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The Trend: A new report from Wolters Kluwer reveals that nurses are aggressively adopting Generative AI, with 58% using it personally and 46% already using it in the workplace.The Motivation: The driver is survival. With staffing shortages and burnout plaguing the profession, 45% of nurses see GenAI as a critical tool for reducing burnout by automating documentation and routine tasks.The Risk: A dangerous governance gap exists. While usage is high, only ~20% of
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Oath Surgical Launches AI-Native Surgical Centers Powered by NVIDIA
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The Collaboration: Oath Surgical is partnering with NVIDIA to power OathOS, a "multimodal" operating system for surgery that uses spatial AI to analyze video, audio, and device data in real-time.The Differentiator: Unlike software vendors trying to retrofit legacy hospitals, Oath is vertically integrated—it owns and operates its own "AI-native" surgical centers, allowing it to architect the physical and digital environment simultaneously.The Promise: The system aims for
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Nextech Launches Cora Scribe: An Embedded AI Assistant for Specialty Practices
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The News: Nextech has launched Cora Scribe, an AI clinical assistant designed specifically for specialty practices, starting with ophthalmology.The Differentiator: Unlike generic "bolt-on" scribes that generate a summary PDF, Cora Scribe is embedded in the EHR. It streams discrete clinical data directly into specific chart fields in real-time.The Impact: By maintaining a "two-way conversation" with the patient chart, the tool reduces documentation time for both physicians
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Why Healthcare AI Will Fail Without a Strong Provider Data Foundation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading through healthcare at an unprecedented pace, faster than any other wave of health technology adoption. According to a report from Menlo Ventures, the industry has invested over $1.4 billion in AI in 2025, nearly tripling the total investment in 2024. From prior authorization to directory accuracy, AI now sits at the center of each strategic planning and board level conversations across the healthcare ecosystem.
Yet as organizations accelerate AI
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Innovaccer and Coforge Partner on G-Forge: A New Center of Excellence for Healthcare AI
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The News: Healthcare AI company Innovaccer has partnered with digital services giant Coforge to launch G-Forge, a joint initiative designed to operationalize AI in healthcare.The Strategy: The partnership combines Innovaccer’s "Gravity" AI infrastructure with Coforge’s implementation muscle, creating a "Healthcare AI Center of Excellence" to bridge the gap between having data and using it.The Focus: The initiative targets the heavy-lifting areas of healthcare operations:
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Aptar Digital Health Partners with ŌURA to Integrate Biometrics into Migraine Buddy
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The Deal: Aptar Digital Health is integrating data from the ŌURA Ring directly into Migraine Buddy, the world’s most popular migraine tracking app.The Tech: The integration combines subjective patient data (symptom logs) with objective biometric data (sleep, HRV, temperature) to help users identify invisible triggers.The Focus: The partnership places a heavy emphasis on women’s health, leveraging Oura’s cycle tracking insights to illuminate the often-overlooked link
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Suki Selected for athenahealth Preferred Partner Program in Ambient Intelligence
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The News: Suki has been selected as a "Preferred Solution Partner" by athenahealth, effectively giving the ambient AI platform a formal stamp of approval for the network’s 150,000+ providers.The Scale: Suki is already generating 500,000 clinical notes monthly for athenahealth users, with adoption growing 50% in the last six months alone.The Access: Uniquely, the technology is available in two ways: as a standalone app (Suki for Clinicians) or deeply embedded directly into
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The Shadow AI Crisis: Why 1 in 5 Healthcare Workers Are Going Rogue with Algorithms
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The Trend: Wolters Kluwer Health report reveals "Shadow AI"—the use of unauthorized AI tools by employees—has permeated healthcare, with nearly 20% of staff admitting to using unvetted algorithms and 40% encountering them.The Motivation: The driver isn't malice, but burnout. Clinicians are turning to these tools to speed up workflows and reduce administrative burden, often because approved enterprise alternatives are missing or inadequate.The Risk: The gap in governance
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The Self-Driving Revenue Cycle: Claim Health Raises $4.4M to Fix Post-Acute Care’s Biggest Bottleneck
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The News: Claim Health has raised a $4.4 million Seed round led by Maverick Ventures to scale its "AI-native" revenue operations platform for post-acute care.The Traction: Since exiting Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch, the company has grown revenue 30x in under a year, driven by providers seeking to replace legacy manual workflows.The Tech: The platform offers a "self-driving" revenue cycle—automating everything from patient intake to payment reconciliation—delivering a
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Vega Imaging Curates World’s Largest Paired DBT Dataset for AI
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The News: Vega Imaging Informatics has successfully curated the world’s largest Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) dataset, containing over one million studies.The "Holy Grail": Unlike standard image sets, this dataset includes "paired histology outcomes" for over 22,000 patients, meaning the images are linked to definitive biopsy results (including 7,000+ confirmed cancer cases).The Engineering Feat: DBT files are up to 50x larger than standard x-rays. Vega’s ability to
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