For years, America has talked about the aging population as a problem we will need to solve somewhere down the road. That framing is outdated. The crisis is already here.
The population of older adults grew 13% between 2020 and 2024, far faster than the working-age population. There are over 61
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Provider data infrastructure company CertifyOS launches its National Shared Credentialing Program, establishing a unified, multi-payer verification network designed to
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At the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit, Oracle Health announced a major portfolio-wide expansion of embedded artificial intelligence capabilities across its Revenue
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Ashok Benial is right. His argument in these pages last week — that most hospitals are buying AI faster than they can govern it, that "the tools go live while the guardrails are still on a slide deck"
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Global clinical AI platform Heidi raises $340M in total new capital, comprising a $100M Series C equity round at a $900M valuation and a $240M growth investment from General
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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released its comprehensive report, the 2026 State Healthcare Policy Review: Tracking Private Equity Oversight and Reform,
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The forward deployed engineer model, embraced across enterprise technology, is built on a seductive assumption: that the gap between a technology's potential and its adoption is primarily a technical
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Abridge, the AI-native clinician intelligence platform deployed across more than 300 U.S. health systems, announced it was selected through a distribution partner to provide
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Healthcare access infrastructure leader Zocdoc launches an enterprise platform expansion that syndicates provider availability beyond its native marketplace (Zocdoc.com and
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Patient access and navigation leader DexCare, Inc. announced the acquisition of Mila Health, an AI-driven care coordination company whose conversational agents autonomously
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Healthcare and education technology provider Ascend Learning announced the acquisition of M7 Health, an AI-powered clinical scheduling and workforce management platform
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A commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting in August 2026 revealed that Experian Health’s Patient Access Curator™ protected $50.4M in
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Global strategic advisory firm PwC published a market analysis titled “Unlocking the Women’s Health Opportunity: A New Era in Fertility and Reproductive Health,” projecting the
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Healthcare executives are being asked to approve AI investments through dashboards that emphasize activity: messages drafted, calls summarized, records reviewed and minutes saved. Those numbers show
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Angle Health, an AI-native healthcare benefits platform designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced a $600M equity financing transaction at a $2.7 billion
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Healthcare AI has reached an inflection point. AI is rapidly moving from isolated demonstrations to production systems embedded in clinical, operational, and research workflows. A new generation of AI
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The 2026 Healthcare Workforce Barometer, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Strategic Education, Inc. and its subsidiary Workforce Edge, surveyed 1,514 full-time
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Arizona-based nonprofit health system HonorHealth (operating nine acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, and outpatient networks across Greater Phoenix) has expanded
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For years, healthcare leaders have asked if artificial intelligence can predict what will happen next, such as who might be readmitted, which patients could get worse, where resources are needed, and
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced that its Identity Proofing for MyChart solution is now officially available within the Epic Toolbox Program under the Identity Verification
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Ferry Health emerged from stealth, securing $9M in seed funding to deploy an autonomous, agentic AI personal assistant that handles complex healthcare logistics for
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Healthcare data collaboration platform Datavant announced that investment funds managed by Neuberger Capital Solutions, Neuberger Private Markets, and KKR have agreed to
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Kairon Health, the AI-native execution layer for value-based care (VBC) that it has raised $5M in venture funding to automate day-to-day operations for risk-bearing provider
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ATA Action—the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA)—launched the Cross-State Care Coalition, uniting health systems, digital health platforms, and
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Smart ring and wearable health technology company Ultrahuman announced the rollout of the HealthEx PowerPlug, integrating personal electronic medical records with continuous
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Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (SMRMC) in McComb, Mississippi—the flagship hub of Southwest Health—announced on September 17, 2026, that it has completed the
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Most teams building AI systems treat confidence as a solved problem. The model produces a probability, the interface displays it, and the reliability requirement gets checked off. Within weeks, the
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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
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Ask most people to describe a biohacker, and you'll likely hear about a man in his thirties with a cold plunge, a spreadsheet, and a strong opinion about seed oils. Ask a fifty-year-old woman whether
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Healthcare revenue cycle management leader R1 announced the launch of Phare Utilization Management (Phare UM), an AI-enabled solution moving hospital utilization management
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Healthcare organizations have invested heavily in cybersecurity over the past decade. Yet many of the assumptions those programs were built upon—how quickly threats emerge, where risks originate, and
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Healthcare clinical data management leader MRO announced it acquired Vyne Medical, a specialist in healthcare data intake and intelligent document processing (IDP) serving more
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Cognita Imaging, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mosaic Clinical Technologies, Inc., operating within the broader Radiology Partners ecosystem) was awarded a $1.29 million
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A national research study conducted by Wakefield Research for Cedar Gate Technologies (an IQVIA business) surveyed 100 senior U.S. health plan executives (VP level and above)
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Rutgers University and RWJBarnabas Health—New Jersey’s largest academic health system spanning 14 hospitals and over 5 million annual patients—have partnered with Amazon Web
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Healthcare IT leader MEDITECH has completed the enterprise deployment of its Expanse electronic health record (EHR) platform across 34 acute care hospitals in HCA Healthcare’s
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Thatch, the healthcare benefits platform transitioning employers from traditional group coverage to consumer-directed health budgets, raised $108 million in new funding at a $1
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Healthcare access management and identity security leader Imprivata released national research conducted by independent research firm Vanson Bourne, surveying 250 U.S.
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Amazon One Medical has expanded its weight management and GLP-1 clinical care infrastructure across 48 states and Washington, D.C., updating its national delivery framework on
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Hello Patient (Austin, TX) announced that it has acquired Converse Health, an AI workflow automation company built for independent outpatient medical practices.Founded in 2023
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More is not always better when it comes to digital engagement. While healthcare executives have prioritized investments in digital front doors in recent years, patient experience remains
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Medallion, the AI-assisted healthcare credentialing and payer enrollment platform, announced on September 15, 2026, that it has acquired Andros, an NCQA-certified credentials
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Healthcare navigation platform Quantum Health (Dublin, OH) announced on September 15, 2026, the appointment of Dr. Susan Mani as its new Chief Medical Officer (CMO).Dr. Mani
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GE HealthCare announced on September 15, 2026, the launch of CareIntellect™ for Operations, a cloud-native, AI-enabled Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application engineered to
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Some of healthcare’s most expensive equipment shortages aren’t shortages at all. They’re visibility failures.
A hospital can own enough infusion pumps, monitors, or mobile diagnostic equipment and
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Senior living physical artificial intelligence pioneer Inspiren has raised $70M in Series C funding at a post-money valuation exceeding $500M.The financing round was led by
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Ambient clinical AI leader Abridge has expanded its enterprise clinician intelligence platform into the mid-revenue cycle, launching an AI-powered pre-bill review capability
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Nara Health, an AI-native Third-Party Administrator (TPA) rebuilding employer health insurance infrastructure, announced $14 million in total funding across combined pre-seed
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Healthcare organizations have spent the past decade digitizing workflows, expanding access to data, and introducing automation to reduce administrative burden. However, for many clinicians and
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Smart hospital and clinical AI platform provider Artisight has acquired TMG Global, a specialized technology services firm focused on healthcare infrastructure readiness,
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A 72-year-old woman goes home from a mid-size community hospital after a successful knee replacement. Her vitals are stable, her incision is healing, her discharge paperwork is textbook. Three weeks
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Oracle Health has launched the U.S. commercial availability of Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent for nurses, embedding voice-driven and generative AI capabilities directly into
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Healthcare AI workforce platform Notable has named Dr. Nicholas Desai as its Chief Medical Officer (CMO), adding extensive executive health system leadership across clinical
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Health plans have invested heavily in engaging members. Text messages, mobile apps, outbound calls, direct mail and digital portals have created more opportunities than ever to connect with people
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Orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) patient care leader Hanger, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Numotion, a major provider of Complex Rehabilitation
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CMS’s launch of the Medicare App Library marks an important step forward for consumer-directed healthcare. For years, interoperability efforts across the industry focused primarily on enabling
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has selected clinical AI company UpDoc as a lead performer in its Agentic AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Care
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The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) has released an independent health technology assessment evaluating virtual solutions for chronic kidney disease (CKD)
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Verily Health Inc. has secured a strategic equity investment from NVIDIA, extending its fundraising momentum following its corporate restructuring and initial $300 million
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Healthcare professional intelligence leader H1 has acquired Defacto Health, a specialized healthcare data company focused on payer-provider networks, accepted insurance plans,
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One of the most immediate opportunities for transformation in healthcare is revenue cycle management (RCM), the operational backbone that keeps organizations financially viable.
For years,
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