Most conversations about closing the lung cancer screening gap focus on uptake, and for good reason. Just 18.7 percent of eligible Americans were up to date with low-dose CT screening in 2024, roughly one in five, according to the American Cancer Society. The standard remedies follow: better outreach, more reminders, smarter scheduling, friction removal in the EHR. All of that is worth doing.
But it treats the eligibility criteria themselves as fixed, as the outer boundary of the
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The Silent Breakdown of Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare organizations often already possess the information they need. The gap lies not in visibility, but in execution, in how quickly, consistently, and at scale they can turn that information into action.
Over the past decade, providers have invested heavily in dashboards, denial analytics, and performance monitoring. These tools have delivered on their promise. Revenue cycle leaders can now identify which payers have the highest denial rates, which claim categories pose the greatest
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CliniComp Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for EHR-Integrated PACS Viewer
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CliniComp received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its PACS Viewer as a Medical Image Management and Processing System (MIMPS).The clearance enables diagnostic-quality image viewing, manipulation, and advanced processing directly within CliniComp's New Era EHR with Native AI Solution Suite.By eliminating application switching between standalone PACS and EHR systems, clinicians can review imaging alongside vital signs, laboratory results, medications, and clinical history
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Three Essential Principles for Evaluating Healthcare AI Vendors
Healthcare organizations are confronting an overwhelming number of AI vendors lately. Most products appear similar in presentations and slide decks, making it difficult for buyers to differentiate between product A and B. The real challenge — more than finding AI solutions — is building a selection process that scales as vendor volume increases.
The fastest path to a good AI decision is an intentional, structured evaluation process. Here are three things every healthcare executive
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PwC and Zyter Collaborate to Deploy AI Execution Platform for Healthcare Payers and Providers
What You Should Know
Professional services firm PwC and digital health company Zyter announced a strategic collaboration targeting Total Cost of Care (TCOC) management for healthcare payers and providers.The alliance pairs PwC’s healthcare consulting, operations, and transformation capabilities with Zyter|TruCare’s Vertical AI Execution Platform, agentic AI orchestration engine (Zyter Symphony), and clinical services.The operational scope focuses on core administrative and clinical workflows,
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M&A: Health Catalyst Closes $147M Sale of Vitalware to Med-Metrix
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Healthcare intelligence leader Health Catalyst, Inc. completed the sale of its mid-revenue cycle business, Vitalware, LLC, to Med-Metrix, LLC on July 31, 2026.The divestiture generated $147M in total cash consideration, subject to customary adjustments.Health Catalyst combined the net proceeds with cash on hand to fully repay and retire its credit facility, eliminating approximately $19M in annual GAAP interest expense.Capital and operational focus will pivot toward
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CCM and KLAS Research Report: 63% of Health Systems Lack Advanced AI Strategy Frameworks
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A report by the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at UPMC and KLAS Research reveals that while 93% of surveyed health system leaders have deployed third-party AI, strategy and testing infrastructure lag far behind.Clinical documentation and ambient scribing lead deployment at 52%, followed by revenue cycle and coding (36%), medical imaging (32%), and EHR-embedded clinical decision support (32%).While 92% of organizations conduct pre-deployment testing, less than half
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M&A: Unite Us Acquires Vircho Health to Advance Performance Analytics for Community Care Networks
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Social care coordination leader Unite Us has acquired Vircho Health, a technology platform providing performance, quality, and financial accountability analytics for community care networks. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.The acquisition includes the full Vircho Health team, led by co-founders Craig Manson and Evan Jones.The deal transitions Unite Us from proving that a social service occurred (closed-loop referrals) to providing intelligent
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The Growing Disconnect Between Clinical Documentation and Reimbursement
Most documentation problems I have reviewed over the years were never really about documentation itself. They were workflow problems that showed up later as denials, CDI overruns, and revenue that quietly disappeared.
That is the honest truth the industry keeps avoiding. We keep buying tools to fix a problem that is not about tools. The gap between clinical documentation and reimbursement is not growing because technology is failing. It is growing because we keep ignoring how misaligned our
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Solventum Announces Intent to Separate Health Information Systems Business
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Solventum announced its intent to separate its Health Information Systems (HIS) business to sharpen focus as a pure-play MedTech provider centered on MedSurg and Dental Solutions.The Health Information Systems division generates $1.4B in annual sales, is deployed across 30+ countries, serves over 75% of U.S. hospitals, and processes roughly 660 million clinical documents monthly.Management operates within a ~$10 billion addressable market growing at 5–6% annually,
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