Ambient scribe technology vendor Nabla raises $70 million in a Series C funding round, increasing its total to $120 million.
Diabetes management software vendor Glytec announces $36 million in new funding.
Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028
Sword Health, a digital health startup specializing in virtual physical therapy, pelvic healthcare, and mental healthcare, raises $40 million.
Parkview Health (IN) launches Upvia Health, a management services company focused on independent hospitals and provider groups.
Cosentus Expands National Reach with Strategic Acquisition of Utah based Alta Management Solutions
Ambulatory health IT company Cosentus Holdings acquires practice consulting and RCM vendor Alta Management Solutions.
Infusion Pump Recall: Zyno Medical Removes Certain Z-800 Series Infusion Pumps due to Software Issue
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.
Amazon reorganizes health-care business in latest bid to crack multitrillion-dollar market
Amazon restructures its healthcare business into six groups in an effort to streamline its business after several executive departures.
23andMe co-founder and former CEO Anne Wojcicki regains control of the bankrupt company as her newly formed non-profit acquires its assets for $305 million, outbidding Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in a court-ordered final round.
Congress Eyes EHR Overhaul with VA Regulatory Plan
Draft legislation would increase Congressional control over the VA’s Oracle Health project by mandating regular reporting of project status.
MRO Acquires Enterprise Clinical Data Management Platform Q-Centrix
Clinical data exchange technology vendor MRO acquires Q-Centrix, which offers an enterprise clinical data management platform.
Ellipsis Health, which offers AI-powered healthcare voice agents for care management, raises $45 million in a Series A funding round.
Health data company Datavant acquires Ontellus, a medical records retrieval and claims data firm that offers its services to law offices, employers, and insurance carriers.
Healthcare agentic AI company Autonomize AI announces $28 million in Series A funding.
Capital Rx Acquires Care Navigation Company Amino Health
Capital Rx, a pharmacy benefits management and administration company, acquires Amino Health and rebrands Amino’s health navigation platform to Judi Care.
Craneware founder rejects US takeover bid — and a £80m payday
Scotland-based hospital financial software vendor Craneware rejects an over $1 billion acquisition offer from Boston-based Bain Capital.
Central Maine Healthcare launches temporary website amid cyber breach
Central Maine Healthcare sets up a temporary website as it works to recover from a May 25 cyberattack.
Hellocare.ai Enters into Collaboration with Mayo Clinic for AI Co-Innovation Project
Mayo Clinic will invest in and partner with Hellocare.ai, whose platform supports virtual nursing, virtual sitting, patient engagement, ambient documentation, and remote monitoring.
Guidehealth Receives $10 Million Investment from Emory Healthcare
Guidehealth will use new funding from Emory Healthcare (GA) to develop prescriptive analytics and AI-powered virtual care navigation capabilities.
‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Virtual clinic Outro launches in seven states to help patients taking antidepressants taper off their medications.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to lay off more than 100 employees
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (WA) will lay off 116 employees within its Virtual Health Services division and outsource those jobs to a different region.
Kettering Health’s online patient portal, MyChart, back up
In Ohio, Kettering Health restores its patient portal, and most of its phone and laboratory systems and imaging equipment after a ransomware attack three weeks ago.
Salvo Health, which offers a digital digestive and metabolic care platform, announces $4 million in funding.
Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend
Omada Health’s stock market debut earns it a valuation of $1 billion, a figure unchanged since its last funding round in 2022.
NJ company is laying off 142 workers this month due to large hospital closing in PA
RCM business Med-Metrix lays off 142 staff working at The Crozer Chester Medical Center (PA), which has had to close due to the bankruptcy of parent company Prospect Medical Holdings.
Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners acquires an unstated significant ownership position in NextGen Healthcare, which was taken private in 2023 by PE firm Thoma Bravo.
Software company XiFin lays off 87 employees in Austin
San Diego-based RCM and workflow automation vendor XiFin lays off 87 employees at its office in Austin, TX,
OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center Launches eICU Program
OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center launches an electronic ICU program that enables OhioHealth staff at the health system’s central monitoring center to remotely monitor patients and communicate with bedside staff.
Clinicians can ‘chat’ with medical records through new AI software, ChatEHR
Stanford Health Care (CA) pilots an internally developed AI tool dubbed ChatEHR that enables clinicians to interact with patient medical records, primarily in the form of information-gathering.
Prompt EMR Rebrands as Prompt Health to Reflect Expanded Vision and Platform
Rehab therapy software vendor Prompt EMR rebrands to Prompt Health.
Omada Health Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Virtual chronic care management company Omada Health adjust its IPO pricing to $19 a share in hopes of raising $150 million during its stock market debut June 6.
Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack
The Interlock ransomware group claims to have stolen data from Kettering Health (OH), which has been working to recover from the ransomware attack for over two weeks.
Epic Systems Nets $6 Million in Interest-Accrual Court Victory
A circuit judge rules that Epic is entitled to $6 million in interest on punitive damages awarded to it after winning a 2014 trade secrets case involving Tata Consultancy Services.
Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion
Days after confirming a headcount reduction, Hims & Hers Health announces it will acquire European telehealth provider Zava.
Net Health Acquires Limber Health
Net Health, which specializes in health IT for wound care and rehab therapy, acquires digital and in-clinic musculoskeletal care company Limber Health.
CMS Building Foundational Infrastructure for Digital Healthcare Ecosystem
CMS announces several digital health initiatives, including the development of an interoperable national provider directory, expanded availability of its Blue Button 2.0 API, and enhanced data exchange participation.
AirStrip Acquires Fifth Eye to Advance Predictive Clinical Surveillance
Clinical surveillance and decision support company AirStrip acquires clinical analytics vendor Fifth Eye.
HHS names new technology policy, health IT leader
HHS names radiologist and former ONC senior advisor Thomas Keane, MD, MBA assistant secretary for technology policy and national coordinator for health IT.
Over 1,000 Hospitals Connect to TEFCA with Epic Nexus
Epic announces that 1,000 hospitals and 22,000 clinics are now leveraging TEFCA data-exchange capabilities through the company’s Nexus QHIN.
Hims to cut 4% of workforce amid ban on weight-loss drug copies
Online health and wellness prescription delivery company Hims & Hers Health lays off 68 employees as it adjusts to changing market demand for popular weight-loss drugs.
FDA Launches Agency-Wide AI Tool to Optimize Performance for the American People
The FDA launches Elsa, a generative AI tool that employees will use to automate processes associated with scientific reviews and clinical protocol evaluations, among other tasks.
New Details: Kettering Health working on restoring phones, access to health records software
Kettering Health (OH) continues to bring systems back online and expand clinical capabilities as it recovers from last week’s cyberattack.
Wolters Kluwer acquires online healthcare courseware provider IntelliLearn
Wolters Kluwer Health acquires IntelliLearn, which offers online courseware for nursing students in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
‘Cyber incident’ disrupts Maine Covenant Health locations
Covenant Health facilities in multiple states deal with connectivity issues resulting from a cyberattack that occurred last week.
Kaiser Permanente network interruptions resolved
Kaiser Permanente announces that all of its technology systems are back online after dealing with a network outage most of Wednesday.
Omada Health aims to go public with market cap of up to $1.1 billion
Virtual chronic care management company Omada Health will try to raise $158 million during its IPO next week.
MDaudit and Streamline Health Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
Medical billing and compliance company MDaudit will acquire RCM vendor Streamline Health for $37.4 million.
BayCare Health System will undertake corrective action and pay $800,000 to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2018 incident in which an unauthorized user accessed and took photographs of a patient’s medical records, and then videoed themselves scrolling through the records.
R1 Announces Investment from Khosla Ventures as it Accelerates AI-Driven Healthcare Transformation
RCM vendor R1 secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Khosla Ventures.
Get a Second Opinion Emerges from Stealth with AI-Powered Medication Analysis Platform
Get a Second Opinion launches to offer members access to AI-powered medication and medical condition analysis.
Minset Raises Funding to Scale AI Agent That Solves For Healthcare’s $400B Revenue Cycle Problem
AI-powered healthcare revenue cycle software vendor Minset raises seed funding in a round led by HealthX Ventures.
Digital healthcare software and services vendor Healthcare Triangle forms new subsidiary QuantumNexis through the acquisition of Niyama Healthcare, which specializes in AI-enabled digital mental healthcare, and Ezovion Solutions, which offers EHR and smart hospital management tech.
23andMe to delist from Nasdaq, deregister with SEC
23andMe will delist and deregister from the Nasdaq following the purchase of the majority of its assets by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals earlier this month.
An AI-Powered Startup Can Now Perform This Important Task Better Than Doctors
Ambience Healthcare develops an AI medical coding model using OpenAI technology.
Jane Software to be reportedly valued at $1.8 billion in upcoming secondary financing
Canadian practice management software vendor Jane Software is reportedly working to raise an additional $500 million from three US investors, bringing its valuation to $1.8 billion.
Kettering Health talks publicly about cyberattack and frustration of patients
Kettering Health (OH) acknowledges it was the victim of a ransomware attack last week, announces that it has restored clinical communications systems, and expects the rest of its network to be up and running within the next several days.
Hamilton and Burlington hospitals partner on integrated health information system
In Canada, Joseph Brant Hospital will adopt St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s Epic system.
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