Google Cloud officially signaled the end of the "point-and-click" software era in healthcare, ushering in the age of "agentic AI"—systems that autonomously execute complex, multi-step workflows.The Infrastructure: These capabilities are powered by Vertex AI and the multimodal Gemini models, operating within a secure, HIPAA-compliant "walled garden" that ensures patient data is never used to train Google’s foundation models.CVS Health's
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Sage Raises $65M to Expand AI Senior Care Platform to Prevent Falls
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The Funding: Sage, an integrated care platform for senior living and skilled nursing, has raised a $65M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total capital to $124M.The Market Crisis: The senior care industry is currently short 1.8 million licensed caregivers and suffers from a staggering 79% turnover rate. Meanwhile, 72 million Americans will reach retirement age by 2030.The Tech Solution: Sage is deploying predictive AI to shift the
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Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) Acquires Rimidi for Chronic Care Management and RPM Integration
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The Acquisition: Health Recovery Solutions (HRS), a dominant player in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and enterprise remote care, has officially acquired Rimidi, an Atlanta-based chronic disease management company. Financial details were not disclosed. The Strategic Shift: The deal accelerates HRS's transition from a primarily post-acute monitoring company into a comprehensive, end-to-end longitudinal care provider. It bolsters the "PatientFirst Pathways" care model
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Using Clinical NLP to Unlock Untapped Quality Data for HEDIS Compliance
From my experience working with healthcare providers and payers, there’s one thing that stands out to me: the most important insights for compliance are almost never in the data fields you expect. Instead, they’re buried somewhere in the mounds of clinical data amassing in healthcare every day. As a practicing radiologist, I see firsthand just how much of the most meaningful information never makes it into traditional reporting. In my experience working with payers and providers, the difference
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