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The Funding: Lotus Health AI has raised a $35M Series A (totaling $41M) co-led by venture giants Kleiner Perkins and CRV, with backing from Joe Montana and the former U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra.The Disruption: Lotus is attempting to break the insurance-fee cycle. The platform is free to patients (no insurance needed), monetized instead through "premium sponsorships" inside the app—a model designed to align incentives toward health rather than billing codes.The Tech: The
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Advanced Primary Care 2026: Top 6 Investments for Health Systems According to Harvard Medical School
What You Should Know
- Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care has released a comprehensive "Primary Care Investment Guide," providing the first evidence-based roadmap for deploying capital into team-based care models.
- The report identifies six critical "Advanced Primary Care" (APC) services—including behavioral health integration and e-consults—that demonstrate measurable ROI through reduced hospitalizations and improved equity.
- With the U.S. spending only 4.6% of
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More Safe Days at Home: A Call to Redesign Pediatric Care
For children with special health care needs, the line between stability and crisis is razor-thin. A quiet day at home can quickly spiral into an unplanned hospital admission. Even during moments of calm, families live with constant anxiety that a small change in condition could trigger the next emergency.
It shouldn’t be that way.
Time at home should be safe and supported, not a fragile pause between hospitalizations. Yet today’s healthcare system still defaults to crisis response,
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$32.9M Investment: UArizona and Onvida Health Launch Rural Medical Branch to Solve Arizona’s Primary Care Crisis
What You Should Know:
- The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health are partnering to launch Arizona's first rural regional medical school branch in Yuma County, targeting the state's severe physician shortage.
- The initiative, backed by a $32.9M commitment from Onvida Health, will feature a three-year Primary Care Accelerated Pathway leading to an M.D. degree. The program aims to train future primary care physicians who are committed to practicing in
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AI as the New Primary Care Extender: A Solution to Physician Shortages
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is this: primary care physicians are the backbone of a functioning health system. Yet, in the United States, the supply of those physicians is dwindling at precisely the moment demand is peaking. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for example, projects a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, including at least 17,800 in primary care. For patients, that shortage translates into longer wait times, rushed
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The Siloed Trap: Why Fragmented EHR Workflows Are Failing Primary Care
It’s 4:37 p.m. in a primary care clinic in Mississippi. The waiting room is still half full. Dr. Rubin, a pediatric specialist, just wrapped up with a newborn’s checkup, and now faces an uphill sprint: reconciling three faxes, documenting vitals from two overlapping visits, and reviewing the urgent message from a parent sent through the portal. All before she can log off.
None of this is unfamiliar. For many primary care providers, this daily scramble is the byproduct of fragmented workflows,
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The Starfield Signal: A New Roadmap for AI in Primary Care
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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Combining Clinical Insight and Data-Driven Expertise: The Case for Morning Huddles in Primary Care
The daily huddle, also called a morning huddle, is a brief standup meeting commonly associated with inpatient and surgical care. In these settings, safety is the predominant focus of the meeting. However, the same idea can be used in primary care settings to get care teams ready for the patients scheduled for that day.
Morning huddles are an opportunity to merge clinical knowledge with data and analytics to help ensure primary care teams are aligned and specific care needs are
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Launches “CloseKnit” Virtual-First Primary Care Option
What You Should Know:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) today announced the launch of CloseKnit, a new virtual-first primary care option designed to provide members with accessible and convenient health support.
- As part of their agreement, CloseKnit is actively participating in Blue Cross's value-based payment program, aligning with the insurer's commitment to quality and affordability while ensuring members receive timely primary care
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AI in Primary Care: Reducing Burnout and Empowering Physicians
Primary care physicians struggle to process a novel's worth of data on each of their patients, every day, under stressful conditions. As healthcare invests billions in fast-evolving AI solutions, I’m convinced that leveraging AI to expand automation and save time in healthcare won't work unless we prioritize helping these doctors operate at the top of their license.
Every patient has a rich story. Primary care physicians are tasked with quickly finding and reviewing those personal stories in
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