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Philips has officially secured U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its next-generation reusable SpO₂ clip sensor.In controlled desaturation studies, the enhanced sensor achieved an Accuracy Root Mean Square (ARMS) value of 1.6%—nearly twice as accurate as the 3% threshold recommended by ISO guidelines and recognized by the FDA.Addressing industry-wide pulse oximetry disparities, the sensor demonstrated consistent clinical performance across a broad spectrum of skin tones, with
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MEDITECH Partners with SPiER to Expand Expanse Depression and Suicide Prevention Toolkit
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MEDITECH has expanded its Depression and Suicide Prevention Toolkit within the Expanse EHR platform, embedding gold-standard clinical workflows to mitigate suicide risk across inpatient, ambulatory, and emergency departments.MEDITECH collaborated with the non-profit SPiER to secure copyrights and directly integrate validated, evidence-based tools into point-of-care clinical workflows.The toolkit leverages embedded surveillance tools to push real-time notifications to care
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Nabla Names Former Bamboo Health Executive Brian Manning as CEO to Accelerate Enterprise Growth
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Ambient clinical AI pioneer Nabla has appointed Brian Manning as Chief Executive Officer to scale its enterprise go-to-market execution and global expansion.Manning previously served as President and CRO at Bamboo Health (scaling ARR to $140M+), led GTM strategy at PatientPing through its acquisition, and helped launch the enterprise sales engine at Zocdoc.Co-founder and former CEO Alex LeBrun moves to Executive Chairman and Chief AI Officer, focusing strictly on Nabla's
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Sunwave Appoints Corey Hansen as CEO and Launches Crest Customer Advisory Board
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Modern behavioral health software leader Sunwave has appointed Corey Hansen as Chief Executive Officer. Hansen brings two decades of healthcare technology scaling experience, previously driving annual recurring revenue past $40 million as CEO of Lumistry.Sunwave introduced Crest, its newly established customer advisory board bringing together executive, clinical, and operational leaders from nine prominent behavioral health organizations across the United States.Nashville
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HHS and CMS Defer $1B in Federal Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota
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CMS has deferred approximately $867.5M in federal Medicaid payments to California and $199M to Minnesota while requiring additional supporting documentation for high-risk claims.The deferred amounts represent temporary funding holds rather than permanent cuts, granting both states an official review window to submit valid proof of compliance with federal Medicaid regulations.Under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, federal oversight
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KLAS Research Releases 2026 ERP Implementation Services Report: Segment Leader Scores and Satisfaction Drivers
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The 2026 KLAS ERP Implementation Services Report evaluates services firms across two distinct operational tracks: ERP Implementation Leadership (prime technical/project implementers) and ERP Business Transformation & Implementation Leadership (broad strategic, operational, and financial redesign).The Performance Leaders: Huron took the 2026 Best in KLAS award for ERP Implementation Leadership (scoring 91.5 overall), while KPMG earned the 2026 Best in KLAS award for
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The Three-Tiered Trust Strategy: A Twist on Standard Software Testing for Healthcare AI
Every healthcare organization has been through the ordeal of a major software deployment: months of prep work, weeks of testing and calibration during development, hours of user training, and a big sigh of relief at rollout. Along the way, they’ve also set up regression testing to guarantee updates don’t break anything, as well as monitoring to make sure everything continues to work in production.
Development testing, regression testing, and monitoring, it’s a tried-and-true formula that
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M&A: Tempus AI to Acquire Personalis for $1.5B to Expand Precision Oncology and MRD Monitoring
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Tempus AI, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Personalis, Inc. for $16.25 per share, valuing the company at $1.5 billion net of Tempus’ existing ownership stake.The transaction integrates Personalis’ ultrasensitive NeXT Personal® tumor-informed minimal residual disease (MRD) liquid biopsy test into Tempus’ AI-enabled multimodal clinical data engine.Addresses a total addressable market estimated at $20 billion, serving an expected 2.1 million newly
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GE HealthCare Unveils MIM Anyware to Extend Remote Imaging Access and Real-Time Care Collaboration
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GE HealthCare has officially launched MIM Anyware™, a secure, web-based platform that provides healthcare system-controlled access to imaging data without requiring local software installation on client workstations.Bringing a "shared document" model to clinical environments, the platform enables multiple physicians, physicists, and dosimetrists to join the same session simultaneously to execute workflow deployments, review image registrations, and assess dose
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KLAS Arch Collaborative 2026 Report: Early Insights into Epic AI Adoption and Clinician Experience
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Early metrics from the KLAS Arch Collaborative 2026 report confirm that clinicians using at least one artificial intelligence tool score 7 percentage points higher in believing the EHR enables operational efficiency compared to non-users.While clinical satisfaction surges as practitioners adopt up to four distinct AI tools, it rapidly plateaus; introducing five or more applications adds workflow clutter and digital noise rather than driving incremental value.A massive
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