Doctors are taught a simple rule early in their training: When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. In other words, the most common explanation is usually the right one. But for the roughly 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, that rule can turn into a trap. Their symptoms often look like something ordinary – until years later, when someone finally realizes it was a zebra all along.
The problem isn’t the doctors; it’s the data. Every symptom, lab result, scan, or
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KronosRx: How Cedars-Sinai is Using AI ‘Avatars’ to Replace Animal Testing”
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- Cedars-Sinai has secured a $5.05M ARPA-H contract to build KronosRx, an AI platform that predicts drug toxicity by pairing millions of electronic health records with "patient avatars"—human stem-cell-derived organoids.
- The strategic initiative aims to solve the 30% failure rate of clinical trials caused by adverse drug reactions that animal models fail to detect, potentially slashing drug development costs and accelerating patient access to safe
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Aultman Health System Deploys Nabla’s Ambient AI within Oracle Cerner EHR
What You Should Know
- Aultman Health System, a nonprofit integrated network in Northeast Ohio, has officially deployed Nabla’s ambient AI assistant natively within its Oracle Cerner EHR.
- Deploying the technology to hundreds of clinicians across inpatient and outpatient settings in less than 60 days, Aultman has already reported significant efficiency gains: clinicians are saving between 30 and 60 minutes a day on documentation, with some reporting the capacity to see three to five
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Why 90% of Healthcare AI Projects Fail Without AI-Driven Endpoint Management
Over the last two decades, the rapid surge in mobile and IoT-enabled devices has revolutionized patient care, but also created significant hurdles in managing, securing, and optimizing these devices to support seamless and secure clinician workflows. Healthcare CIOs face the daunting task of balancing accessibility, productivity, and security. In fact, a recent survey reveals that 83% of healthcare leaders are planning to invest in AI within the next three years, but fewer than 10% are investing
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Vista AI Secures $29.5M to Scale Automated Scanning Across Brain, Spine, and Prostate
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Vista AI, a provider of automated MRI scanning software for hospitals and imaging centers secures $29.5M in Series B financing, backed by a powerhouse group of new investors including Cedars-Sinai, Intermountain Health, and Tampa General Hospital.
- The funding will accelerate the expansion of the company's FDA-cleared automated MRI scanning platform into new anatomies—including brain, spine, and prostate—while scaling remote scanning services to address the national
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Why Axena Health and Mayo Clinic are Building an AI-Driven Future for Pelvic Health
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- Axena Health has announced a major expansion of its collaboration with Mayo Clinic to develop a new, AI-integrated solution for women with pelvic floor disorders.
- Building on their initial 2025 partnership, the new initiative aims to leverage Mayo Clinic’s clinical expertise to create personalized care pathways that improve treatment adherence for conditions like urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB).
Solving the Adherence Gap: AI as a Clinical
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The Future of Pharmacovigilance: How Agentic AI and Automation Are Redefining Drug Safety
For decades, drug safety has depended on one simple but demanding task: turning fragments of information from patients, physicians, and trials into clear signals that protect lives. Today, that responsibility sits at the center of a digital revolution. Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming pharmacovigilance from a manual, reactive discipline into one that is fast, predictive, and globally connected. The change is cultural, reshaping how safety professionals think, collaborate,
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The Autonomous Revenue Cycle: Waystar Launches Agentic AI to Prevent Billions in Denials
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- Healthcare payment provider Waystar has announced the introduction of agentic intelligence to its cloud-native platform, marking a pivotal step toward the industry's first autonomous revenue cycle.
- Powered by the Waystar AltitudeAI™ engine and a dataset comprising 7.5 billion annual transactions, the new agentic network is designed to execute defined tasks and learn from outcomes with minimal intervention, significantly reducing administrative friction for
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Converge Bio Lands $25M to Replace Trial-and-Error Drug Discovery
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- Converge Bio has announced a $25M Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $30M.
- Moving beyond the "AI promise" gap, the company provides end-to-end AI systems that plug directly into existing drug development workflows, already serving over a dozen pharmaceutical and biotech customers to optimize target discovery and protein manufacturing.
The Systemic Pivot: Bridging the Gap Between Promise and Reality
While
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Xella Health Raises $3.7M to Pioneer AI-Powered Menstrual Fluid Diagnostics
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- Xella Health has emerged from stealth with $3.7M in pre-seed financing to build the infrastructure for "decoding" female biology.
- Led by Precursor Ventures, the company is pioneering a first-of-its-kind diagnostic platform that combines menstrual fluid analysis with peripheral blood and AI-powered multi-omics to identify the root causes of chronic conditions like endometriosis, PCOS, and perimenopause.
The Biological Signal: Tapping Into Menstrual
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