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- Wysa, the global leader in AI-guided mental health support, today announced the U.S. launch of Wysa Gateway, an AI-powered chatbot designed to streamline how therapy providers and health plans facilitate patient access to care.
- The platform uses a conversational AI to automate clinical screenings, providing a faster, more accurate, and personalized pathway into therapy.
- Developed to meet the rising demand for mental health services, Wysa Gateway
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85% of Cancer Patients Face Unnecessary Insurance “Red Tape” Due to Prior Authorization, Says New CancerCare Report
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- A new national survey from CancerCare reveals how insurance utilization management practices, particularly prior authorization, create serious and stressful barriers to care for cancer patients. The report, titled "The Health Insurance Maze: How Cancer Patients Get Lost in the Red Tape of Utilization Management," found that these requirements frequently delay diagnosis and treatment, adding significant "time toxicity" to patients' lives.
- The
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Komodo Health Launches MapLab Enterprise to Accelerate Healthcare Insights
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- Komodo Health launches MapLab Enterprise, a powerful, full-stack analytics platform designed to transform how Healthcare and Life Sciences organizations generate and operationalize healthcare insights.
- The new platform empowers diverse teams—from data scientists to business executives—to collaborate seamlessly, accelerate time to insight, and make faster, more confident decisions based on unified healthcare data.
From Months to Hours: Accelerating
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2025 State of Nursing: AI, Burnout, Compensation, Staffing, Politics
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- Incredible Health today announced the release of its sixth annual State of U.S. Nursing & Technicians Report, the largest of its kind with insights from over 1 million nurses and, for the first time, technicians, reveals a healthcare workforce under immense pressure.
- The 2025 findings show that while the nursing shortage persists, an even more severe crisis is unfolding among technicians. Both groups are feeling the weight of staffing gaps,
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Healthcare IT Dangerously Overconfident in Email Security, New Report Finds
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- A new 2025 report from Paubox reveals a critical disconnect between the perceived security readiness and actual email vulnerability within healthcare organizations. While 92% of healthcare IT leaders express confidence in their ability to prevent email-based data breaches, 8 out of 10 admit to worrying about their HIPAA compliance status, highlighting a dangerous overconfidence that leaves patient data exposed.
- The report, “2025 Healthcare Email Security Report”
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Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Overhaul: Navigating the New Federal Security Standards for Hospitals
As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, proposed updates to federal healthcare cybersecurity standards have reignited debate across the industry. Introduced in December 2024, these regulations represent the first significant update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) Security Rule, aiming to address the advent of AI, quantum computing and virtual reality. These changes mandate that HIPAA-covered entities encrypt data, implement multifactor
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MD Anderson and HealthEx Collaborate to Develop AI-Powered Patient Data Consent Platform
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and HealthEx announced a strategic collaboration to develop tools aimed at streamlining the patient consent process, while simultaneously creating greater transparency and control for patients over how their data is used in research.
- As part of this collaboration, the two organizations will work on the continued development and future implementation of HealthEx’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven global
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Closing the EHR Gap: Patient Communication as a Bridge in a Fragmented Healthcare System
For decades, the Electronic Health Record (EHR) has been the backbone of the healthcare tech stack. And that’s for good reason. The digitization that EHRs provide has transformed how hospitals and health systems interact with clinical data, as well as how they talk to patients.
But the EHR isn’t a monolith. In 2025, we find ourselves in a healthcare environment that puts new value on patient centricity and value-based care. As healthcare leaders continue to adapt, they continue to recognize a
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State of Montana Partners with GoGoGrandparent to Provide Free Transportation and Delivery Services for Seniors
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- GoGoGrandparent, a leader in on-demand services for aging adults, announced a new partnership with the State of Montana to provide free transportation and prescription/grocery delivery services to seniors. This collaboration represents a new, broader model for state-sponsored senior support that other states can emulate.
- The program allows residents 60 and over to access essential services simply by calling GoGoGrandparent directly, with no need for a
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Nurse Burnout Capitals: New Report Reveals Top 10 States for Burnout Risk
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- A new study from Nursa has identified the U.S. states where nurses are most likely to experience burnout, with Colorado topping the list. The analysis reveals surprising insights into how factors like compensation, job satisfaction, patient load, and cost of living intersect to impact nurses across the country.
- With nearly a third (31.5%) of U.S. registered nurses leaving the profession due to burnout, experts at Nursa developed a comprehensive burnout score
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