What You Should Know:
- Abridge, a generative AI platform for clinical conversations secures $300M in Series E funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Khosla Ventures.
- The new capital will accelerate the company's efforts to transform the way care is delivered, documented, and reimbursed, starting at the point of care.
Tackling Healthcare's Administrative Burden at its Source
Every year, the U.S. healthcare system spends nearly $1.5 trillion
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Abridge’s AI Assistant Expands to Inpatient Notes and Orders in Epic
What You Should Know:
- Abridge, a generative AI platform for clinical conversations, is expanding its capabilities to support inpatient care settings and to queue up outpatient orders.
- The extension of its platform is part of the Workshop program, through which Epic and Abridge have collaborated to develop new, innovative healthcare technologies that are piloted and refined before wider release.
Abridge Inside for Inpatient: Bringing AI Documentation to the
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Xsolis GenAI Pilot at Beacon Health System Reduces Medical Necessity Review Time by 68%
What You Should Know:
- Xsolis, an AI-driven technology company announced the initial results of its new generative AI (GenAI) solution pilot, which dramatically streamlines medical necessity reviews. Beacon Health System, a not-for-profit health system, piloted the new Xsolis GenAI solution and saw a significant decrease in administrative burden, which helped optimize precious clinical resources and streamline payer interactions.
- The results from the three-month pilot
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Healthcare’s GenAI Paradox: Enthusiasm High, But Organizational Readiness Lags
What You Should Know:
- While healthcare professionals widely recognize the transformative potential of generative AI (GenAI), most healthcare organizations are not yet adequately prepared to harness its full value, according to the new "2025 Future Ready Healthcare Survey Report" from Wolters Kluwer Health.
- The survey, conducted in early 2025 with the independent research firm Ipsos, identifies strong enthusiasm for using GenAI to address pressing challenges like workforce
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Japan to Get First Generative AI Healthcare Agent via Hippocratic AI & EUCALIA Team-Up
What You Should Know:
- Hippocratic AI, the global leader in safety-focused generative AI agents for healthcare, today announced a partnership with EUCALIA Inc., a Tokyo-based healthcare transformation company focused on optimizing clinical operations and advancing care delivery, to launch the first Japanese-language generative AI healthcare agent for non-diagnostic, patient-facing clinical tasks.
- This marks Hippocratic AI’s entry into the Japanese market, further advancing its global
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AKASA Launches GenAI-Powered CDI Optimizer to Enhance Clinical Documentation Integrity
What You Should Know:
- AKASA, the preeminent provider of generative AI (GenAI) solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle, today announced the launch of AKASA CDI Optimizer™.
- The new GenAI assistant is designed to help healthcare organizations significantly enhance clinical documentation integrity (CDI), improve compliance, and ensure the full clinical picture is captured for every patient encounter.
Addressing Mid-Cycle Revenue Cycle Challenges
The launch of CDI
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Nursing Schools Eye GenAI, Ramp Up VR Use to Boost Clinical Readiness
What You Should Know:
- Nursing education programs are increasingly turning to advanced technologies like generative AI (GenAI) and virtual reality (VR) to better prepare students for the demands of modern patient care, according to a new survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Health and the National League for Nursing (NLN).
- The "Future of Technology in Nursing Education" survey, conducted every four years since 2016, polled over 300 nursing school deans and faculty to gauge evolving
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Suki Ambient AI Notes Now Generally Available to All athenahealth Network Users
What You Should Know:
- Suki, a leader in AI technology for healthcare, announced the general availability of its ambient technology to all health systems within athenahealth’s network through athenahealth’s integrated Ambient Notes solution. This significant milestone expands a longstanding partnership of over seven years between Suki and athenahealth, a prominent provider of network-enabled software and services for healthcare organizations nationwide.
- The general release follows a
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Youlify Raises $4.3M to Optimize Medical Billing with Generative AI
What You Should Know:
- Youlify, a physician-founded AI company rebuilding the financial backbone of healthcare, today announced $4.3 million in seed funding to help hospitals and doctors get paid faster and more accurately.
- The platform replaces traditional billers with AI and provides an end-to-end revenue cycle management platform that completely automates coding, claims, and denial recovery. The round was led by Brett Queener at Bonfire Ventures, with participation from Top Harvest
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Assort Health Raises $26M for Specialty-Specific GenAI Platform for Managing Patient Phone Calls
What You Should Know:
- Assort Health, a company specializing in AI solutions for managing patient phone calls in healthcare, has announced a new round of institutional financing co-led by First Round Capital and Chemistry, with continued support from existing investor Quiet Capital, bringing the company's total funding to $26M.
- The funding will be used to accelerate Assort Health's mission of improving access to care by addressing the issues of long hold times and scheduling
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