Hospitals right now are working at full capacity, with bed occupancy around 75% in the U.S. and it is projected to rise even further. The hospital overcrowding ultimately leads to longer waits for care, delays, staff burnout, and poor patient treatment outcomes.
The good news is that technology is evolving fast and is here to reduce the hospital bed-shortage crisis. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of the solutions that helps reduce the burden on the providers, as it allows
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Amazon One Medical Launches Pay-Per-Visit Telehealth for Kids at $29
What You Should Know:
- Parents and guardians will now have quick access to certified family care providers for their children’s health care needs though Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit.
- The telehealth service can help treat pink eye, lice, and over ten common skin-related issues like eczema, bug bites, contact dermatitis, fungal rashes, and more for children ages 2 to 11. This service will also cover EpiPen and
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MD Integrations Secures $77M to Scale Doctor-Only Telehealth Platform
What You Should Know:
- MD Integrations (MDI), the only unified telehealth platform built on a nationwide, doctor-only network secures $77M led by Updata Partners and Denali Growth Partners.
- The expansion will accelerate MDI’s growth and includes the appointment of Ramin Zacharia as President & COO.
The Physician-First Foundation of Virtual Care
Founded in 2020 by Dr. Marc Serota, MDI was built to solve the fragmentation and lack of quality control Dr. Serota observed
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Pear Suite Secures $7.6M to Scale AI-Powered Community Health Worker Network
What You Should Know:
- Pear Suite, a digital health company dedicated to empowering community health workers (CHWs), today announced it has closed a $7.6 million Series A funding round co-led by Rock Health Capital and Nexxus Holdings.
- The investment will accelerate the development of its AI-powered platform, fuel provider network growth, and expand its impact through new Medicaid and Medicare health plan contracts.
Building Sustainable Infrastructure for Community-Based
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3 Non-Negotiable Practices for Emotional Recovery in Cancer Care
Clinicians rightly celebrate when treatment ends. Yet many patients leave our clinics still carrying the invisible weight of illness—anxiety, low mood, pain, and a fragile sense of self. The evidence says this is not rare, and it is not trivial. A 2025 umbrella review of cancer survivorship found pooled prevalence rates of 33% for depression and 31% for anxiety, with higher figures during periods of wider societal stress. These symptoms shape adherence, function, and quality of life, long after
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Rewriting the Health Economy: 6 Trends Shaping the Future of US Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. health economy is at a critical juncture, defined by unchecked prices, inefficiency, and mounting political pressure for reform, according to Trilliant Health’s latest report.
- The report, 2025 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report, reveals that the fundamental driver of high costs is price, not utilization, necessitating a radical shift in how healthcare value is purchased and delivered.
U.S. Healthcare At A Crossroads
The U.S. spends
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Beyond Bias: 5 Strategies for Clinicians to Deliver Equitable Mental Health
Two 20-year-old males were evaluated at an urban emergency department (based on composite cases). They both experienced hallucinations related to substance use. Both demonstrated depressive symptoms. However, one was diagnosed with schizophrenia, incarcerated for possession of controlled substances, and when released back into the community, received infrequent follow-up care. The other was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, received treatment for both his substance use and mood disorders
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Workforce Insurance: Why Injury Prevention is the Next Frontier of Performance
Prevention Isn’t a Perk — It’s a Competitive Advantage
Every year, U.S. companies lose billions to workplace injuries that could have been prevented — not because they don’t care about safety, but because they’re solving the wrong problem. Most organizations still treat workforce health as a compliance obligation or a claims cost. But the real opportunity lies in building physical resilience directly into operations.
And one thing is clear: prevention isn’t a perk. It’s the next
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ACA Spillovers: A Warning for Employers as Insurers Seek Up to 43% Premium Hikes
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. healthcare market is showing a stark divergence in cost trends between public and private sectors. While Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums are spiking well above the industry's decade-long trend of sub-10% increases, real-world claims data from self-funded employers show costs holding steady at under 5%, according to new data from Nomi Health.
ACA Rate Hikes Driven by Utilization and Risk
ACA insurers across the country are filing for some
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MoldCo Raises $8M to Combat the “Invisible Health Crisis” of Mold Toxicity
What You Should Know:
- MoldCo, a telehealth platform specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mold and environmental toxins, has announced it has raised $8M in seed funding co-led by Cantos and Collaborative Fund. The funding brings the company's total funding to $11M.
- The funding will be used to expand MoldCo's virtual clinic and advance its mission to make expert-led care for mold-related illness more affordable and accessible to patients nationwide.
Mold: The Invisible
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