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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially released the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity (HTI-5) Final Rule.Directly implements the administration’s regulatory reform directives under Executive Order 14192 (Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation) and Executive Order 14267 (Reducing Anti-Competitive
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Redesign Health Merges with Sheba Medical Center’s ARC Global and Agrees to Acquire AVIA
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Healthcare company-creation platform Redesign Health and ARC Global, the healthcare transformation engine established at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, announced a definitive merger.Concurrently, the combined enterprise has agreed to acquire AVIA, the leading U.S. health system digital transformation advisory network (subject to final regulatory approvals).The combined conglomerate unifies more than 100 health systems spanning five continents, creating an end-to-end
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M&A: Sword Acquires Headspace in All-Cash Deal Worth Up to $300M to Unify Physical and Mental AI Care
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Sword, the $4B AI health company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital mental health and mindfulness leader Headspace in an all-cash transaction valued at up to $300 million, with closing expected by the beginning of Q4 2026.The transaction unites Sword’s clinical AI Care platform with Headspace’s global reach of 100 million lives across 200 countries, 20,000 corporate enterprise clients, and health plan integrations including Cigna Healthcare and Kaiser
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M&A: Francisco Partners to Acquire Weave in $650M Take-Private Deal
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Weave Communications, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by global technology investment firm Francisco Partners in an all-cash take-private transaction valued at an aggregate equity valuation of approximately $650M.Weave stockholders will receive $7.40 per share in cash, representing an approximate 34% premium over the company’s unaffected closing stock price on August 17, 2026.Upon completion of the transaction, expected in the fourth quarter of
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Epic Launches One-Click Care Everywhere Diagnostic Image Exchange
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Epic has officially released Care Everywhere Diagnostic Image Exchange, enabling clinicians at Epic-connected health systems to retrieve diagnostic-quality CTs, X-rays, and MRIs with a single click.The technology bridges a long-standing interoperability gap by applying open image-sharing standards across Epic’s Care Everywhere network to transport full-resolution files directly between PACS/archiving systems.Prior to this release, clinicians were limited to viewing
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Redesign Health Study: 71% of Health Systems Adopt an “Epic-First” AI Purchasing Strategy
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71% of surveyed health system leaders describe their organization as "Epic-First," and 80% expect this preference to intensify over the next 3 to 5 years, according to research study from Redesign Health 91% of executives possess "complete" (60%) or "significant" (31%) confidence that Epic will execute its AI roadmap to match best-in-class external solutions.Health systems deploy an average of 57% of their clinical and administrative IS budget to Epic, leaving 43%
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M&A: iRhythm to Acquire VitalConnect for $287.5M to Build Broad Cardiac Intelligence Platform
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Digital healthcare leader iRhythm Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vital Connect, Inc. for approximately $287.5M.The transaction consideration consists of $237.5 million in cash (funded from iRhythm's balance sheet) and $50M in iRhythm common stock, with up to $30M in interim working capital financing provided prior to closing.The acquisition expands iRhythm's flagship Zio cardiac monitoring portfolio by adding VitalConnect's FDA-cleared
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CB Insights Q2 2026 State of Digital Health Report: Fewest Deals in Over a Decade as Median Sizes Rise
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The latest CB Insights report, Q2 2026 State of Digital Health reveals global digital health deal activity reached a decade-low of 228 deals in Q2 2026, marking a 36% decline quarter-over-quarter and a two-thirds drop from the Q2 2022 peak of 688 deals. Total equity funding fell 24% quarter-over-quarter to $5.7 billion, with capital concentration escalating as a small handful of mega-rounds anchored overall venture volume.Isomorphic Labs’ $2.1B Series B
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Mount Sinai Medical Center Extends Epic’s Ambient AI to Inpatient Nursing
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Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach has launched "Chart with Art," Epic's ambient AI documentation tool, for its inpatient nursing staff.The deployment makes Mount Sinai the first health system in Florida and the fourth nationwide to extend Epic's ambient listening technology to bedside nurses.The platform operates in both English and Spanish, accommodating a primary care community where over 30 percent of patients speak Spanish as their primary language.Inpatient
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M&A: Tempus AI to Acquire Personalis for $1.5B to Expand Precision Oncology and MRD Monitoring
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Tempus AI, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Personalis, Inc. for $16.25 per share, valuing the company at $1.5 billion net of Tempus’ existing ownership stake.The transaction integrates Personalis’ ultrasensitive NeXT Personal® tumor-informed minimal residual disease (MRD) liquid biopsy test into Tempus’ AI-enabled multimodal clinical data engine.Addresses a total addressable market estimated at $20 billion, serving an expected 2.1 million newly
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