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- Optain Health, a healthcare technology company specializing in AI, robotic retinal imaging, and teleophthalmology secures $26M in Series A funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors.
- The significant investment will enable Optain to scale its platform, expand into new markets, and advance the use of the eye as a window into whole-body health.
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Oracle Health Launches AI Center of Excellence for Healthcare
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- Oracle Health has announced the launch of the Oracle AI Center of Excellence for Healthcare, a new hub of resources and expertise designed to help health systems and hospitals leverage the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.
- In partnership with industry leaders, the center of excellence (COE) aims to help healthcare organizations deploy and optimize AI to unlock new clinical and business outcomes.
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Bayer Exits Radiology AI Market, Discontinuing Calantic and Blackford
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- Bayer has announced it will no longer participate in the radiology AI software platform sector, AuntMinnie first reports.
- The company is discontinuing its Calantic Digital Solutions AI platform and services from its Blackford Analysis subsidiary. This decision marks the end of a five-year initiative by the contrast media firm to provide a radiology AI platform that helped practices integrate AI applications from various developers.
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US Court Allows Particle’s Antitrust Claims Against Epic to Proceed
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- A U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of New York, Judge Naomi Buchwald, has allowed Core Antitrust Claims against Epic to proceed.
- The ruling found that Particle Health, a healthcare data platform, may move forward with its claims that Epic holds a monopoly in the payer platform market with a 90% market share and has engaged in anti-competitive conduct. The ruling marks as the first time an antitrust case against Epic has progressed
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Oracle Confirms Layoffs in Kansas City
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- Several Kansas City area-based employees at Oracle have received layoff notices, according to at least two sources with knowledge of the company's actions, KMBC reports. The company, which is now headquartered in Nashville, did not announce a total number of layoffs, but sources confirmed that several long-tenured employees have lost their jobs.
- The latest round of workforce reductions comes three years after Oracle's acquisition of healthcare technology
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Epic Launches Comet: A New AI Platform to Predict Patient Health Journeys
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- Today, Epic announced the launch of a new form of healthcare intelligence, named Comet, developed to help clinicians, health systems, and patients make more informed decisions.
- Built on Epic Cosmos, a secure data platform, Comet is designed to predict what is likely to happen next in a patient’s journey by estimating disease risk, length of stay, and treatment outcomes. The platform has learned from more than 100 billion patient medical events to
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Evernorth Health Services Invests $3.5B in Shields Health Solutions
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- Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of The Cigna Group, has announced a $3.5B investment in Shields Health Solutions, a specialty pharmacy management company.
- The investment coincides with Shields' establishment as a private standalone company following its acquisition by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm.
- Evernorth's investment is in the form of preferred stock and is not expected to have a material impact on The
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Philips Future Health Index 2025: AI and Digital Tech Can Help Solve Cardiac Care Crisis
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- Philips has unveiled new findings from its Future Health Index 2025: Cardiology Snapshot, a report that explores how cardiac care professionals and patients view the role of AI and digital health technologies in transforming heart health.
- The report offers a candid look at the pressing challenges in cardiology and the growing potential of AI to alleviate them. Cardiovascular disease affects over 640 million people globally, putting an enormous strain
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Sage Growth Partners Report: Healthcare C-Suite Acknowledges AI Potential but Lacks Trust
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- A new report from healthcare consultancy Sage Growth Partners has revealed a growing disconnect between the potential of AI in healthcare and the preparedness of hospital and health system leaders to implement it.
- The report, The Healthcare C-Suite's Take on AI, is the first in a three-part series based on an annual survey of 101 C-suite leaders from various integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, and independent hospitals.
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How Healthcare CIOs Can Solve the Unstructured Data Crisis and Reduce Storage Costs
Healthcare organizations are experiencing a seismic shift in how they handle unstructured data. From digital pathology to high-resolution imaging, genomic sequencing, and machine-generated sensor data, the volume of data that doesn’t fit neatly into rows and columns of a database has exploded across hospitals, research labs, and academic institutions.
While this unstructured data is intrinsic to patient care and scientific discovery, it’s also creating a mounting crisis for
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