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Preparing Healthcare Data for AI: Why Health Systems Must Fix Legacy Systems

by Zach Evans, Chief Technology Officer at Xsolis 04/20/2026 Leave a Comment

Preparing Healthcare Data for AI: Why Health Systems Must Fix Legacy Systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform healthcare operations and decision-making.  Healthcare alone now captures nearly half of all vertical AI spend – approximately $1.5 billion in 2025, more than tripling from $450 million the year prior and exceeding the next four verticals combined. Yet many organizations discover that their AI initiatives stall before they deliver value. The problem often isn’t the AI models themselves, but rather the data behind them.  For
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Joyful Health Secures $17M for AI-Powered Healthcare Financial Operations

by Fred Pennic 04/17/2026 Leave a Comment

Joyful Health Secures $17M for AI-Powered Healthcare Financial Operations

What You Should Know The Raise: Joyful Health, an AI financial infrastructure company, has announced a $17M Series A funding round led by CRV, bringing its total funding to $22M. Existing seed investors, including XYZ Venture Capital and Designer Fund, also participated.The Infrastructure Fix: Instead of trying to layer AI on top of fragmented, messy data, Joyful Health is building a unified financial system of record. It maps the relationships between clinical encounters, payer rules, and
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Automating Behavioral Health Utilization Review to Reduce Denials

by Shanna Dugan, Managing Director of Healthcare Products at ARGO 04/17/2026 Leave a Comment

Automating Behavioral Health Utilization Review to Reduce Denials

Nearly 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. experienced a mental health crisis in 2025, according to a John Hopkins study. Individuals in crisis require access to the full spectrum of care they need. However, this isn’t always the reality. Historically, manual utilization review (UR) has been the standard for ensuring patients receive care when they need it most. Many behavioral health facilities now face UR challenges driven by tedious manual processes that can no longer handle growing volumes of
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Why Ambience Healthcare is Expanding Beyond the Ambient Scribe

by Jasmine Pennic 04/17/2026 Leave a Comment

Ambience Healthcare Launches AI Conditions Advisor to Capture Full Patient Complexity

What You Should Know The Shift: Ambience Healthcare used its inaugural Apex Summit to unveil a multiyear roadmap, officially signaling its transition from an AI ambient documentation tool (a "point solution") to a comprehensive clinical intelligence platform.The Five Domains: The platform is expanding into five specific operational areas: Clinical Workflows, Revenue Cycle/Integrity, Patient Experience, Care Orchestration, and Clinical Research. From Ambient Documentation to a System of
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Keebler Health Secures $16M to Scale LLM-Native Risk Adjustment Platform 

by Fred Pennic 04/16/2026 Leave a Comment

Keebler Health Secures $16M to Scale LLM-Native Risk Adjustment Platform

What You Should Know The Raise: Keebler Health, an LLM-native risk adjustment platform, has raised a $16M Series A funding round led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from Sands Capital and a syndicate of venture funds. The company has raised $23M since its founding in 2023.The Technology: Unlike legacy platforms that use retrofitted Natural Language Processing (NLP) to scan for keywords, Keebler is built entirely on Large Language Models (LLMs). It processes the raw clinical
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Why Hospital Dashboards Tell the Future But Operations Remain Stuck in the Past

by Osama Usmani, Founder and CEO, Salubrum 04/16/2026 Leave a Comment

Why Hospital Dashboards Tell the Future But Operations Remain Stuck in the Past

Over the past decade, health systems have poured sustained capital and attention into data infrastructure. Enterprise warehouses consolidated fragmented reporting environments. Interoperability initiatives linked EHR instances that had operated in parallel for years.  Population health platforms brought predictive modeling into conversations about utilization and risk. Dashboards became ubiquitous, appearing in service line reviews, access meetings, finance updates, and clinical
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Why Abridge is Embedding NEJM and JAMA Directly into the EHR

by Fred Pennic 04/15/2026 Leave a Comment

Why Abridge is Embedding NEJM and JAMA Directly into the EHR

What You Should Know The Partnerships: Enterprise AI platform Abridge has secured multi-year content partnerships with the NEJM Group (publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine) and the American Medical Association (publisher of the JAMA Network).The Workflow Shift: The integration allows clinicians to ask complex clinical questions and receive evidence-based answers directly within their existing workflow. Historically, finding this literature required breaking focus, leaving the EHR,
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AliveCor Secures CE Mark for Kardia 12L AI-Powered ECG System in Europe

by Fred Pennic 04/15/2026 Leave a Comment

AliveCor Secures CE Mark for Kardia 12L AI-Powered ECG System in Europe

What You Should Know The Milestone: AliveCor, a global leader in AI-powered cardiology, has secured a CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) for its Kardia 12L electrocardiogram (ECG) system, allowing it to be distributed across the European Economic Area.The Hardware Shift: The Kardia 12L effectively replaces the traditional, bulky 10-electrode ECG cart. It utilizes a unique single-cable, five-electrode design, runs on batteries, and weighs just 0.13 kg (0.3 lbs).The AI Engine: The device is
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CMS Establishes New Billing Code for AI-Driven Calcium Analysis on CT Scans

by Jasmine Pennic 04/15/2026 Leave a Comment

CMS Establishes New Billing Code for AI-Driven Calcium Analysis on CT Scans

What You Should Know The Reimbursement Milestone: Effective April 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a new national billing code and payment pathway under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for the algorithmic analysis of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and aortic valve calcium (AVC) on chest CT scans.The FDA Clearance: In tandem with the CMS news, Bunkerhill Health received FDA clearance for Bunkerhill Contrast CAC and
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Qventus Report: 94% of Healthcare CIOs Say AI Delays Create Competitive Disadvantage

by Fred Pennic 04/10/2026 Leave a Comment

Qventus Report: 94% of Healthcare CIOs Say AI Delays Create Competitive Disadvantage

What You Should Know:  Qventus released a new industry report surveying 60+ CIOs, Chief AI Officers, CMIOs, and other senior IT leadership from national health systems, including HonorHealth, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Rochester Regional Health to uncover how they are spending, evaluating, and regulating AI.The report, Beyond the Pilot: How CIOs Are Operationalizing AI Across Health Systems in 2026, confirms that the AI market is at a pressure point. As EHR giants
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