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All-in-one healthcare delivery firm Included Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire clinically integrated health plan and advanced primary care provider Firefly Health, with closure targeted for Q3 2026.The combined entity pairs Included Health’s AI-native navigation platform with Firefly’s NCQA-accredited advanced primary care model, dynamic benefit design, and a nationwide network of 2,300+ in-person, in-home, and specialty partners.Across its full
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Mount Sinai Medical Center Extends Epic’s Ambient AI to Inpatient Nursing
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Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach has launched "Chart with Art," Epic's ambient AI documentation tool, for its inpatient nursing staff.The deployment makes Mount Sinai the first health system in Florida and the fourth nationwide to extend Epic's ambient listening technology to bedside nurses.The platform operates in both English and Spanish, accommodating a primary care community where over 30 percent of patients speak Spanish as their primary language.Inpatient
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MUSC Health Expands Epic-Integrated AI Agent “Emily” to Retail and Specialty Pharmacy Workflows
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MUSC Health expanded "Emily," its conversational AI agent built on SoundHound AI's platform, into retail and specialty pharmacy operations following 2.2+ million successful patient calls since its 2024 initial deployment.The expanded platform represents one of the first agentic voice implementations integrated directly into an Epic EHR environment for real-time transactional workflows.Patients can process prescription refills, receive real-time status updates, check
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RWJBarnabas Links Real-Time Epic EDI Alerts Directly to Rapid Response Teams
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A multi-hospital, 23,132-patient study led by RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (DOI: 10.1056/AIoa2500973) evaluated an enterprise rollout of the Epic Deterioration Index (EDI).Following implementation across 11 acute care hospitals, in-hospital mortality among high-risk patients (EDI score >60)dropped from 23.1% to 18.6%, representing an 18% reduction in the risk-adjusted odds of death.Rather than relying solely on passive EHR
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ThinkSono Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for First AI-Powered DVT Ultrasound Software
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Medical AI developer ThinkSono has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for ThinkSono Guidance, the first AI-powered ultrasound guidance software cleared in the U.S. for evaluating suspected lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT).Operating via a mobile app connected to compatible Clarius handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) scanners, the system enables non-ultrasound-trained healthcare staff to capture clinical-grade vascular compression cine-loops after 60 to 90 minutes
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OBBBA Requirements | Behavioral Health Clinics Must Modernize Their Technology Now
The implementation of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) left community clinics that rely on Medicaid patients at a critical juncture. The bill introduced new policy variables that will affect clinics unevenly across the country, with facilities in Medicaid expansion states likely to experience a more pronounced impact.
CEOs and leadership teams face significant decisions. What are the bill’s most pressing provisions? How are Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states affected
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Counsel Health Launches Counsel Studio to Bring Physician-Supervised Medical AI to Enterprise Apps
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Counsel Health launched Counsel Studio, a white-label deployment platform allowing health plans, health systems, and consumer health apps to embed AI-enabled, physician-supervised primary care directly into existing digital interfaces.The platform powers virtual care capabilities for partners like ŌURA, enabling Oura Members to transition from biometric health insights to direct physician consultations within the Oura App.Enterprise deployment supports flexible
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Sheba Medical Center Partners with OpenAI in First International ChatGPT for Healthcare Deployment
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Israel’s Sheba Medical Center (ranked among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals for 8 consecutive years) has entered an official partnership with OpenAI to execute the first global, hospital-wide rollout of ChatGPT for Healthcare.Gives physicians, nurses, researchers, and operational staff access to generative AI models pre-calibrated to synthesize peer-reviewed medical literature, clinical guidelines, and internal hospital protocols with full, verifiable citations.Led by
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Procode Secures $10M to Scale AI-Powered Surgical Revenue Cycle Management
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AI-powered medical billing firm Procode Inc. announced a $10M Series A funding round led by Health Velocity Capital, bringing total venture funding to $14M.Funds two upcoming acquisitions of private practice billing agencies, mirroring its rollout following the acquisition of The Auctus Group (serving over 350 plastic surgery and dermatology providers).Combines Procode (automated CPT/ICD coding copilot), Procollect (billing team OS for AR acceleration), and the Auctus
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The Silent Signals of Burnout: What Workplaces Miss About Employee Mental Health
The Federal Aviation Administration restricts how long commercial pilots can be in the air, mandates minimum rest between flights, and caps hours flown per month and per year. The science of fatigue played a large role in the development of these rules to protect pilots.
Fatigue isn’t the only factor in a pilot’s mental well-being. Imagine if, just before a long flight, they learned their best friend died. That kind of news could raise a person’s stress response in a measurable way.
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