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The Raise: Rainfall Health, an AI-driven compliance platform, has closed a $15M Series A funding round led by Two Bear Capital, along with support from other notable investors.The Catalyst: The investment coincides with the launch of the CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) on January 1, 2026. This mandate incentivizes hospitals to improve outcomes for five high-spend surgical procedures.The Opportunity: While compliance is often seen as a cost, Rainfall
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Merck to Leverage Mayo Clinic Platform_Orchestrate for AI-Enabled Drug Discovery
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The Deal: Merck and Mayo Clinic have signed a strategic research agreement to apply AI and multimodal data to drug discovery. This is Mayo Clinic's first collaboration of this scale with a global biopharma company.The Data: Merck gains access to Mayo Clinic Platform_Orchestrate, a treasure trove of de-identified clinical data, genomic datasets, lab results, imaging, and clinical notes from the world's top-ranked hospital system.The Focus: The partnership will initially
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Imprivata Patient Access Launches in Epic Toolbox for Identity Verification
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The Launch: Imprivata, the digital identity company, has officially launched its Patient Access solution within Epic Toolbox. This means it is now a native, vetted integration for hospitals using the Epic EHR.The Tech: The tool uses facial recognition and high-assurance identity verification (IAL2 standards) to let patients create MyChart accounts securely from home, without needing a code or a phone call.The Goal: By matching a patient’s face to their existing medical
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Flatiron Launches AI-Powered Panoramic Prostate Cancer Datasets for UK and Germany
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The Launch: Flatiron Health has expanded its Panoramic platform to include prostate cancer datasets from the UK and Germany, creating a unified, global standard for Real-World Evidence (RWE).The Scale: The dataset encompasses nearly 400,000 patients across the US and Europe. It leverages proprietary AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to extract unstructured data from Electronic Health Records (EHRs).The Depth: Unlike standard claims data, this platform captures deep
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Why Clinical Communication Projects Die in the Boardroom (And How to Save Them)
Most clinical communication business cases fail at the board level.
Not because the technology doesn't work. Not because the clinical need isn't real. The problem is simpler: the financial framing doesn't match what decision-makers actually care about when allocating capital.
After sitting in board meetings across hospitals in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, I've watched proposals succeed and fail. The ones that get approved do something different. They connect clinical communication
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Pivot Point Consulting Acquired by SV Health Investors’ Portfolio Company to Expand Managed Services
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The Deal: Innovative Consulting Group (ICG), a portfolio company of SV Health Investors, has acquired Pivot Point Consulting. Pivot Point was divested from Highspring to facilitate the transaction. Financial details of the acquisiton were not disclosed. The Brand: The combined organization will operate under the Pivot Point Consulting brand, leveraging its strong market recognition.The Strategy: The merger unites ICG’s strategic advisory capabilities with Pivot Point’s
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The “Silent” Risk in the NICU: Why Your EHR Can’t Protect Infant Feeding
Feeding is one of the most frequently performed high-risk workflows in the NICU, yet it remains among the least consistently protected by end-to-end safety controls. Medically fragile patients are vulnerable to errors and poor nutrition. Feeding errors often go unreported, and mistakes in management or preparation put infants at risk and distress families. Workarounds quickly become more than one-offs; they become normalized safety gaps that leadership must address.
Hospitals have invested
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Houston Methodist Deploys Ambience Healthcare for System-Wide Clinical Documentation
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The Rollout: Houston Methodist, one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, is deploying Ambience Healthcare's AI platform enterprise-wide. This isn't just a pilot; it covers ambulatory, emergency, and inpatient settings.The Impact: The data from the initial deployment is staggering. Clinicians saw a 40% reduction in documentation time, a 33% drop in after-hours work ("pajama time"), and a 27% increase in face time with patients.The Scale: Unlike many ambient AI
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The Great Opt-Out: Why Patients Are Ditching Insurance for Cash-Pay Digital Care
Twenty-seven million Americans are uninsured. And nearly one in four who are covered skip or delay care because of cost. As of January 1, more than 20 million ACA enrollees watched their premiums double when enhanced subsidies expired, and Medicare telehealth flexibilities are currently hanging by a thread. None of these crises happened in isolation. They converged, and millions of Americans are feeling the impact all at once.
The Cracks Aren’t New. They’re Just Wider.
In daily life, this
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McLaren Health Care Partners with Bunkerhill Health for AI-Powered Cardiovascular Screening
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The Launch: McLaren Health Care has launched a first-of-its-kind cardiovascular screening program in Michigan, partnering with Bunkerhill Health.The Tech: The program uses the Carebricks platform to analyze existing routine chest CT scans (originally taken for lung cancer or infection) to detect "incidental" signs of heart disease that human radiologists might not prioritize.The Innovation: McLaren is the first system in Michigan—and one of only five in the nation—to
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