Healthcare's utilization management crisis didn't start with artificial intelligence — but AI threatens to make it exponentially worse if we don't change course now.
A recent peer-reviewed study from Stanford University, published in the January 2026 issue
Read More
What You Should Know
The Acquisition: Hopper OS, an intelligent healthcare operating system provider, has acquired Efferent, a healthcare informatics company specializing in cloud-based PACS and
Read More
What You Should Know
The Partnership: Artesia General Hospital (AGH) in southeastern New Mexico has partnered with TruBridge, a healthcare tech provider for rural hospitals, to integrate Microsoft
Read More
What You Should Know
The Acquisition: Cerebral, a massive integrated mental healthcare provider, has officially acquired Inflow, a personalized ADHD digital therapeutic app. Financial details of
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding & The Pivot: ImmuneBridge has secured a $7.7M second seed round (bringing its total seed funding to nearly $20M) led by NFX, with participation from One Way
Read More
What You Should Know:
The Partnership: Viz.ai, a major player in AI-powered care coordination, has partnered with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNAi therapeutics.The Clinical Problem:
Read More
Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding is one of the areas in healthcare where AI is the obvious solution. On paper, it makes perfect sense. Use it to scan charts, identify diagnoses, group them
Read More
What You Should Know
The Data Source: Rock Health released its 11th Consumer Adoption of Digital Health Survey, polling 8,000 U.S. adults in December 2025 to track behaviors toward virtual care and
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Flourish Care, a maternal healthcare platform operating a massive network of credentialed doulas, has secured $5.7M in an oversubscribed seed financing round led
Read More
What You Should Know
The Consolidation: Samsung Medison is officially retiring the NeuroLogica and Boston Imaging brands. The U.S. medical imaging businesses are unifying under a single corporate
Read More
What You Should Know
The Milestone: GE HealthCare has officially received FDA 510(k) clearance for Photonova Spectra, its highly anticipated photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) system.The
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Clarius Mobile Health, a major player in handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), has released T-Mode™ Heart and T-Mode™ Knee as part of its Clarius App 12.2.6
Read More
What You Should Know
The Partnership: PromptWell, an AI-native patient engagement platform, has integrated with Ellipsis Health, a company known for its clinically validated conversational AI.The
Read More
A Shoulder Replacement Case Study
The Bottom Line: When CMS makes a procedure ASC-payable, the shift is fast, measurable, and concentrated in certain territories. Here's what total shoulder
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Elpida, an AI-powered marketing compliance platform tailored specifically for the healthcare industry, officially launched today.The Core Problem: Traditionally,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Health Universe raised $6M in seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total funding to $9.5M following a 2023 pre-seed backed by Susa Ventures, Twelve
Read More
What You Should Know
The Expansion: LinusBio has expanded the availability of its ClearStrand-ASD test to children up to age 10. Previously, the test was only validated for children under 48
Read More
What You Should Know
The Milestone: XCath, a neuro-endovascular robotics company, successfully completed the world’s first telerobotic stroke procedure on a human patient.The Geography: The
Read More
What You Should Know
The Acquisition: Chartis, a heavyweight healthcare advisory firm, has acquired Leap AI, a pioneer in building AI-enabled healthcare products and workflow automation solutions.
Read More
Patient portals are an important piece of any healthcare organization’s digital engagement strategy, and they’re key to getting the most out of your EHR. Portals serve as a hub for care management,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Data Source: The January 2026 National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall, a Vizient company, is based on real-time data sampled from more than 1,300 hospitals across
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Verily has closed a $300M investment round led by Series X Capital, a venture fund specifically established to scale Google X "moonshot" technologies into
Read More
What You Should Know
The Partnership: AI search engine Perplexity has partnered with b.well Connected Health to allow consumers to securely link their complete medical records directly into their
Read More
What You Should Know
The Financing: Imperative Care, a commercial-stage medical technology company, has closed an oversubscribed $100M convertible note financing round.The Investors: The round was
Read More
Despite advances in technology and new solutions across the entire health landscape, physician burnout remains one of the most urgent challenges in healthcare, driven largely by continued
Read More
What You Should Know
The Data Source: SmartSense by Digi, an IoT sensing-as-a-service provider, has released its 2026 Hospital CFO Technology Outlook Report, surveying 150 U.S.-based hospital
Read More
What You Should Know:
- The Investment: Lantern has secured a $30 million growth investment led by Morgan Health (JPMorganChase) and Echo Health Ventures to accelerate expansion
Read More
Every growing provider group eventually hits the same wall. The credentialing team is overwhelmed. Enrollment timelines are stretching to four and five months. New providers are sitting idle while the
Read More
What You Should Know
The Deployment: Your Health, a rapidly growing senior-focused primary and specialty care organization, has deployed Fathom’s autonomous medical coding platform across its
Read More
What You Should Know
The Deal: Wolters Kluwer Health has officially renewed and expanded its publishing relationship with the American Heart Association (AHA).The Portfolio Addition: Wolters Kluwer
Read More
What You Should Know
The Acquisition: MedArrive, a technology platform that optimizes in-home care logistics, has acquired assets from Inbound Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not
Read More
What You Should Know
The Data Source: Doximity, the massive digital networking platform used by over 85% of U.S. physicians, has released its 2026 State of AI in Medicine Report, based on surveys
Read More
What You Should Know
The Collaboration: The Mount Sinai Health System has announced a strategic collaboration with Midstream Health, an AI-powered financial action platform backed by a16z and
Read More
What You Should Know
The Deal: California-based Sutter Health and Minnesota-based Allina Health have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for Allina to join the Sutter system, creating a massive,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Acquisition: Knowtion Health, a major player in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), has officially acquired revly, a startup specializing in intelligent
Read More
Cancer care has become better at keeping people alive. What it is still learning to do is help people think clearly again after treatment.
Cognitive symptoms after cancer are common, clinically
Read More
Early detection has always been one of medicine’s most powerful tools. The sooner we can identify cognitive, behavioral, or neurological conditions, the greater the potential benefit for patients,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Turquoise Health, a multi-sided healthcare pricing and payment platform, has closed a $40M Series C funding round led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from a16z,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Conduit Health, a consumer-oriented provider of insurance-covered medical supplies, has closed a $17M Series A led by Drive Capital, bringing its total funding to
Read More
What You Should Know
The Partnership: Persistent Systems, a global digital engineering firm, is collaborating with NVIDIA to deploy AI-powered solutions specifically for the Healthcare and Life
Read More
What You Should Know
The Integration: Azara Healthcare, a dominant player in population health management, has officially joined the MEDITECH Alliance, enabling seamless integration of its Azara
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Transcarent has officially launched a new "Payment Integrity" category within its Experience Store, driven by a strategic partnership with Bluespine, an AI-driven
Read More
The implementation of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) and several policy milestones rolling out through 2028 will redefine how Americans access and pay for their care. For health system
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: HEARTio, an artificial intelligence healthcare diagnostics company, has closed $4.25 million in new seed financing. Backers include Intelligence Ventures,
Read More
Employers spend a fortune on health insurance. Health benefits are often their second-largest expense after payroll. Yet employers often make these purchases without knowing how their health plans
Read More
What You Should Know
The Mega-Round: Nitra, an AI-native operating platform for healthcare practices secures $187M in new financing. This includes $72M in new equity (across a $50M Series B and a
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Arya, an AI-enabled couples wellness platform, has announced the closing of $21M in growth financing.The Market Gap: While the modern dating app era solved the
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Amigo AI secures $11M in Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Optum Ventures. This brings the company's total capital raised to $17M.AI
Read More
What You Should Know:
The Strategic Pivot Validated: Weight Watchers (WW) has released GLP-1 Results Report validating its integrated weight health platform, which combines medical therapy with
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Microsoft has officially opened the waitlist for Copilot Health, a dedicated, secure ecosystem within Copilot designed to aggregate and make sense of personal
Read More
What You Should Know
Massive Adoption Spike: According to an American Medical Association (AMA) survey, Over 80% of physicians now use AI professionally, a stark increase from 38% in 2023. The
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Verily has officially moved its consumer health app, Verily Me, out of beta and into general availability on the Apple App Store and Google Play.The AI Brain: The
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Malama Health, a maternal health company, has closed an oversubscribed $9.2M seed round led by Acumen America with participation from Wisdom Ventures, Capital F,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Mandate: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F) mandates the use of
Read More
What You Should Know
The Deployment: Brainomix has officially rolled out its AI imaging platform, Brainomix 360 Stroke, across all 25 sites of the West Virginia University (WVU) Health System.The
Read More
What You Should Know
The Deal: Academic publishing giant Wiley is licensing a massive portfolio of its scientific and medical content to OpenEvidence, the clinical AI platform used by more than 40%
Read More
Wednesday at HIMSS26 brought a necessary, pragmatic reality check to the AI fervor. As the initial hype of massive product launches settles, Day 3 conversations pivoted heavily toward the hard
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Amazon is rolling out Health AI, an agentic health assistant, to the broader public via Amazon.com and the Amazon app, following a successful pilot exclusively
Read More
What You Should Know
The Funding: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, has closed a $27M Series A funding round led by GV (Google Ventures), with continued participation from NEA,
Read More
What You Should Know
The Launch: Maven Clinic, previously known for its massive enterprise footprint, has opened the beta waitlist for its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform, making its virtual
Read More
What You Should Know
The Report: Elisity has co-published a new research report with HIMSS Market Insights titled The Implementation Paradox: Healthcare Leaders Want Microsegmentation-Level
Read More
