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The Acquisition: Chartis, a heavyweight healthcare advisory firm, has acquired Leap AI, a pioneer in building AI-enabled healthcare products and workflow automation solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The New Division: The acquisition brings Leap AI's senior leaders into the Chartis Center for AI & Digital Transformation. They will operate under the newly minted brand, Chartis Leap AI Studio.The Leadership: The combined effort will be
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Why Verily Raised $300M to Become an Independent Precision AI Health Giant
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The Funding: Verily has closed a $300M investment round led by Series X Capital, a venture fund specifically established to scale Google X "moonshot" technologies into independent companies.The Restructuring: The company has officially transitioned its legal structure from an LLC to a corporation, newly named Verily Health Inc.Alphabet's New Role: In a massive corporate shift, Alphabet (Google's parent company) will remain a "significant minority investor" but will no
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Perplexity and b.well Connected Health Partner for AI-Powered Medical Records Search
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The Partnership: AI search engine Perplexity has partnered with b.well Connected Health to allow consumers to securely link their complete medical records directly into their AI search experience.The Data Network: b.well operates one of the largest connected health data networks in the U.S., enabling secure access across more than 2.4 million providers and 350+ health plans and labs.The Clinical Upgrade: Instead of relying on generic internet scraping to answer health
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From Burden to Breakthrough: Why Ambient AI is the New Frontline of Clinician Support
Despite advances in technology and new solutions across the entire health landscape, physician burnout remains one of the most urgent challenges in healthcare, driven largely by continued administrative and documentation overload. While more than three-quarters of clinicians describe their work as meaningful and rewarding, they also describe a practice environment that has become increasingly unsustainable.
Administrative obligations, inbox overload, and the constant pressure to
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Your Health Deploys Fathom Autonomous Medical Coding Platform Across All Service Lines
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The Deployment: Your Health, a rapidly growing senior-focused primary and specialty care organization, has deployed Fathom’s autonomous medical coding platform across its entire operation (spanning 14 physician offices, 278 assisted living facilities, 11 nursing homes, and telehealth).The Automation Scale: Since going live in October 2025, Fathom has achieved a staggering 95.5% encounter-level automation rate—meaning AI is completely handling the coding for the vast
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Doximity Releases 2026 Report on Physician AI Adoption Across 15 Medical Specialties
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The Data Source: Doximity, the massive digital networking platform used by over 85% of U.S. physicians, has released its 2026 State of AI in Medicine Report, based on surveys of 3,151 physicians across 15 specialties.Massive Adoption Spike: AI usage is no longer niche. A staggering 94% of physicians report they are either currently using AI or are interested in doing so. Actual daily usage jumped from 47% in early 2025 to 63% by early 2026.The Top Users: Neurologists lead
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Mount Sinai Health System to Deploy Midstream Health’s AI-Powered Financial Platform
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The Collaboration: The Mount Sinai Health System has announced a strategic collaboration with Midstream Health, an AI-powered financial action platform backed by a16z and CommonSpirit Ventures.The Initial Deployment: Mount Sinai is first deploying the AI platform specifically within its supply chain system. The health system spends "well in excess of $1 billion a year" on supplies, equipment, and services.The Core Problem: Large healthcare organizations suffer from
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The Cognitive Aftercare Gap: Cancer Care is Data-Rich, but Brain Recovery is Unmanaged
Cancer care has become better at keeping people alive. What it is still learning to do is help people think clearly again after treatment.
Cognitive symptoms after cancer are common, clinically meaningful, and routinely under captured. People describe slower recall, reduced attention, weaker working memory, and mental fatigue that makes daily tasks feel heavier than they should. Clinicians hear it as “brain fog.” Health systems often treat it as an unfortunate side effect rather than a care
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Turquoise Health Secures $40M for AI-Powered Healthcare Pricing Platform
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The Funding: Turquoise Health, a multi-sided healthcare pricing and payment platform, has closed a $40M Series C funding round led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from a16z, Adams Street Partners, and Yosemite.The Macro Crisis: The financial infrastructure of U.S. healthcare is fundamentally broken, resulting in nearly $1 trillion in annual administrative waste. Opaque, paper-based contracts lead to massive revenue leakage, claim denials, and surprise patient billing.The
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Conduit Health Secures $17M for AI-Powered Medical Supply Platform
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The Funding: Conduit Health, a consumer-oriented provider of insurance-covered medical supplies, has closed a $17M Series A led by Drive Capital, bringing its total funding to $22 million.The Problem: Roughly 50 million Americans rely on insurance-covered home medical supplies (Durable Medical Equipment or DME). However, navigating the shifting payer rules, physician documentation, and prior authorizations often turns a straightforward Medicare/Medicaid benefit into a
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