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Digital Health July 14, 2025
Samsung Leans In On Healthcare With Xealth Acquisition July 14, 2025
It was already shaping up to be a great year for digital health exits, and Samsung just kicked things up another notch by acquiring tech integration platform Xealth. Xealth was the first spin out from Providence’s Digital Innovation Group back in 2017. The platform integrates 70+ partner solutions for everything from RPM to patient engagement […]
Artificial Intelligence July 10, 2025
Microsoft MAI-DxO and the Path to Medical Superintelligence July 10, 2025
In an action-packed week to kick off the second half of the year, no story grabbed more headlines than Microsoft’s MAI-DxO proving four times more successful than human doctors at diagnosing complex diseases. Microsoft is on the path to medical superintelligence… at least according to their excellent blog post outlining its new MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator, […]
Remote Care July 3, 2025
Current Health Starts Next Act After Best Buy July 3, 2025
Sometimes the best M&A strategy is re-acquiring what you already built, and Current Health is once again an independent company after co-founder Chris McGhee decided to take back the reins from Best Buy. Best Buy picked up Current in 2021. The pandemic boom in home health inspired the retailer to move into the space before […]
Artificial Intelligence June 30, 2025
Doximity Accused of Prompt Hacking OpenEvidence June 30, 2025
What does a high-flying company like Doximity do when competitors are nipping at its heels? According to OpenEvidence’s new lawsuit, it just politely asks their LLMs to reveal trade secrets. Doximity is basically LinkedIn for doctors. It allows physicians to use its networking platform and AI workflow products at no cost, which means the physicians […]
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Startups June 26, 2025
Abridge Moves Upstream With $300M Series E June 26, 2025
The ambient AI segment is turning into a bigger spectacle than the NBA Finals, and Abridge just dunked on it with $300M of Series E funding. Big-time startups have big-time valuations. The latest round doubled Abridge’s valuation to $5.3B, up from a paltry $2.5B when it closed its last nine-figure round four short months ago. […]
Startups June 23, 2025
Tennr Raises $101M Series C for AI-Powered Referrals June 23, 2025
Tennr just raised $101M of Series C funding to have AI help solve one of healthcare’s most timeless challenges: fax machines. Tennr got its start in 2021 improving the patient intake and documentation review process, but has quickly expanded its capabilities to make sure that patients don’t get lost in a “black hole” during the […]
Startups June 19, 2025
Nabla Series C Brings Agentic AI to the Heart of Healthcare June 19, 2025
Healthcare’s “zero-screen future” is looking closer than ever after Nabla locked in $70M of Series C funding to put AI agents to work restoring the human connections at the heart of the industry. Ambient AI is hot, but Agentic AI is hotter. The round follows a wave of adoption across U.S. health systems as Nabla […]
Startups June 16, 2025
Ellipsis Health Closes Series A, Unveils Sage AI Care Manager June 16, 2025
Care management gaps are becoming a pressing problem as the provider shortage deepens, and Ellipsis Health just raised $45M of Series A funding to show why empathy is the answer. Ellipsis put Sage front and center in the announcement, unveiling its emotionally intelligent AI care manager that expands staffing capacity through proactive patient engagement. The […]
Digital Health June 12, 2025
Catching the Right Wave in Digital Health June 12, 2025
The ocean of digital health innovation seems to have a wave of new trends breaking every year, which is why Rock Health teamed up with LG NOVA to give enterprises a framework for “discerning promising currents from passing swells.” Riding the wrong hype cycle can strain health systems’ limited resources with costly implementations or investment […]
Artificial Intelligence June 9, 2025
OpenEvidence Partners With JAMA Ahead of Next Raise June 9, 2025
“The fastest-growing platform for doctors in history” continues to step on the gas, and OpenEvidence is reportedly on the verge of notching a $3B valuation after inking a deal to bring JAMA Network journals to its AI medical search engine. The multi-year content agreement will make full-text articles from the American Medical Association’s JAMA, JAMA […]
Telehealth June 5, 2025
Text Nudges Show Potential in Primary Care June 5, 2025
Even the simplest text messages can help patients get more out of their primary care visits, at least according to new research published in NEJM Evidence. The study out of Ascension health system – “A Digital Care Plan Nudge to Improve Primary Care Outcomes” – spanned 76 primary care practices and 29,000+ patients. The results […]
Artificial Intelligence June 2, 2025
Epic Announces Launchpad to Fast-Track GenAI Deployment June 2, 2025
Epic is looking to accelerate generative AI adoption with the surprise unveiling of Launchpad, a new program designed to help provider orgs “move from idea to operational gains in a matter of days.” Launchpad’s grand unveiling included little more than a LinkedIn post, but Epic AI Director Sean McGunigal told Fierce Healthcare that the program […]
Telehealth May 29, 2025
PHTI Gives High Marks to Virtual Mental Health Solutions May 29, 2025
Virtual mental health solutions were the latest segment to fall under the piercing gaze of the Peterson Health Technology Institute, and in typical PHTI fashion the reviews were mixed. The evaluation incorporated over 5,000 articles, input from clinical advisors, and interviews with depressed or anxious patients to evaluate three kinds of mental health solutions on […]
Digital Health May 22, 2025
SmarterDx, Thoughtful.ai, and Access Healthcare Form Smarter Technologies May 22, 2025
New Mountain Capital just hit us with one of the biggest blockbuster mergers of the year, combining portfolio companies SmarterDx, Thoughtful.ai, and Access Healthcare into a new RCM powerhouse dubbed Smarter Technologies. Payors and providers are at war over every dollar, and Smarter is leveling the battlefield by arming health systems with a comprehensive revenue […]
Startups May 19, 2025
Cohere Raises $90M for AI Prior Authorizations May 19, 2025
Cohere Health just locked in $90M of Series C funding to keep doing what it does best, offloading painful prior authorization processes from humans to AI. Cohere works with health plans and risk-bearing providers to automate prior auth workflows and accelerate time to care… or at least quicker denials. As an early mover in the […]
Artificial Intelligence May 15, 2025
OpenAI Dives Into Healthcare With HealthBench May 15, 2025
OpenAI is officially setting its sights on healthcare with the launch of HealthBench, a new benchmark for evaluating AI performance in realistic medical scenarios. HealthBench marks the first time the ChatGPT developer has taken a direct step into the industry without a partner to hold its hand. Here’s how current frontier models stacked up in […]
Startups May 12, 2025
Chronic Care Startup Omada Files for IPO May 12, 2025
The IPO winter might finally be over after chronic care startup Omada Health filed to go public just a few short weeks after Hinge broke the ice. The digital health darling is best known for its virtual diabetes management programs, but has grown into a comprehensive offering for hypertension, MSK (courtesy of its 2020 Physera […]
Artificial Intelligence May 8, 2025
More Reasoning, More Hallucinations for LLMs May 8, 2025
Better reasoning apparently doesn’t prevent LLMs from spewing out false facts. Independent testing from AI firm Vectara showed that the latest advanced reasoning models from OpenAI and DeepSeek hallucinate even more than previous models. OpenAI positions o3 as its most powerful model because it’s a “reasoning” model that takes more time to “think” and work […]
Startups May 8, 2025
Carta Healthcare Closes $18.25M for Data Abstraction AI May 8, 2025
Manual clinical data abstraction is a prime target for AI automation, and Carta Healthcare is looking to hit the center of the bullseye after raising $18.25M of Series B1 funding. Carta’s data abstraction platform leverages AI and a team of expert abstractors to automate the collection of clinical data and surface actionable insights. Although AI’s […]
Telehealth May 5, 2025
Teladoc Adds In-Network Therapy With Uplift Acquisition May 5, 2025
Teladoc wrapped up a bumpy Q1 with the acquisition of virtual therapy provider Uplift, a move that it hopes will help turnaround its persistently problematic BetterHelp segment. UpLift provides virtual therapy, psychiatry, and medication management services – all crucially covered by most major commercial payors, as well as Medicare and Medicaid. The $30M acquisition shores […]
Digital Health May 1, 2025
CB Insights State of Digital Health Q1 2025 May 1, 2025
CB Insights put out its State of Digital Health report for the first quarter, and it looks like it’ll take more than a stock market nosedive to stop the health tech rebound. Although some of the themes might sound familiar to those that keep up with Rock Health’s analysis – primarily more funding directed toward […]
Value-Based Care April 28, 2025
PointClickCare SUMMIT 2025 Recap and Major Announcements April 28, 2025
PointClickCare SUMMIT 2025 is officially a wrap, and we’re back from Vegas with a roundup of the biggest highlights and announcements from the show. The market-leading senior care EHR’s 12th annual SUMMIT brought together over 2,000 of the industry’s top professionals to connect, learn, and advance care together. PointClickCare CEO Dave Wessinger kicked things off […]
