What You Should Know:
- The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Rock Health have collaborated on a new report titled "The Starfield Signal: A Shared Vision and Roadmap for AI in Primary Care," which presents a shared vision and roadmap for the responsible and effective integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into primary care.
- The report, which is the culmination of an initiative launched in September 2024, reflects insights from a national survey of over
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From Overwhelmed to Optimized: How AI Agents Address Staffing Challenges and Burnout in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations today face an unprecedented crisis. Workforce shortages coupled with administrative overload have left clinicians and support staff stretched to the breaking point. In an environment where demand continues to outpace the available workforce and clinicians are overwhelmed by administrative tasks, healthcare organizations need new ways to do more with less.
The Scope of the Staffing Crunch
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare companies were struggling
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Amalgam Rx Secures $20M to Accelerate AI-Powered Healthcare Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Amalgam Rx, a company specializing in data-driven healthcare decision-making, has announced a $20M credit investment from Catalio Capital Management.
- The $20M senior secured term loan provides Amalgam with an initial draw of $12M to support its market expansion and refinance existing corporate debt. The credit investment also gives Amalgam access to Catalio’s extensive network of life sciences leaders, including its board of advisors and over 45
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Abridge and Highmark Collaborate on AI-Powered Prior Authorization Solution
What You Should Know:
- Highmark Health announced today the launch of an enterprise-wide collaboration with Abridge to deploy its ambient clinical documentation platform, collaborate on a paradigm-shifting prior authorization solution at the point of conversation, and invest in other innovative tools that integrate Abridge’s AI technology.
- Highmark Health is a Pittsburgh-based organization that includes a multi-state insurance services division (Highmark Inc.) and a 14-hospital
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Employer Benefits: How AI Can Fix Underutilization and Drive ROI
Every employer wants to believe their benefits package is making a difference. After all, it's a major investment, not just in dollars, but in employee wellbeing, retention, and performance. However, it can be challenging to ensure the benefits in place are actually being used.
When employees don't use the benefits offered, that investment quietly loses value. It's not just about wasted money, though. Underutilized benefits lead to delays in care, unmanaged chronic conditions, burnout, and
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Marchex Unveils AI Healthcare Solution to Transform Patient Acquisition and Marketing
What You Should Know:
- Marchex, a provider of conversational intelligence, has launched a new AI-powered healthcare solution aimed at health systems, large ambulatory care facilities, and healthcare marketing organizations.
- The new platform uses AI to transform unstructured patient conversations into actionable data. The solution is designed to help these organizations more accurately attribute marketing-driven patient leads, prioritize high-value appointments, and proactively
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Mount Sinai Researchers Develop AI-Driven Surgical Education Model to Improve Quality of Resident Training
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of teaching surgical trainees a difficult procedure using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and an extended-reality headset without the presence of an instructor. All of the 17 trainees in the study achieved surgical success.
- The novel study, published in Journal of Medical Extended Reality, drew highly favorable reviews
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Zyter| TruCare Unveils Agentic AI Platform to Reimagine Enterprise Workflows
What You Should Know:
- Zyter|TruCare today announced the launch of Zyter Symphony™, a next-generation, orchestrated Agents-as-a-Service platform that enables enterprises to rewire legacy workflows with speed, precision, and flexibility.
- Powered by a modular, multi-agent AI system, Symphony is engineered to reduce “process debt” and unlock trapped business value across clinical and administrative domains.
Zyter|TruCare Launches Symphony: Orchestrated AI for Scalable Healthcare
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NASA and Google Develop AI Doctor for Deep Space Missions
What You Should Know:
- NASA is collaborating with Google to develop an innovative proof-of-concept: an AI-powered automated Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) called the "Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant" (CMO-DA).
- The multi-modal interface leverages artificial intelligence to potentially support human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
The Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant: An AI Astronaut's Companion
The primary goal of CMO-DA is to equip
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Doximity Acquires Pathway Medical for $26M to Supercharge Clinical Reference with AI
What You Should Know:
- Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, has acquired Pathway Medical Inc., a Montreal-based startup specializing in medical AI and evidence-based clinical reference.
- The acquisition, valued at $26M in cash with up to an additional $37M in equity grants, closed on July 29, 2025. The strategic move is set to significantly enhance Doximity’s clinical reference capabilities by integrating Pathway’s advanced AI platform and extensive medical
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