Healthcare providers often worry that new technology will alienate patients—that it will feel impersonal, experimental, or even intrusive. But when it comes to AI in hospitals, the story is surprisingly different. Research shows that patients don’t fear being observed—what they fear is being ignored. Rather than resisting oversight, many welcome it if it means they’re being actively cared for.
To understand this paradox, last year we surveyed nearly 500 adults over 40 about their comfort with
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symplr acquires Smart Square from AMN to Boost Hospital Workforce Efficiency
What You Should Know:
- symplr®, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software announced its acquisition of the Smart Square® scheduling software from AMN Healthcare. This strategic move, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC, significantly strengthens symplr’s position in healthcare workforce and operations management, enhancing its symplr Operations Platform.
- The acquisition reinforces symplr’s commitment to providing intelligent,
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Healthcare Leads in GenAI Adoption, But Faces Major Security and Infrastructure Hurdles
What You Should Know:
- Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the findings of its seventh annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report.
- The report reveals that an astonishing 99% of healthcare organizations surveyed are currently leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) applications or workloads, surpassing adoption rates in every other industry. However, this rapid embrace comes with significant challenges, as 96% of these
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Lunit and Microsoft Collaborate to Advance AI-Driven Cancer Diagnosis
What You Should Know:
- Lunit, a provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the delivery of AI-powered healthcare solutions globally.
- The partnership, coupled with Lunit’s recent acquisition of Volpara (a Microsoft Industry Health Certified Partner), aims to provide health professionals worldwide with advanced tools for cancer detection.
Driving Scalable, Integrated AI in Healthcare
The strategic
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KLAS Report: State of EHR Adoption in Asia & Oceania in 2025
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare technology landscape in Asia and Oceania is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing digital maturity and a strong desire for enhanced interoperability, according to a new KLAS Research report. The report, "Asia/Oceania EHR 2025," reveals key trends in vendor performance and market share, highlighting a maturing market with evolving customer demands for value and up-to-date technology.
- The KLAS report, a follow-up to 2022 data,
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Bluesight 2025 Report: How Software is Cutting Hospital Drug Diversion
What You Should Know:
- Bluesight, a leader in hospital intelligence solutions released its 2025 Diversion Trends Report, a comprehensive analysis highlighting the significant impact of software on the monitoring, prevention, and identification of controlled substance diversion in healthcare settings.
- The report, which analyzed over 266 million controlled substance transactions from more than 1,100 hospitals and health systems nationwide, offers crucial insights for
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M&A: Nordic Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Arcadia
What You Should Know:
- Arcadia, a prominent healthcare data platform, and Nordic Capital, a private equity investor in healthcare and technology, today announced a strategic partnership under which Nordic Capital will become the majority owner of Arcadia.
- The strategic investment aims to accelerate Arcadia’s mission to expand its reach and deepen its impact on healthcare customers by providing a flexible, scalable platform and delivering more comprehensive data to inform
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Suki Integrates Ambient AI Solution with MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR
What You Should Know:
- Suki, a leader in healthcare artificial intelligence (AI), has expanded its integration with MEDITECH, a widely trusted electronic health record (EHR) platform.
- This development positions Suki as the first to enable ambiently generated clinical notes to be directly sent into MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR, eliminating the need for copy-pasting and significantly improving documentation efficiency for clinicians.
Suki and MEDITECH Deepen Partnership to Scale Ambient AI
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John Snow Labs Launches Spinoff Martlet.ai to Enable AI-Powered HCC Coding for Payers and Providers
What You Should Know:
- John Snow Labs, a prominent AI company in the healthcare sector, today announced the launch of Martlet.ai, a new healthcare AI company dedicated to redefining how payers and providers approach Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) Coding.
- Founded by engineers and payment experts from John Snow Labs, Martlet.ai is the first of several planned spin-off companies aimed at tackling specific, high-impact challenges within the healthcare industry using
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Eko Health’s SENSORA Platform Gains CMS Reimbursement and CPT Code for AI-Powered Cardiac Detection
What You Should Know:
- Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, today announced a major stride in expanding access to early heart disease detection. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has included Eko's SENSORA platform in its July 2025 provisional update to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), assigning SENSORA's Category III CPT code to APC 5734, with a reimbursement rate of $128.90 per use.
- The Category III
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