What You Should Know:
- Iodine Software, the leader in healthcare AI for revenue cycle optimization, today launched the next generation of its pre-bill solution, AwarePre-Bill, designed to help health systems close critical revenue gaps before claims are submitted.
- Built on years of proven success, the solution enables health systems to conduct financially targeted retrospective reviews, improving code accuracy and documentation to help right-size reimbursement. With Iodine, clients
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Avanade and Duke Health Partner to Launch AI Governance Platform, SAIGE
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- Avanade, a Microsoft solutions provider, and Duke Health announced a strategic partnership to design, build, and implement Avanade’s Smart AI Governance Engine (SAIGE).
- SAIGE is a first-of-its-kind, healthcare-specific AI governance platform that will leverage the power of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric to advance Duke Health’s commitment to maintaining the highest ethical and responsible standards while deploying artificial intelligence in
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Healthcare Supply Chain: GHX Unveils New AI-Powered Innovations
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- Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a platform for smarter and more resilient supply chains, today unveiled a suite of new data and AI-powered innovations at its annual GHX Summit. These new capabilities are designed to help healthcare organizations transition from reactive operations to proactive resilience amidst growing fragility in the global healthcare supply chain.
- GHX data reveals a concerning 31% increase in order delays compared to pre-COVID levels,
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Beyond FHIR: Why True Healthcare Interoperability Needs AI
It’s time to flip the script on interoperability—specifically, how to achieve it.
For years, there’s been a push for a FHIR-only standard for interoperability. It’s based on the idea that if organizations are going to seamlessly send, receive, find, and integrate information, they need a common standard for communication.
This movement marked an important step forward for the healthcare industry, and on the surface, it seems like a viable path forward. The problem: Some
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CureIS Healthcare Sues Epic: Alleges Anti-Competitive Practices & Trade Secret Theft
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- CureIS Healthcare, Inc., a company specializing in information technology solutions for the healthcare industry, has filed a lawsuit against EHR giant Epic Systems Corporation.
- The complaint, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 13, 2025, accuses Epic of engaging in a multifaceted scheme to unlawfully stifle competition, interfere with CureIS's business and customer relationships, misappropriate trade secrets, and
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Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent Launches in Canada to Reduce Physician Admin Burden
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Oracle announced that its AI-powered clinical assistant, the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, is now available to health systems across Canada. The multimodal voice and screen-driven assistant is designed to significantly reduce the time physicians spend on administrative tasks, allowing them to dedicate more focus to direct patient care.
This expansion into the Canadian market follows successful implementations in the United States, where organizations using
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Canopy Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Commure for Alleged Contract Breach & IP Misuse
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- On April 25, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Canopy, a healthcare safety technology platform a preliminary injunction against Commure, Inc., finding that Commure will likely be found in violation of contractual restrictions by building, selling, and distributing its "Strongline Pro" product.
- The court ruling (Case No. 5:24-cv-02592-NW) brings to light a contentious history involving intellectual property and
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Sanford Health to Deploy Cedar’s AI-Powered Payment Tools to Enhance Patient Financial Experience
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- Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States and Cedar, the leading patient financial experience platform for healthcare providers announced a significant partnership.
- The collaboration will see Sanford Health, which serves over 2.4 million patients, leverage Cedar's innovative technology to deliver a simpler, more transparent payment experience across its extensive network. The strategic initiative underscores a growing recognition
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Illinois ”Healthy Baby” Pilot: Google & Drive Health Unite for Maternal Health
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- To address healthcare gaps and improve maternal health outcomes, Drive Health and Google Public Sector today announced a partnership with the State of Illinois to launch Healthy Baby, a pilot program in rural Cook County that provides Google Pixel phones, Fitbit devices, and Google Cloud technologies to expectant mothers that enable access to Drive Health’s AI-powered Nurse Avery.
- The United States is facing a maternal healthcare crisis, particularly in rural and
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Shields Health Solutions, Duke Health to Advance Specialty Pharmacy in North Carolina
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- Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the nation's premier specialty pharmacy accelerator, announced a significant partnership with Duke Health, a leading academic health system in North Carolina.
- The expansion of Duke Specialty Pharmacy, supported by Shields, is strategically designed to provide superior support for patients managing complex, chronic conditions. This initiative aims to deliver lower costs, broader treatment options, and significantly
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