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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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Salesforce Unveils 6 New Agentforce Health Agents and Integrations with Verily, HealthEx, and Viz.ai
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· The Launch: Salesforce has officially launched 6 new Agentforce Health agents, deploying an autonomous digital workforce to alleviate the crushing administrative burden on healthcare providers, payers, and public health agencies.
· The Integrations: The platform integrates deeply with healthcare infrastructure including HealthEx (digital health wallet), Verily (multimodal health data), Viz.ai (AI imaging workflows), Informatica (data governance),
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UnityAI Secures $8.5M to Scale Agentic AI for Healthcare Operations
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The Funding: UnityAI has closed an $8.5M in Series A funding round led by Third Prime, with participation from Nashville Capital Network, Whistler Capital Partners, and others, bringing its total capital raised to $15M.The Technology: The company is deploying an "agentic AI workforce." Unlike passive software that simply organizes information, these AI agents actively execute multi-step operational tasks across patient operations (scheduling, follow-ups, referrals) and
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athenahealth 2026 Physician Sentiment Survey: AI Adoption, EHR Efficiency, and VBC Trends
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The Affordability Crisis: According to the newly released 2026 Physician Sentiment Survey from athenahealth’s research hub, athenaInstitute, access to affordable healthcare has surged to become the #1 policy concern among physicians (52%, up a massive 14 points over the last three years), indicating that patient financial strain is now directly impacting clinical delivery.The Technology Paradox: While overall optimism about the U.S. healthcare system remains stagnant at
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Personalized, Measurable, Flexible: The Next Generation of Digital Health Networks
New innovation breeds new complexity, and that’s exactly what we’ve seen in the digital health market. Over the past decade, employers have invested heavily in point solutions to help address nearly every conceivable health need, spanning mental health, diabetes, musculoskeletal (MSK) care, sleep, maternity, weight management, and more.
The intent makes sense: meet the diverse needs and close the gaps in care for your workforce. Yet in practice, it almost always creates a fragmented
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Overlake Medical Center Deploys Hyro’s AI Agents to Automate MyChart Access
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The Partnership: Hyro, a Responsible AI Agent Platform, has partnered with Seattle-region nonprofit Overlake Medical Center & Clinics to modernize patient access and contact center operations.The Target: The initial deployment targeted a massive operational friction point: MyChart password reset requests. Previously, these requests required an average of seven minutes per call and cost the health system approximately $11.65 per interaction.The ROI: Within four months
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KeyCare Raises $27.4M to Build an Epic-Native, AI-Powered Virtual Workforce
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The Funding: KeyCare, the nation's first Epic-based virtual care company, has closed a $27.4M financing round, bringing its total capital raised to over $55M led by HealthX Ventures, with participation from standard venture firms (8VC, LRVHealth, BOLD Capital Partners) alongside a massive syndicate of strategic health system partners, including WellSpan Health, Allina Health, and UChicago Ventures.The Differentiator: Instead of acting as a standalone, direct-to-consumer
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M&A: Quantum Health Acquires Virtual Care Provider CirrusMD
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The Deal: Healthcare navigation giant Quantum Health has acquired CirrusMD, a premier on-demand virtual care provider. Financial details of the acquition were not disclosed. The Scale: The combined entity now boasts over 2,300 employees (internally dubbed "Healthcare Warriors") and serves more than 20 million members across public and private sector organizations in the U.S.The Clinical Hook: CirrusMD brings a chat-first, 24/7/365 virtual care model that connects patients
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Pivot Point Consulting Partners With Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program for Dragon Copilot Deployment
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The Partnership: Pivot Point Consulting has partnered with the Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program to deploy Microsoft's Dragon Copilot AI to resource-strapped rural healthcare providers.The Financials: To remove the cost barrier of enterprise-grade AI, Microsoft is offering a staggering 60% discount off MSRP to eligible independent Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Emergency Hospitals, and Rural Community Hospitals.The Technology: Dragon Copilot is an advanced AI
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