The healthcare industry stands at a critical juncture, facing mounting pressures from staffing shortages, financial constraints, and rising patient expectations. While the promise of AI to alleviate these burdens is widely acknowledged, many health systems are grappling with a paradox: a deep-seated enthusiasm for new technologies, yet a reluctance to move from governance to full-scale deployment.
In a recent interview, Pranay Kapadia, CEO and Co-Founder of Notable, shared his insights on
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Beyond Governance: A Practical Guide for Health Systems to Deploy AI Effectively
At the recent HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, an interesting paradox emerged. Despite excitement about ambient scribing and AI agents, health systems are still spending more time governing AI than actually deploying it.When a new clinical AI scribe agent made its debut, the room buzzed with excitement. But the very next session focused on oversight, governance, and policies; the same bureaucratic theater that seems to unduly slow healthcare innovation and transformation.
Implementation of
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Prosper AI Raises $5M to Automate Healthcare’s Front and Back Office
What You Should Know:
- Prosper AI, a voice AI platform purpose-built for healthcare organizations secures $5M in seed funding led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, CRV, and Company Ventures.
Specialized AI Agents for Complex Workflows
A significant portion of U.S. healthcare expenses, over $450B annually, is dedicated to administrative costs. This includes a third of the workforce in hospitals and physician offices who are administrative staff. These
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UnityAI Unveils 4 New AI Voice Agents to Automate Patient Scheduling and Reduce No-Shows
What You Should Know:
- UnityAI, a leading agentic AI company transforming patient engagement and provider operations, today launched its advanced agentic AI platform. Focused on ambulatory settings such as radiology, dental, physical therapy, behavioral health and other outpatient providers, the platform introduces four intelligent AI voice agents – Scheduling, Confirmation, Intake, and Follow-up – that operate across providers’ EMR systems to automate up to 90% of routine patient-scheduling
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Patient Square Capital Acquires Premier in $2.6B Deal
What You Should Know:
- Premier, Inc., a healthcare improvement company, has announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Patient Square Capital.
- Under the terms of the agreement, Premier stockholders will receive $28.25 in cash per share valued at $2.6B, which represents a 23.8% premium to the company's 60-day volume-weighted average price as of September 5, 2025. The transaction has been unanimously approved by Premier’s Board of Directors.
Premier,
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CVS Health Subsidiary Omnicare Files for Bankruptcy to Tackle Financial Challenges
What You Should Know:
- Omnicare, LLC, a subsidiary of CVS Health, has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 process supervised by a court to resolve issues related to a recent lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- The company also intends to use this process to address other financial challenges facing the long-term care pharmacy industry. This will allow the company to evaluate its restructuring options, which may include a standalone restructuring or a
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The State of Claims 2025: Why AI Adoption is Lagging in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
What You Should Know:
- According to the Experian Health 2025 State of Claims survey, healthcare providers are grappling with a persistent cycle of rising claim denials, data errors, and staffing shortages. The survey was conducted among 250 healthcare professionals responsible for financial, billing, or claims management decisions.
- The survey found that 41% of providers now experience denial rates of 10% or higher, a problem that has grown annually since 2022. Despite widespread
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Why Broken Analog Infrastructure Blocks Behavioral Health Innovation
Behavioral health has become a leading frontier for digital health innovation. From virtual therapy platforms to AI-powered diagnostics, the sector has drawn massive investment and attention. However, most behavioral health providers still operate in a system powered by faxes, phone calls, and fractured workflows. The tools may be new, but the terrain beneath them hasn’t changed. And that makes all the difference.
This is a blind spot for the healthtech
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Sutter Health and Epic Launch “Sutter Sync” to Optimize Remote Chronic Care
What You Should Know:
- Sutter Health has partnered with Epic to launch a new initiative called Sutter Sync, which deploys first-of-their-kind medical devices that connect directly to Epic's EHR.
- The initiative is designed to help patients proactively manage chronic health conditions from the comfort of their own homes. The program aims to make access easier by treating patients' homes as care settings, helping people stay healthier and avoid unnecessary hospital
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Why Certificate Lifecycle Management is a Strategic Imperative for Healthcare
You won’t find a more impactful initiative for your healthcare IT strategy today than implementing a Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution. While some organizations have adopted basic tools or competitive offerings, many still rely on fragmented, manual processes for managing digital certificates. In an industry as high-stakes and overburdened as healthcare, that’s a risk we can no longer afford.
Digital certificates play a critical role in securing data, enabling encrypted
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