Artificial Intelligence April 14, 2025
K Health’s AI Clinical Recommendations Rival Doctors in Real-World Setting April 14, 2025
Real-world comparisons of AI recommendations and doctors’ clinical decisions have been few and far between, but a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine gave us a great look at how performance stacks up with actual patients. The early verdict? AI came out on top, but that doesn’t mean doctors should pack their bags […]
Digital Health April 10, 2025
Rock Health Q1 2025 Funding Recap, Late-Stage is Back April 10, 2025
In a first quarter packed with uncertainty and policy shifts, digital health didn’t skip a beat. Rock Health’s Q1 Digital Health Market Update counted $3B in venture funding across 122 rounds (up from $2.7B in Q1 2024), and it sounds like there’s finally some optimism in the air again. Early-stage startups dominated the deal count, […]
Startups April 7, 2025
Thatch Raises Series B to Dislodge Health Coverage From Employment April 7, 2025
Help is on the way for employers grappling with rising healthcare costs after Thatch locked in $40M of Series B funding to help tailor benefits to the needs of employees. Thatch is dislodging health coverage from employment by providing individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRA) that let employees choose their own benefits. Thatch CEO Chris […]
Startups April 3, 2025
Layer Health Takes AI to Chart Review With Series A April 3, 2025
The healthcare AI momentum isn’t showing any signs of letting up, and chart review automation startup Layer Health just added another $21M to the segment’s quickly growing venture total. Layer’s AI platform leverages LLMs trained on longitudinal patient data to automate data abstraction for the medical chart reviews that underpin a wide range of clinical […]
Artificial Intelligence March 31, 2025
PHTI Delivers Mixed Reviews on Ambient Scribes March 31, 2025
The Peterson Health Technology Institute’s latest technology review is here, and it had a decidedly mixed report card for the ambient AI scribes sweeping across the industry. PHTI’s total count of ambient scribe vendors stands at over 60, but the bulk of its report focuses on the early experiences and lessons learned from the top […]
Startups March 27, 2025
Navina Lands $55M to Bring AI Insights to VBC March 27, 2025
As the number of providers transitioning to value-based care continues to grow, the need for timely clinical intelligence is climbing right alongside it, and Navina just landed $55M in Series C funding to become the definitive source for AI-driven insights. Navina’s AI clinical intelligence platform aggregates data from a wide range of sources like the […]
Startups March 24, 2025
DispatchHealth Acquires Hospital-at-Home Provider Medically Home March 24, 2025
DispatchHealth is acquiring fellow hospital-at-home provider Medically Home to give more patients access to their preferred hospital bed: the one they already have at home. DispatchHealth delivers full-service high-acuity care to patients across the country by sending clinicians directly to the patient’s own bedside. Medically Home has a similar value proposition, with technology, logistics, and […]
Digital Health March 20, 2025
Dr. Oz Sheds Light on Potential Priorities at CMS March 20, 2025
Dr. Mehmet Oz appears to have passed his Senate testimony with flying colors, and the surgeon-turned-TV-personality’s confirmation as CMS administrator seems all but locked in. The nearly three hour testimony wandered through a range of topics with a direct impact on digital health, giving us a first look at what might change – or get […]
Artificial Intelligence March 17, 2025
AI Misses the Mark on Detecting Critical Conditions March 17, 2025
Most health systems have already begun turning to AI to predict if patient health conditions will deteriorate, but a new study in Nature Communications Medicine suggests that current models aren’t cut out for the task. Virginia Tech researchers looked at several popular machine learning models cited in medical literature for predicting patient deterioration, then fed […]
Startups March 13, 2025
Hinge Files for Long-Awaited IPO March 13, 2025
When the digital health market needed a hero, Hinge Health answered the call. Hinge officially filed for its IPO, braving the biggest stock market downturn in recent memory to pull the tech-enabled services category out of a years-long slump. Diving into the S-1, Hinge grew its revenue by 33% to $390M in 2024. It also […]
Artificial Intelligence March 10, 2025
Stress Testing Ambient AI Scribes March 10, 2025
Providers are lining up to see if ambient AI can live up to its promise of decreasing burnout while improving the patient experience… and researchers are starting to wonder the same thing. A new study in JAMA Network Open investigated whether ambient AI scribes actually decrease clinical note burden, following 46 clinicians at the University […]
Digital Health March 6, 2025
HIMSS 2025 Recap, Launches, and Major Announcements March 6, 2025
It’s the final day of HIMSS 2025 in Las Vegas, and although the exhibitors are still diligently manning their stations, most of the announcement cards have already been dealt and it’s time to round up the biggest stories from the show. HIMSS centered around the familiar themes of digital transformation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and workforce […]
Startups March 3, 2025
OpenEvidence Closes $75M in Series A Funding March 3, 2025
OpenEvidence might be the new kid on the medical chatbot block, but it’s already “the fastest-growing platform for doctors in history,” and $75M of Series A funding just made it the youngest unicorn in healthcare. Founder Daniel Nadler describes OpenEvidence as an AI copilot, with an experience that feels similar to ChatGPT yet is actually […]
Artificial Intelligence February 27, 2025
AI Enthusiasm Heats Up With Doctors February 27, 2025
The unstoppable march of AI only seems to be gaining momentum, with an American Medical Association survey noting greater enthusiasm – and less apprehension – among physicians. The AMA’s Augmented Intelligence Research survey of 1,183 physicians found that those whose enthusiasm outweighs their concerns with health AI rose to 35% in 2024, up from 30% […]
Startups February 24, 2025
Abridge Lands $250M and Debuts Contextual Reasoning Engine February 24, 2025
One of the top stories to come out of last week’s ViVE conference was Abridge closing $250M in Series D funding, yet that somehow wasn’t even the biggest news in the announcement. On top of raising a nine-figure round at a $2.5B valuation, Abridge hit the 100 health system milestone after adding to a string […]
Digital Health February 20, 2025
ViVE 2025 Recap and Major Announcements February 20, 2025
Hot chicken, cold weather, and artificial intelligence – ViVE Nashville had it all. Over 10,000 attendees made the trip to Music City, making the event roughly a third larger than the last time it was in town in 2023. About a hundred of those attendees even stuck around for the last day, risking the snow […]
Digital Health February 13, 2025
Health Tech’s Defining Decade February 13, 2025
We’re using today’s top story to circle back on Define Venture’s report on “Health Tech’s Defining Decade,” which included too many highlights to squeeze into last week’s update. The analysis dives into the performance of venture-backed health tech startups that went on to go public, with a sprinkle of survivorship bias given that it doesn’t […]
Telehealth February 10, 2025
Hybrid Care: Interest Outstrips Infrastructure February 10, 2025
Provider organizations are hungry for more hybrid care, but new research in NEJM Catalyst highlights a notable gap between their interest and infrastructure. A survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council – made up of clinical leaders and executives from care delivery orgs across the globe – showed that a majority of the 730 respondents […]
Telehealth February 6, 2025
Teladoc Aims to Catapult Over Obstacles With Acquisition February 6, 2025
Teladoc is looking to catapult over some of its recent obstacles with its first acquisition under CEO Chuck Divita, picking up Catapult Health for a lofty $65M. The closing price is over three times what Teladoc shelled out for BetterHelp in 2015, which could be justified if Catapult’s at-home testing synergies pan out as intended. […]
