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The Acquisition: Hopper OS, an intelligent healthcare operating system provider, has acquired Efferent, a healthcare informatics company specializing in cloud-based PACS and advanced interoperability.The Missing Puzzle Piece: Prior to this deal, Hopper OS offered EMR, cloud infrastructure, patient management tools, AI, and analytics. By acquiring Efferent, they are bringing vital enterprise imaging capabilities natively into their operating system.The Acquired Tech:
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TruBridge and Artesia General Hospital Integrate Microsoft Dragon Copilot into EHR
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The Partnership: Artesia General Hospital (AGH) in southeastern New Mexico has partnered with TruBridge, a healthcare tech provider for rural hospitals, to integrate Microsoft Dragon Copilot into its clinical workflows.The Technology: Microsoft Dragon Copilot is an ambient clinical intelligence tool. It listens to the natural conversation between a doctor and a patient, distinguishes between casual small talk and medical symptoms, and automatically structures a clinical
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Viz.ai and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Partner to Launch AI Care Pathway for Cardiac Amyloidosis
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The Partnership: Viz.ai, a major player in AI-powered care coordination, has partnered with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNAi therapeutics.The Clinical Problem: Cardiac amyloidosis (specifically ATTR-CM and AL) is a progressive, often fatal condition where misfolded proteins deposit in the heart muscle. Because its symptoms mimic generalized heart failure, it is chronically underdiagnosed, causing patients to miss the window for life-saving interventions.The
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AI Didn’t Fix HCC Coding—It Made It Harder. This is How to Fix It
Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding is one of the areas in healthcare where AI is the obvious solution. On paper, it makes perfect sense. Use it to scan charts, identify diagnoses, group them into risk categories, and more efficiently predict future healthcare costs. In Medicare Advantage and value-based care, where risk adjustment directly impacts reimbursement, it sounds like a natural fit. But reality tells a very different story.
If you want to understand what is actually
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Dimer Health Secures $13.5M to Expand AI-Powered Transitional Care Platform
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The Funding: Dimer Health, an AI-native Transitional Care Medicine company, has secured $13.5M in Series A financing led by Team8 and Bill Ackman's Table Management. This brings their total funding to nearly $20M.The Clinical Problem: The first 14 days after a patient is discharged from the hospital are highly vulnerable, accounting for nearly half of all hospital readmissions. This breakdown in care transitions costs the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $52 to $62
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Rock Health Survey: 32% of Consumers Now Use AI for Health Information
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The Data Source: Rock Health released its 11th Consumer Adoption of Digital Health Survey, polling 8,000 U.S. adults in December 2025 to track behaviors toward virtual care and digital health tools.The Adoption Spike: Consumer use of AI in healthcare is exploding. 32% of respondents report having used an AI chatbot for health information—double the share from just a year ago (16%). Of those users, 64% engage with health AI weekly or more.General Purpose vs. Healthcare
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Samsung Medison Unifies NeuroLogica and Boston Imaging to Form Samsung HME America
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The Consolidation: Samsung Medison is officially retiring the NeuroLogica and Boston Imaging brands. The U.S. medical imaging businesses are unifying under a single corporate identity: Samsung HME (Healthcare and Medical Equipment) America.The Unified Portfolio: This transition integrates Samsung's U.S. ultrasound, digital radiography, and computed tomography (CT) operations under one structural roof, reflecting the massive scale of the global Samsung brand.The AI Push:
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GE HealthCare Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Photonova Spectra Photon-Counting CT
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The Milestone: GE HealthCare has officially received FDA 510(k) clearance for Photonova Spectra, its highly anticipated photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) system.The Core Technology: Unlike traditional CT scanners that convert X-rays into visible light before measuring them, PCCT directly counts individual photons and measures their energy. GE is utilizing a proprietary Deep Silicon detector architecture that provides 8-bin energy resolution to virtually eliminate
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PromptWell and Ellipsis Health Partner to Transform AI Patient Engagement
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The Partnership: PromptWell, an AI-native patient engagement platform, has integrated with Ellipsis Health, a company known for its clinically validated conversational AI.The Core Problem: Healthcare organizations (payers and providers) spend millions of dollars on patient outreach programs (like scheduling Annual Wellness Visits or conducting Health Risk Assessments), but conversion rates remain abysmal. Patients either ignore the calls or hang up on robotic-sounding
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How CMS Policy Just Shifted 30% of Shoulder Surgeries Out of the Hospital
A Shoulder Replacement Case Study
The Bottom Line: When CMS makes a procedure ASC-payable, the shift is fast, measurable, and concentrated in certain territories. Here's what total shoulder arthroplasty can tell us about where the site-of-service mix for hundreds of procedures is headed.
In July, I broke down the 2026 OPPS Proposed Rule and called it a gold rush. The first tranche just hit: 285 procedures came off the inpatient-only list on January 1. The remaining 1,400+ will phase out by
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