What You Should Know:
- GE HealthCare announced the acquisition of Intelerad, a medical imaging software provider, for $2.3 billion in cash.
- The deal is set to accelerate GE HealthCare's shift to a SaaS business model and expand its AI-enabled imaging solutions across high-growth outpatient and ambulatory care settings.
Strategic Merger: Expanding Cloud-First Imaging to Outpatient Care
The strategic acquisition underscores GE HealthCare's commitment to cloud-enabled and
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How eClinicalWorks is Harnessing AI and Telehealth to Support Rural Healthcare Organizations
Rural communities face a complex web of barriers that hinder access to quality healthcare, including long travel distances, workforce shortages, limited broadband for telehealth, underinsurance, low health literacy, and social stigmas. These obstacles often discourage individuals from seeking timely medical care and contribute to disproportionate health burdens such as shorter life expectancy, higher rates of chronic disease, and fewer preventive care options compared to urban areas. Despite
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Northwell Health Partners with K Health to Launch AI-Powered Virtual Primary Care Now Platform
What You Should Know:
- Northwell Health and K Health today announced a collaboration to transform the delivery of primary care services across New York.
- The virtual care platform, Northwell Primary Care Now, will be powered by K Health's clinical-grade AI, designed to provide seamless access to comprehensive primary care around the clock. This new service will deliver personalized, high-quality primary care directly to patients whenever and wherever they need it.
Expanding
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Greenway Health Launches “The Automated Healthcare Practice” with Agentic AI to Redefine Ambulatory Care
What You Should Know:
- Greenway Health announced the launch of The Automated Healthcare Practice at its annual customer event, ENGAGE 2025.
- The platform represents a fundamental shift in healthcare technology. Unlike traditional systems that layer automation on top of legacy Electronic Health Records (EHRs), this solution is built from the ground up to orchestrate clinical, financial, and patient engagement workflows into a single, intelligent network.
Immediate Impact:
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Parakeet Health Partners with Aegis and Schweiger Dermatology to Scale Voice Agents in Senior and Specialty Care
What You Should Know:
- Parakeet Health, a generative AI company focused on patient engagement, announced new partnerships with Aegis Medical Group and Schweiger Dermatology Group.
- The company's generative AI-powered platform replaces traditional bottlenecks and call center wait times with seamless, conversational experiences.
Proven Operational Impact: Doubling Bookings and Eliminating Wait Times
Parakeet’s always-on voice agents handle routine but essential tasks that typically
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Arbiter Emerges from Stealth with $52M Funding to End Healthcare Fragmentation with AI
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- Arbiter, a new AI-powered care orchestration platform, has launched from stealth with $52M in funding, led by TriEdge Investments and MFO Ventures, to unite payers, providers, and patients and rebuild the operating spine of U.S. healthcare.
- The company is built and funded by leaders overseeing over $25B in annual healthcare payments and millions of patient lives. Its team combines executive leadership from major health systems and payers (Cigna,
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Pharma × AI: The End of Pilots and the Rise of Captive AI Boutiques
What if the future of drug discovery no longer rests on bold experiments, but on disciplined partnerships where artificial intelligence becomes as indispensable to pharma as the laboratory bench? The answer is arriving faster than many realize.
For years, the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) startups and big pharma followed a familiar script: a splashy press release, a limited pilot, and then silence after millions were spent in R&D. AI companies gained validation; pharma
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Denial Prevention AI: Ember Raises $4.3M to Cut Healthcare Denials by Over 57%
What You Should Know:
- Ember, the AI-native solution for denial prevention secures $4.3M in seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners and Y Combinator.
- Its platform uses deep knowledge of payer policies to cut denials by more than 57% and boost net collections by 25% for health systems.
The Denial Crisis: Fueling Burnout and Financial Loss
Healthcare providers nationwide face an intensifying crisis driven by claim delays and denials, which create significant
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Oracle Health’s AI-Powered EHR Achieves ONC Certification & EPCS Compliance
What You Should Know:
- Oracle Health has announced a major breakthrough with its next-generation Electronic Health Record (EHR), which is now certified and available for adoption by ambulatory customers in the U.S..
- The new EHR earned the ONC Health IT certification from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and successfully met the DEA’s Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS) compliance requirements. These certifications confirm the platform meets
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Caregiver AI Challenge: HHS Launches $2M Prize Competition to Support 1 in 4 American Caregivers
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a $2M Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), aiming to mobilize AI innovation to support family and professional caregivers.
- The prize competition builds on existing efforts by HHS and ACL to support family caregivers and direct care workers, including the National Family Caregiver Support Program, the RAISE Family
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