Medicaid is a lifeline for roughly 84.5 million people across the U.S., yet access to that safety net still depends on state lines. Ten states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming—continue to reject the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion, leaving an estimated 1.4 million adults in the infamous coverage gap. This category includes individuals whose earnings are too high for traditional Medicaid but still below the poverty level
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Can AI Scribes Help Prevent Physician Burnout?
Physician burnout has become an epidemic in healthcare systems across the United States, affecting medical professionals in hospitals and clinics nationwide. This is a critical problem exacerbated by extended work hours, administrative burdens, and competing priorities for patient care. We need to combat stress, as it has reached a tipping point where the burden of stress is increasing on the shoulders of medical professionals.
Well, the answer may be found in advanced technology solutions.
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Oracle Health Launches AI Center of Excellence for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Oracle Health has announced the launch of the Oracle AI Center of Excellence for Healthcare, a new hub of resources and expertise designed to help health systems and hospitals leverage the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.
- In partnership with industry leaders, the center of excellence (COE) aims to help healthcare organizations deploy and optimize AI to unlock new clinical and business outcomes.
A Comprehensive Approach to AI
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Why Healthcare Organizations are Turning to Managed Service Providers (MSPs)
For some employers, successfully implementing software can feel like a sports team clinching a playoff spot after a grueling season—relief followed by high-fives. But no matter how many bona fide improvements the new software delivers a healthcare organization, challenges inevitably come. The hurdles range from short-term ones, like generating custom reports (beyond the templates that are part of the package), to longer-term concerns, such as replacing the systems’ trained administrators who
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CitiusTech Launches Healthcare-Native AI Platform, Knewron
What You Should Know:
- CitiusTech, a provider of healthcare technology and solutions, has announced the launch of CitiusTech Knewron, a healthcare-native AI platform.
- The platform is designed to help healthcare organizations create, build, and manage trustworthy enterprise AI solutions, accelerating product development while ensuring safety and compliance.
CitiusTech Knewron for Enterprise-Grade AI Solutions
According to CitiusTech, the platform's primary goal is to improve
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Oracle Health Adds Conversational AI to Its Patient Portal
What You Should Know:
During the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit, Oracle Health has announced a new AI capability for its Patient Portal that will provide patients with secure, plain-language explanations of their medical records.
- The new feature, which uses OpenAI’s technology, is designed to help patients better understand diagnoses, test results, and treatment options.
Delivering ChatGPT-Like Conversational Experiences in Oracle Health Patient Portal
The new
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Proscia Launches AI Solution to Advance Precision Medicine
What You Should Know:
- Proscia®, a pathology AI company, has announced the launch of Proscia Aperture™, a new precision medicine solution designed to automatically identify eligible patients for clinical trials at the moment of diagnosis.
- The AI-powered tool aims to tackle one of healthcare’s most significant challenges: connecting patients with life-saving therapies and accelerating the development of new treatments.
Transforming Pathology Data Into Real-Time
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Stop Osteoporosis: A Guide to Preventing Bone Density Loss After Menopause
Osteoporosis is often seen as an inevitable part of aging, especially for postmenopausal women. Many of us grew up with the image of the little old lady, hunched over by kyphosis walking gingerly with a cane. We know older women have to be careful when walking, because a simple trip can cause a life-threatening fracture. We accepted, and even expected, that this was part of the normal and natural age progression for women.
Now is the time to think differently. Menopause may be the end of a
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Strive Health Raises $550M to Expand Value-Based Kidney Care with AI and Analytics
What You Should Know:
- Strive Health, a provider of value-based kidney care announced it has secured $550M, consisting of a $300M Series D equity round and $250M in debt financing.
- The equity funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with additional investments from a syndicate of leading financial institutions, including CVS Health Ventures, CapitalG, and BlackRock, Inc.. Hercules Capital led the debt financing.
- The funding will enable Strive and its team of
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M&A: Cohere Health Acquires ZignaAI to Transform Payment Integrity
What You Should Know:
- Cohere Health, a leader in clinical intelligence solutions, has acquired ZignaAI and launched a new Payment Integrity (PI) Suite, which is anchored by Cohere Validate™. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Cohere Health’s approach is designed to provide transparency, accuracy, and control to claims payments through clinical intelligence. The new solution is already delivering faster payments, 30% efficiency gains, and 8-9x ROI to health
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