Ambient listening technologies now facilitate real-time summarization of patient-provider conversations layered within structured documentation.
With the 2026 World Cup having just wrapped up after spanning countries and cultures, it offers a timely reminder that we’re living in an increasingly connected, multilingual world. Fans move between languages, cultures, and expressions effortlessly, creating a shared experience that doesn’t rely on everyone speaking the same language, but
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Your GLP-1 Prescription Is Table Stakes. Now What?
Virtual clinics are very good at getting GLP-1s into patients' hands fast. That chapter is behind us, and the margins are compressing to prove it.
Leaders like Ro, hims & hers, Calibrate and Found have started building more holistic health solutions, layering in coaching, CGMs, and behavioral support. That is a decent first step. But breadth without depth isn't a moat; it's a feature set. And it’s only a matter of time before feature sets get copied.
Moreover “holistic” by itself begs
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Why AI Is Compression-Testing Healthcare Software Overhead
$25 billion. That’s how much Forrester predicts U.S. healthcare providers will spend on software this year. That equates to approximately 36% of their overall IT budget.
But the way providers are sizing up costs could be flawed. What if they are spending these substantial sums based on an enterprise software model that no longer makes sense?
Providers absorb a lot of expenses associated with tasks like onboarding new employees, retraining staff, managing workflow fragmentation, billing
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Bypassing Post-Acute Fragmentation: Strategy for Integrating MLTC, Technology, and Rehab Care
The defining challenge in senior care is not simply extending life. What gives those extra years significance is maintaining the sense of identity, independence, and connectedness. Technology is shifting from the periphery of senior care to the core of the business model as providers address staffing shortages, rising acuity, and growing demand. However, the most significant improvements are not those that save labor costs or automate administrative duties. These technologies make aging more
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Solving Healthcare’s 97% Data Waste Management Problem
Recycling makes people feel like they are protecting the planet; yet, up to 70 percent of what gets placed in recycling bins still ends up in a landfill. All the well-intentioned sorting results in waste.
Healthcare has built the same system and made the same mistake. The industry has poured billions of dollars into bins like the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), interoperability mandates, and regional exchange networks that
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Why Digital Health Founders Should Stop Worrying if They Are “AI Enough”
Everybody wants to be “AI-first” because the market is telling them they need to be. But what is AI-first? Is it AI-native? Is it software that has successfully threaded AI across its business? I’m not sure anyone can confidently answer the question, and it’s creating a lot of confusion in the market among founders, buyers, and investors.
The money is still flowing regardless – especially in healthcare. Rock Health reported that AI-enabled companies took 54% of digital health funding in
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From “Maybe” to Baltic Gods: The Stories Behind Virus Names
Hundreds of new RNA viruses are discovered every year, but every discovery brings an unexpected challenge: what should the new virus be called? While some names describe where a virus was found or which species it infects, others draw inspiration from mythology, language, biology and even heavy metal music.
Among the viruses officially recorded in international genetic sequence databases are Galbūt ("Maybe"), Ūsinis, Barstukas, Pikulas and Patulas, all named by Lithuanian virologist Dr Gytis
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Beyond Pack-Years: Why Lung Cancer Detection Demands a Shift to AI-Driven Case-Finding
Most conversations about closing the lung cancer screening gap focus on uptake, and for good reason. Just 18.7 percent of eligible Americans were up to date with low-dose CT screening in 2024, roughly one in five, according to the American Cancer Society. The standard remedies follow: better outreach, more reminders, smarter scheduling, friction removal in the EHR. All of that is worth doing.
But it treats the eligibility criteria themselves as fixed, as the outer boundary of the
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The Silent Breakdown of Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare organizations often already possess the information they need. The gap lies not in visibility, but in execution, in how quickly, consistently, and at scale they can turn that information into action.
Over the past decade, providers have invested heavily in dashboards, denial analytics, and performance monitoring. These tools have delivered on their promise. Revenue cycle leaders can now identify which payers have the highest denial rates, which claim categories pose the greatest
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Three Essential Principles for Evaluating Healthcare AI Vendors
Healthcare organizations are confronting an overwhelming number of AI vendors lately. Most products appear similar in presentations and slide decks, making it difficult for buyers to differentiate between product A and B. The real challenge — more than finding AI solutions — is building a selection process that scales as vendor volume increases.
The fastest path to a good AI decision is an intentional, structured evaluation process. Here are three things every healthcare executive
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