News 6/18/25

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Ambient scribe technology vendor Nabla raises $70 million in a Series C funding round, increasing its total to $120 million.

The company will use the money to develop an agentic AI platform that will include real-time coding support, smarter documentation, EHR command execution, and nursing capabilities.

Reader Comments

From Skrill: “Re: virtual ADHD prescriptions. A new study out of Massachusetts General Hospital says that remote prescribing doesn’t increase someone’s chances of becoming addicted to drugs like Adderall. Doesn’t this fly in the face of the federal scrutiny (and fines) faced by Cerebral, Truepill, Ahead, etc. several years ago?” Reasons this study’s findings don’t necessarily vindicate for-profit telehealth providers who were cranking out prescriptions for stimulants:

• It looked at MGH patients who were treated for ADHD from March 2020 to August 2023. Most of them had at least one in-person visit before COVID moved their care to virtual. They were evaluated in person and managed by doctors in traditional academic medical center practice.
• I would trust MGH doctors who started seeing patients virtually to follow the proper prescribing guidelines, as compared to an investor-backed startup that contracts with doctors who are paid for each Adderall prescription they generate.
• The study looked at substance use disorder as an endpoint, but that doesn’t necessarily prove the absence of overuse or even misuse in general. Patients could have been selling or sharing their meds or using them for purposes other than as prescribed.
• The researchers had no way to measure diversion or inappropriate prescribing.

Sponsored Events and Resources

Live Webinar: June 18 (Wednesday) noon ET. “Fireside Chat: Closing the Gaps in Medication Adherence.” Sponsor: DrFirst. Presenters: Ben G. Long, MD, director of hospital medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center; Wes Blakeslee, PhD, vice president of clinical data strategies, DrFirst; Colin Banas, MD, MHA, chief medical officer, DrFirst. Magnolia Regional Health Center will describe how its Nurse Navigator program used real-time prescription fill data from DrFirst to identify therapy gaps and engage patients through timely, personalized outreach. The effort led to a 19% increase in prescription fills and a 6% drop in 30-day readmissions among participating patients. Attendees will learn why prescribing price transparency is key to adherence, how real-time data helps care teams support patients between visits, and how Magnolia aligned its approach with value-based care and population health goals.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Parkview Health (IN) launches UpVia Health, a management services company that is focused on independent hospitals and provider groups. UpVia will initially offer services for virtual care, EHR sharing, revenue cycle, and group purchasing as well as pharmacy management and supply chain management.

Diabetes management software vendor Glytec announces $36 million in new funding.

Sales

• VA San Antonio expands its CliniComp EHR system to its post-anesthesia care environments.
• Ochsner Health (LA) selects clinical AI software from Latent Health.
• Erlanger (TN) will implement surgical operations automation software from Qventus.

People

CereCore names Matt Dearborn (Pivot Point Consulting) regional VP.

Eyecare EHR/PM vendor Sightview hires Tycene Fritcher (Outcomes) as CEO.

Announcements and Implementations

St. Mary’s Health and Clearwater Valley Health in Idaho implement a shared Meditech Expanse EHR system.

Stanford Health Care (CA) uses virtual pulmonary rehabilitation services from Kivo Health as part of its home-based care program for COPD patients.

Veterans Memorial Hospital (IA) goes live on Epic through a collaboration with University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Med Tech Solutions begins offering personalized NextGen Healthcare and EClinicalWorks EHR utilization training through its new ProviderCare program.

Altera Digital Health announces GA of Sunrise 25.1.

Government and Politics

The FDA issues its most serious level of recall on select Zyno Medical Z-800 infusion pumps, citing software that has not undergone verification or validation testing.

VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence, PhD stresses that progress is being made on preparing facilities in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to go live on its Oracle Health-based EHR in 2026. Implementation activities are also set to begin this month at care sites in Anchorage and Cleveland. Thirteen facilities are scheduled to go live on the software next year.

Privacy and Security

Population health management platform vendor HealthEC and four of its customers will pay a combined $5.48 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that stemmed from a 2023 breach that affected the data of 4.6 million people.

Other

A local news outlet questions the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s decision to add a “citizenship” field to Epic, noting that hospitals are not required to collect the information and patients are not obligated to answer.

Sponsor Updates

• Capital Rx supports the annual NYCFC/NYCSI Community Cup in Queens.
• Arcadia announces a strategic integration partnership with Quest Analytics.
• Black Book Research’s latest survey ranks Inovalon as the top-rated vendor for the End-to-End Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Lifecycle.
• Waystar appoints Aashima Gupta and Michael Roman to its Board of Directors.
• Altera Digital Health announces that customer Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has become the first trust in Greater Manchester to implement district nurse referrals in its Sunrise EPR system.
• Clearwater founder and Executive Chairman Bob Chaput leads a cyber risk management course at The University of Texas at Austin.
• Consensus Cloud Solutions will exhibit at the HIMSS Central & North Florida Chapter Conference June 19 in Tampa, FL.

Blog Posts

• 5 Care Coordination Challenges Netsmart Solves (Netsmart)
• What Is ICD-11? Key Differences from ICD-10 and How AI Can Help (Nym)
• 5 Ways Improving Care Access for Members Is a Force Multiplier for Engagement and Outcomes (ReferWell)
• The Panoramic View for Health Plans and Care Managers (Surescripts)
• From Inspiration to Action—How to Instigate Change after the 2025 MUSE Inspire Conference (CereCore)
• The silent advocate: How AI can alleviate mental health struggles in nurses (Altera Digital Health)
• Transforming How Healthcare Organizations Use Data (Dimensional Insight)

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