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- Counsel Health today announced the launch of its next-generation AI care platform, built to serve as the responsible front door to healthcare.
- Backed by a $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and GV. Counsel combines the immediacy of AI with the oversight of licensed physicians to deliver care that is faster, safer, and more cost-effective at scale. This follows the company’s $11M Seed raise, led by a16z in October 2024, underscoring the need for a
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Sutter Health Expands Access to AI-Enhanced Mammography with Mobile Breast Cancer Screening
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- Sutter Health, a large integrated, not-for-profit health system in California, is pioneering a game-changing initiative that brings advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to mammograms.
- In collaboration with AI governance partner Ferrum Health, Sutter is enhancing early breast cancer detection and increasing access to care for patients, particularly through its state-of-the-art mobile mammography services.
AI-Enhanced Mobile Care for
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IKS Health Launches Agentic AI Platform on Google Cloud to Transform Prior Authorization
What You Should Know:
- IKS Health, a global leader in care enablement solutions, today announced the launch of its new agentic AI platform built on Google Cloud technologies, including the Gemini family of models.
- The platform is a generative AI-based, multi-agent system designed to drive clinical, administrative, and financial efficiencies across the patient journey, with a primary focus on automating complex workflows like prior authorization.
Leading the Agentic
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Microsoft Unveils Expanded Dragon Copilot: AI Transformation for Nursing and Revenue Cycle
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- Microsoft unveiled significant AI innovations for its leading clinical assistant, Dragon Copilot, leveraging ambient and generative technologies to enhance the patient journey, reduce workflow burden, and strengthen the financial integrity of healthcare provider organizations.
- The advancements include the industry’s first generally available commercial ambient experience tailored for nursing workflows and new extensibility capabilities that allow
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Weave Bio Raises $20M to Scale AI-Native Regulatory Automation Platform
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- Weave Bio, a pioneer in AI-native regulatory automation management solutions announced it has raised $20M in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $36M led by USVP, with participation from Innovation Endeavors, Magnetic Ventures, Character, TMV, and Serrado Capital.
- The investment is set to accelerate the company’s mission to transform how novel therapies navigate the complex path from the lab to the global market.
Transforming
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The Robot vs. Mech-Suit Strategy: Deploying AI Wisely in Healthcare
Few today remember PayPal’s early competitors. And for good reason—PayPal was a pioneer of automation strategy, with innovations that enabled them to scale to eventually dominate their market. But that future wasn't always a given.
Shortly after surviving the dot‑com bubble burst, PayPal and its competitors were bleeding tens of millions of dollars each month to credit card fraud. With thousands of transactions flowing through these platforms every minute, the problem was far too vast for any
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Teladoc Health Launches AI Solution to Combat Growing Crisis of Hospital Workplace Violence
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- Teladoc Health announced a new offering within its Clarity™ monitoring solution designed to help hospitals and health systems actively address workplace violence.
- The capability uses AI-enabled software, hardware, and services to empower care teams with early intervention resources, expanding beyond Clarity’s existing virtual sitting use cases.
The Growing Threat to Healthcare Workers
Workplace violence is a persistent and escalating challenge
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Northwell Health to Deploy Abridge’s Ambient AI Across 28 Hospitals
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- Northwell Health, the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, today announced a plan to deploy Abridge’s ambient artificial intelligence (AI) platform across its 28 hospitals as part of a system-wide digital transformation.
- The implementation aims to significantly improve clinical documentation of patient conversations and ease the substantial administrative burden on providers.
Ambient AI to Support Epic EHR Rollout
Northwell Health
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Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Unveils New Cohort of AI Health Tech Startups
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- Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has announced its latest cohort of health tech startups, featuring national and international businesses poised to transform healthcare.
- These 11 companies will participate in an immersive, 30-week program, gaining unparalleled access to expert mentors, industry-leading technologies, and millions of de-identified, longitudinal clinical records to develop and validate their artificial intelligence (AI)-driven healthcare
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WellTheory Raises $14M to Scale Whole-Person Autoimmune Care for Employers
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- WellTheory, a leading whole-person care platform for autoimmune disease secures $14M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst withparticipation from new and existing investors, including 7wire Ventures, Accel, and Box Group.
- With a total capital raised of $26.2M, the new funding will fuel WellTheory's commercial growth, accelerate AI development, and expand programs to meet the surging demand from employers and payors.
The Financial Urgency of
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