What You Should Know:
- The CARIN Alliance, in partnership with DirectTrust® and Kantara Initiative™, has announced the publication of the nation’s first unified digital identity credential trust framework policy.
- The landmark policy establishes a foundation for digital identity credentials to be consistently recognized and exchanged across systems and organizations.
Harmonizing Major Trust Frameworks
The CARIN Digital Identity Credential Policy integrates and harmonizes
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Beyond HIPAA Compliance: Why Healthcare Must Mandate Encryption of ePHI Now
Data breaches and ransomware attacks have become a persistent and costly challenge in the healthcare sector. As the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shows us, these threats continue to escalate in frequency and sophistication. Organizations bound by HIPAA must reevaluate their approach to cybersecurity, especially when it comes to encryption.
In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule, part of which
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Attuned Intelligence Emerges from Stealth with $13M to Automate Hospital Call Centers with Supervised AI
What You Should Know:
- Attuned Intelligence ("Attuned"), a healthcare AI company, has emerged from stealth today, announcing a $13 million seed funding led by Radical Ventures and Threshold Ventures.
- The capital will be used to accelerate product development, grow the team, and expand deployments across hospitals and safety-net providers nationwide.
Supervised AI for Hospital-Grade Scale and Safety
The investment addresses a critical challenge: patient access in the
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Erosion of Trust: ConcertAI VP Shares View on AI Hallucinations and the Fabricated Data Crisis in Scientific Publishing
The integrity of medical research is under siege. Last month, Med-Gemini's "hallucination" of a part of the brain made headlines, but according to Dr. Mike Rossi, Vice President of Translational Science and Multi-modal Real World Evidence Solutions at ConcertAI, that incident is merely a symptom of a larger, systemic problem: up to 10% of scientific literature is now being fabricated by AI.
Drawing on his decades of experience integrating genomic science into oncology at institutions
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Savista Acquires ONCO’s Cancer Registry Services to Establish New Industry Benchmark
What You Should Know:
- Savista, a healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) services company, has announced the acquisition of the cancer registry services division of ONCO, a trusted provider of oncology data services and technology.
- The strategic acquisition allows Savista to offer healthcare organizations greater end-to-end support, combining its full suite of RCM solutions with enhanced cancer registry services.
Setting a New Standard for Registry Excellence
The
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Moving Outside the Hospital: New Report Details Ambulatory Care Strategies at Leading Health Systems
What You Should Know:
- A new report from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at UPMC and KLAS Research outlines how health systems are reevaluating and expanding their ambulatory care strategies in response to shifting patient expectations, workforce constraints, and increased financial pressures.
- The research, "Moving Outside the Hospital: Ambulatory Care Strategies at Leading Health Systems," explains how large systems are adapting by providing more care in
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Why Optical LAN is the Future-Ready Network Infrastructure for Healthcare IT
Digital technologies are reshaping every aspect of healthcare, from digital health records to real-time diagnostics, data sharing, patient-centric entertainment, and safe guest Wi-Fi. There’s a growing demand from clinicians, patients, and guests for support amidst increasingly complex services and devices, which require fast, secure, and advanced connectivity.
Yet, existing network infrastructure struggles to keep pace. Enter Optical LAN, a game changer that provides a simple, reliable, and
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Qualtrics Acquires Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B to Create the Most Comprehensive AI Experience Platform
What You Should Know:
- Qualtrics, a leader in the experience management (XM) category, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B, payable in a combination of cash and equity.
- Press Ganey Forsta is a trusted global provider of experience measurement and data analytics, serving more than 43,000 clients, including 41,000 healthcare providers. This acquisition is poised to create the most complete AI platform specialized for customer
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Why Behavioral Health Organizations Need an AI Strategy Now
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept in healthcare; it's rapidly becoming integral to how care is delivered, managed, and optimized. Yet many mental health organizations find themselves hesitant or unprepared to embrace AI technologies.
This hesitation isn't necessarily about resistance to innovation, but often stems from a lack of readiness or understanding of how AI fits into their current operations. Developing an AI strategy isn't about immediate implementation
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5 Pillars for Medtech to Redefine Growth in the Digital-First Era
What You Should Know:
- According to new PwC analysis on the future of medtech, the next 12–24 months represent a critical window to adopt a new operating playbook to ensure survival and achieve growth that investors will reward. The U.S. healthcare system is on the cusp of a fundamental transformation, with over $1 trillion of annual spend expected to shift from infrastructure-heavy models toward digital-first, consumer-centered, and data-powered care.
- The exceptional product
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