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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. healthcare leaders responsible for identity security and AI strategy across health systems, IDNs, and academic medical centers.The Shadow AI Crisis: 72% of healthcare organizations report that AI tools or agents are deployed without formal IT approval at least occasionally, while 37% cite an ad hoc or
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Inspiren Secures $70M to Scale Physical AI Across Senior Living
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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 NewView Capital, with broad syndicate participation from Insight Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, Lightbank, Avenir Growth Capital, Story Ventures, and Camber Creek.Brings Inspiren’s total capital raised to $225M—marking the largest fundraising
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Abridge Enters the Mid-Revenue Cycle with Pre-Bill AI for CDI and Coding Teams
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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 tailored for Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI), coding, and health system revenue cycle management (RCM) teams.Marks Abridge’s formal product expansion from point-of-care ambient documentation into institutional revenue integrity, auditing inpatient claims before submission for
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How AI Agents Are Streamlining Everyday Clinical Operations
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 operational teams, the complexity of day-to-day tasks remains. Regulatory requirements continue to evolve, reporting frameworks are becoming more detailed, and there is ongoing pressure to do more with fewer resources.
This complexity is represented in programs like Merit-based Incentive Payment
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ARPA-H Awards UpDoc Up to $9.2M to Lead ADVOCATE Autonomous Clinical AI Program
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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 Transformation (ADVOCATE) program, granting an award of up to $9.2M.The award assembles a high-profile technology syndicate: UpDoc leads the clinical AI development, supported by Microsoft, OpenAI, and NVIDIA.Represents the first federal health research program designed to produce an autonomous, FDA-authorized
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Verily Secures Strategic Investment from NVIDIA to Accelerate Precision Health AI Platform
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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 funding round in early 2026.CU Healthcare Innovation Fund II, LP committed an additional follow-on investment, joining a capitalization syndicate that includes Alphabet (as a minority stakeholder), Series X Capital, and UCHealth.Directly accelerates commercial deployment of the Verily Pre Platform, the
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How eClinicalWorks Agentic AI Is Helping Revenue Cycle Leaders Improve Financial Performance
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, healthcare organizations have faced growing pressure to improve financial performance while payer requirements evolve; billing regulations become more complex, and qualified RCM staff become harder to find and retain. For many organizations, the challenge is no longer simply doing more with less. It is
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Forus Triples Raises $150M to Put AI Agents in Every Medical Practice
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Forus, the AI-powered network connecting physicians, retail and specialty pharmacies, commercial payers, and biopharma manufacturers, announced a $150M Series C financing round at a $3B valuation.The round triples the company’s valuation just months following its Series B round, lifting cumulative equity financing past $300M.Led by seed-stage backer Bain Capital Ventures, the insider round featured 100% reinvestment from existing institutional backers, including Thrive
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HealthEx Launches Health Record Connector for Meta’s Personal AI Agent Muse
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Consumer health data platform HealthEx has launched an integration connector for Muse, Meta’s new personal AI agent, letting U.S. users connect their verified longitudinal health records directly to the AI tool.Resolves the primary limitation of consumer healthcare AI: operating without personal medical context, which leads to generic recommendations and ungrounded chat responses.Built on HealthEx’s role as an Individual Access Services (IAS) provider under the federal
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Elucid Raises $55M to Expand Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostic Platform
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Boston-based cardiovascular medtech innovator Elucid closed an oversubscribed $55M Series D financing round, bringing its cumulative funding to approximately $185M.The round features participation from a new major, publicly traded medical device company—becoming Elucid’s fourth publicly traded strategic backer—alongside existing investors including IAG Capital Partners and Elevage Medical Technologies (a Patient Square Capital platform).Proceeds will accelerate the
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