A few years ago, a physician I worked with told me that her young daughter had started greeting her at the door with a question: “Mommy, how many charts do you have to finish today?” Her daughter had learned that the higher the number, the less of her mother she was going to get that night.
That story has stayed with me through more than two decades in clinical informatics, because it captures something the data has been telling us for years. Recent research from the American Medical
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Oxford Spinout Mirae Secures $5.4M to Scale AI Chronic Care Platform
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AI-driven continuous care platform Mirae has officially launched with $5.4M in funding led by Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE).Built directly on computational health research from the University of Oxford’s Computational Health Informatics Lab, co-founded by Dr. David Clifton and CEO Anuj Patel.Targets inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—a complex autoimmune condition characterized by unpredictable flare-ups, variable treatment responses, and high annual medical
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Flourish Health Raises $26M to Expand In-Home High-Acuity Pediatric Mental Health
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High-acuity pediatric mental health provider Flourish Health announced a $26M Series A funding round led by B Capital, F-Prime, and Cherryrock Capital, bringing total capital raised to $46M.Health plan studies show Flourish’s in-home care model achieves a 70%–96% decrease in hospitalizations, a 69%–90% reduction in residential stays, and an 80%–95% sustained reduction in higher levels of post-discharge care.Multidisciplinary care teams unite a child and adolescent
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HealthEx Unveils TEFCA-Accredited HealthEx Wallet & Partners with Sharecare to to Ground AskMD in Whole-Health Clinical Context
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At the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Technology Ecosystem event, HealthEx introduced HealthEx Wallet (a TEFCA-accredited personal health record app) and announced a major integration with Sharecare's AskMD.HealthEx operates as a federally accredited Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Individual Access Services (IAS) provider. It verifies identities using the IAL2 standard and manages records under enterprise-grade HIPAA
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Lapsi Health Partners with Redox to Integrate Keikku Clinical AI Platform Directly Into EHR Infrastructure
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Dutch-American clinical AI developer Lapsi Health has partnered with healthcare data interoperability leader Redox to natively connect Lapsi’s Keikku Clinical Platform into health system Electronic Health Record (EHR) environments.Addresses "point-solution fatigue" by embedding ambient clinical documentation, contextual reference, and diagnostic insights directly into existing chart workflows so clinicians never have to leave the EHR.Taps into the Redox Connection
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Department of Veterans Affairs Awards Salesforce $1.6B Contract for Enterprise AI Modernization
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Salesforce a three-year, $1.6 billion Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA) to modernize care and benefits delivery for 17 million Veterans.Operating through Salesforce's public sector framework, Missionforce, the agreement deploys FedRAMP High-authorized and HIPAA-ready AI agents via Agentforce Public Sector and Agentforce Health.A primary operational goal of the deployment is building on the VA's Unified Patient
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Cigna Healthcare Expands AI-Enabled Care Management to Reach 20% More Customers
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Cigna Healthcare is expanding its personalized care management programs by 20% using AI-enabled capabilities and predictive analytics to identify individuals with emerging, complex, or chronic conditions.By connecting high-risk members with over 1,250 Cigna clinicians, engaged customers save an average of $2,000 annually, generating an estimated $200M in total medical savings over three years.Advanced predictive models detect breast, colorectal, and lung cancer diagnoses
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AdvancedMD Expands Waystar-Powered Revenue Cycle Offerings for Independent Practices
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Independent practice software leader AdvancedMD has expanded its revenue cycle management (RCM) suite with new Waystar-powered automation and AI capabilities.The launch directly addresses widespread provider friction—where 85% of medical groups rate payers poorly on reimbursement issues, and nearly 30% report worsening patient balance collections year-over-year.Key capabilities now live in the AdvancedMD portal include Coverage Detection (finding hidden billable
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Candid Health Secures $120M to Expand Autonomous Revenue Cycle Management Platform
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Autonomous revenue cycle management (RCM) platform Candid Health has raised $120 million in Series D funding led by Sixth Street Growth, with participation from Oak HC/FT, 8VC and
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Karoo Health Secures $16.2M to Build Cardiovascular OS Infrastructure
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Cardiovascular technology platform Karoo Health has closed a $16.2M Series A funding round co-led by 7wire Ventures and Allumia Ventures, with participation from First Trust Capital Partners, SpringRock Ventures, and Hyde Park Angels.Lee Shapiro (Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures) and Jeff Stolte (Managing Partner, Allumia Ventures) join Karoo Health's Board of Directors.Karoo provides an AI-native connective platform that integrates clinical EHRs, claims history, pharmacy
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