Artificial Intelligence August 14, 2025
AI Spotlight on Epic, Abridge, and Oracle August 14, 2025
Epic, Abridge, and Oracle just gave us a year’s worth of blockbuster AI announcements in three days, and at least one of them was more than speculation and old news. ‘Twas the week before UGM, and the rumor-mill has been overheating with reports that Epic might finally launch its own EHR-native scribe at its upcoming […]
Artificial Intelligence August 11, 2025
Doximity Ramps Up AI With Pathway Acquisition August 11, 2025
Doximity is setting out to prove that it’s more than “LinkedIn for doctors” after snapping up clinical reference AI startup Pathway for $63M. Clinical workflows are the new social media… or at least that’s the plot of Doximity’s growth story. Enter Pathway. The Montreal-based startup’s AI helps physicians answer questions at the bedside using information […]
Artificial Intelligence August 7, 2025
The Generalist-Specialist Paradox of Medical AI August 7, 2025
Technological advances have ushered in an era where many AI models outperform specialists on specific tasks, but AI still lags far behind experts in less controlled settings. That’s the Generalist-Specialist Paradox of Medical AI laid out in a recent NEJM AI editorial, which paints a picture of a world where AI might soon start redrawing […]
Startups August 4, 2025
Ambience Healthcare Joins Unicorn Club With Series C Raise August 4, 2025
Another week, another ambient AI mega-round – this time from none other than Ambience Healthcare and its massive $243M Series C. Welcome to the unicorn club. The round vaulted Ambience’s valuation to $1.25B, making it the second-highest valued startup in the ambient arena behind Abridge, which was valued at an eye-popping $5.3B during its recent […]
Digital Health July 31, 2025
Make Health Tech Great Again July 31, 2025
CMS just wrapped its Make Health Tech Great Again event at the White House, and it unveiled an ambitious new strategy to modernize how healthcare data is exchanged. This time is different. We’ve heard similar promises before, but the administration plans to “stop theoretical debates and start delivering real results” by taking a two-pronged approach. […]
Startups July 28, 2025
Fortuna Closes Series A to Modernize Medicaid Access July 28, 2025
It never hurts to be at the right place at the right time, and Medicaid navigation platform Fortuna Health just landed $18M of Series A funding in the wake of one of the biggest shakeups the safety net coverage program has ever seen. Medicaid is complicated. Each of the 56 Medicaid programs in the U.S. […]
Artificial Intelligence July 24, 2025
OpenAI Delivers Largest-Ever Study of Clinical AI July 24, 2025
Hot on the heels of launching its HealthBench medical AI benchmark, OpenAI just delivered results from the largest-ever study of clinical AI in actual practice – and let’s just say the future’s looking bright. 40,000 visits, 106 clinicians, 15 clinics. OpenAI went big to get real-world data, equipping Kenya-based primary and urgent care provider Penda […]
Wearables July 21, 2025
FDA Sparks Wellness Feature Debate With Warning Letter to Whoop July 21, 2025
The FDA fired off a warning letter to wearable company Whoop for promoting its blood pressure feature without getting clearance, which quickly reignited the debate on whether wellness claims should be regulated as medical devices. Whoop’s wristbands pack a punch. The just-released WHOOP MG tracks everything from sleep and heart strain to AFib and Blood […]
Startups July 17, 2025
OpenEvidence Locks in $210M Series B in Second Raise of the Year July 17, 2025
OpenEvidence might just be the hottest startup in healthcare after locking in another $210M of Series B funding and tripling its valuation to a whopping $3.5B. Déjà vu. If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because OpenEvidence first joined the unicorn club just five short months ago when it notched a $1B valuation through its $75M […]
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 […]
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 […]
