Weight Watchers Releases GLP-1 Results Report Demonstrating 61% Greater Weight Loss
Weight Watchers unveiled a GLP-1 Results Report showing its integrated medical‑behavioral program drives 61.3% greater weight loss in the first month versus medication‑only users. Over 12 months, Med+ participants achieved a 21% average loss, maintaining 20.5% at 24 months. The data also indicate 72% of members experienced fewer side effects and 87% normalized high blood pressure after a year. WW positioned the results against competitors, claiming a 72% advantage over Hims & Hers’ compounded GLP‑1 cohort.
Verily Me: A Safe, Private New Space to Check Your Symptoms
Verily has moved its consumer health app, Verily Me, out of beta and into general availability on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. The platform is powered by Violet, an AI companion that conducts a guided, multi‑turn intake...
Malama Health Secures $9.2M to Expand Maternal Health Platform and Doula Network
Malama Health closed an oversubscribed $9.2 million seed round led by Acumen America, bolstered by a $2.3 million NIH grant and over $1 million in California state funds. The company’s Medicaid‑first platform pairs an EHR‑connected app with a network of Doula‑Care Navigators who...
The Prior Auth Panic: WEDI Survey Reveals Providers Are Stalling as the CMS API Deadline Looms
The CMS Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Final Rule requires all health‑care entities to deploy specific prior‑auth APIs by January 1, 2027. A February 2026 WEDI survey shows payers have largely caught up, with only 10% still idle, down from 43% a...
Wiley and OpenEvidence Partner to Integrate Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Into Clinical AI
Wiley is licensing its extensive portfolio of peer‑reviewed medical content to OpenEvidence, the clinical AI platform used by more than 40% of U.S. physicians. The deal brings the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Clinical Answers, and over 400 Wiley...
Translucent Secures $27M for Healthcare Finance AI Platform
Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, closed a $27 million Series A round led by GV with participation from NEA, Virtue and FPV Ventures. The funding follows a $7 million seed round and will accelerate its agentic AI platform that unifies clinical, operational...
Maven Clinic Launches Direct-to-Consumer Platform Nationwide Featuring GLP-1 and Hormone Care
Maven Clinic, known for its B2B telehealth services covering 28 million lives, has opened a beta waitlist for a new direct‑to‑consumer platform that will be available to women across the United States. The DTC offering bundles virtual access to more...
HIMSS Survey: 60% of Health Systems Can’t Protect Unmanaged Medical Devices
A new HIMSS‑Elisity survey reveals that 62% of health systems cannot secure unpatchable or agentless IoMT devices, while 56% struggle with basic inventory visibility. The same respondents cite microsegmentation as the preferred defense, yet 40% fear it will disrupt clinical...
HIMSS26: WVU Medicine Expands Abridge Ambient AI Platform Across 25 Hospitals
WVU Medicine announced expansion of Abridge’s ambient AI platform to over 2,800 clinicians across its 25‑hospital network. The rollout, driven by clinician advocacy, aims to alleviate physician burnout in rural West Virginia. Post‑implementation surveys of more than 200 providers reported...
HIMSS26: CharmHealth Launches CharmCopilot, an Embedded Multi-Agent AI Assistant for EHR Workflows
CharmHealth has introduced CharmCopilot, an embedded multi‑agent AI assistant built directly into its electronic health record platform. The company is offering the core AI capabilities to existing customers at no additional charge, positioning the tool as a cost‑disruptive solution. Its...
Stamford Health Selects Ensemble Health Partners for End-to-End RCM Operations
Stamford Health, a 305‑bed independent system in Connecticut, has chosen Ensemble Health Partners to run its end‑to‑end revenue cycle management. Ensemble will apply its integrated operating model, AI‑driven analytics, and existing EHR infrastructure to automate billing, coding and denial recovery....
HIMSS26: Imprivata Introduces Agentic Identity Management to Secure and Govern AI Agents
Imprivata unveiled Agentic Identity Management at HIMSS26, a platform that secures and governs AI agents used in clinical documentation, prior authorizations, and triage. The solution treats AI agents as managed identities, issuing short‑lived tokens and enforcing least‑privilege access across both...
Aquila Emerges From Stealth with Healthcare Data Integration Platform
Aquila has stepped out of stealth mode, securing state and federal contracts to deploy a healthcare data integration platform aimed at cross‑jurisdiction epidemiological and population‑health tracking. Led by Dr. Jaime Bland, the startup targets the 30% of U.S. hospitals that...
ECRI Releases 2026 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns Highlighting AI, Rural Health, and Workforce Shortages
ECRI released its 2026 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns, placing AI diagnostic dilemmas at #1. The report warns that unchecked AI tools can cause missed or incorrect diagnoses due to automation bias and biased training data. Rural healthcare access ranks...
HIMSS26: Verily and Samsung Partner to Integrate Galaxy Watch 8 Into Precision Health Platform
Verily Life Sciences and Samsung Electronics have announced a partnership to embed the Galaxy Watch 8 into Verily’s precision health platform, PRE. The FDA‑cleared wearable will stream continuous biometric data—such as SpO2, sleep‑apnea scores, and AFib alerts—directly into Verily’s Viewpoint...
WellSpan Health Launches 24/7, AI-Powered Robotic Kitchen with RoboEatz and ABB Robotics
WellSpan Health has opened “Fresh Take Eatery,” a 24/7 AI‑powered robotic kitchen at its York Hospital. The system uses RoboEatz’s Autonomous Robotic Kitchen (ARK) platform with ABB Robotics’ articulated arms, occupying just 400 sq ft. It runs four cooking modules, stores up...
Walgreens Launches $49 Pay-Per-Visit Weight Management, Expanding Virtual Healthcare Platform
Walgreens has launched a $49 per‑visit weight‑management program within its Virtual Healthcare platform, offering clinician‑guided GLP‑1 prescriptions for adults 18‑64. Patients complete an online video consult, after which licensed doctors or nurse practitioners can prescribe FDA‑approved drugs such as Wegovy....
Cotiviti Appoints Ric Sinclair as CEO; Dr. Emad Rizk Transitions to Senior Advisor
Ric Sinclair will assume the role of chief executive officer at Cotiviti on March 16, 2026, succeeding Dr. Emad Rizk, who moves into a senior‑advisor capacity after a decade of steering organic growth and major acquisitions. Sinclair arrives from Waystar,...
HIMSS26: GE HealthCare’s Genesis Radiology Workspace ‘View’ Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance
GE HealthCare has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for View, a zero‑footprint, cloud‑native diagnostic viewer that anchors its Genesis Radiology Workspace. Radiologists currently spend up to 44% of their time on non‑interpretive tasks, a bottleneck View aims to eliminate by removing...
GLP-1: Amazon Pharmacy Adds Zepbound KwikPen to Its Same-Day Delivery for $299
Amazon Pharmacy has launched Eli Lilly’s Zepbound KwikPen, a multi‑dose GLP‑1 weight‑loss injector, on its platform with a self‑pay price of $299 per month. The KwikPen delivers a full month’s dose in a single pen, cutting waste and easing patient...
Elation Health Launches AI Fast Lane to Automate Primary Care Billing Workflows
Elation Health has introduced an AI‑driven billing engine that creates a touchless fast lane for primary‑care claims. The system pulls context from the Elation EHR—pre‑visit data, AI‑drafted notes, problem lists and medications—to suggest complete diagnosis, procedure and drug codes before...
Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Announces Latest Cohort of 18 Digital Health Companies
Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate has announced a new 30‑week cohort of 18 digital‑health startups from across the globe. Participants will receive mentorship from Mayo clinicians and, crucially, access to millions of de‑identified longitudinal clinical records to train and validate AI models....
LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is expanding its identity‑verification suite within Epic’s Connection Hub, enabling U.S. hospitals to embed advanced security tools directly into MyChart. The integration adds AI‑driven behavioral analytics, OTP authenticators, and other modular components to protect patient health data...
Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine
Thyme Care has launched an Integrated Social Support (ISS) model that places licensed master‑level social workers as the first point of contact for cancer patients. The model proactively screens 100% of members at enrollment, uncovering that 53% face financial toxicity,...
Why Guideway Care Acquired Waypoint to Fix the EHR Execution Gap
Guideway Care has acquired Waypoint Healthcare Solutions, adding AI‑driven patient activation tools to its portfolio. The move targets the persistent "execution gap" where EHR data fails to translate into completed patient actions, causing revenue leakage. Waypoint’s technology serves as an...
Sage Raises $65M to Expand AI Senior Care Platform to Prevent Falls
Sage, an integrated senior‑care platform, closed a $65 million Series C round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing total funding to $124 million. The company’s AI engine, Sage Detect, analyzes daily activity patterns to flag residents at risk of falls, aiming to shift...
Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) Acquires Rimidi for Chronic Care Management and RPM Integration
Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) announced the acquisition of Atlanta‑based chronic‑care specialist Rimidi, adding ambulatory disease management to its remote patient monitoring (RPM) portfolio. The deal brings Rimidi’s advanced integration with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices and its proven outcomes in...
Sword Health Evolves ‘Bloom’ Into an AI Operating System for Women’s Health
Sword Health announced that its Bloom product is evolving from a pelvic‑care solution into a comprehensive AI‑driven women’s health platform covering the entire life‑stage continuum. The expansion introduces a first‑of‑its‑kind menopause program that leverages “clinical memory” to create adaptive care...
Salesforce Announces 6 New Agentforce Health Agents and Integrations with Verily, HealthEx, and Viz.ai
Salesforce has launched Agentforce Health, a suite of six autonomous AI agents designed to relieve the administrative load on clinicians, payers, and public‑health agencies. The platform embeds deep integrations with HealthEx, Verily, Viz.ai, Informatica, MuleSoft and adheres to FHIR/TEFCA standards,...
Using Clinical NLP to Unlock Untapped Quality Data for HEDIS Compliance
Tim O’Connell, CEO of emtelligent, argues that most HEDIS‑critical information resides in unstructured clinical text, not traditional fields. Over 80% of healthcare data is narrative, leaving a compliance gap that can cost plans millions in lower Star Ratings. He highlights...
UnityAI Secures $8.5M to Scale Agentic AI for Healthcare Operations
UnityAI announced an $8.5 million Series A round led by Third Prime, bringing its total capital to $15 million. The startup deploys an agentic AI workforce that autonomously manages patient scheduling, referrals, and staff shift coordination across hundreds of care sites. It already...
Personalized, Measurable, Flexible: The Next Generation of Digital Health Networks
Employers have layered dozens of digital health point solutions, creating a fragmented benefits landscape that confuses employees and burdens HR teams. Kris Heinzen argues that true value emerges when these tools are woven into a unified network that prioritizes personalization,...
M&A: Quantum Health Acquires Virtual Care Provider CirrusMD
Quantum Health has acquired on‑demand virtual care provider CirrusMD, creating a combined platform that serves more than 20 million members and employs over 2,300 staff. CirrusMD’s chat‑first model connects patients with a physician in under 60 seconds, 24/7, and is being...
PHTI Evaluates Virtual GI Solutions: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Savings for IBS and IBD
The Peterson Health Technology Institute evaluated five virtual gastrointestinal platforms, separating them into wraparound and clinician‑led models. Wraparound solutions such as Cylinder and Digbi deliver nutrition and behavioral support that improve IBS symptoms and reduce commercial spending by $1,889 per...
Pivot Point Consulting Partners With Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program for Dragon Copilot Deployment
Pivot Point Consulting has teamed with Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Program to roll out the Dragon Copilot AI assistant to financially strained rural hospitals. Microsoft is providing a 60% discount off the standard price, while Pivot Point offers free readiness...
DarcyIQ Integrates with Epic and Athenahealth to Slash Admin Time
DarcyIQ, an AI‑powered revenue acceleration platform from Innovative Solutions, has launched native, HIPAA‑aligned integrations with Epic and athenahealth’s athenaOne using Model Context Protocol. The conversational layer lets clinicians and revenue teams interact with EHR data via natural language, eliminating platform...
Medbridge Launches Hybrid Pathway to Prevent Workplace MSK Injuries
Medbridge has launched an Occupational Health Pathway within its Medbridge One Care platform, offering a hybrid (live and virtual) model to prevent musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries among industrial workers. The solution targets three high‑risk groups—production and material handlers, maintenance staff, and...
Anterior Integrates Clinical AI Into HealthEdge GuidingCare for Utilization Management
Anterior has embedded its clinician‑led AI reasoning engine into HealthEdge’s GuidingCare platform, which serves more than 70 health plans and 30 million members. The integration places AI directly inside utilization management workflows, eliminating the need for separate tools. Early production data...
Designing Telehealth for Every Age: What Providers Need to Know About Serving Older Adults
Telehealth’s rapid expansion has left older adults behind because most platforms ignore age‑related cognitive, sensory, and usability challenges. Studies show that while over half of seniors are interested in video visits, only a third feel comfortable using them, highlighting a...
RadNet’s $269M AI Play: DeepHealth Acquires French AI Gleamer
RadNet’s digital health arm DeepHealth is buying French AI specialist Gleamer for up to €230 million in cash, forming the world’s largest provider of clinical radiology AI solutions. Gleamer’s SaaS platform, which automates routine X‑ray triage and draft reporting, boasts a...
M&A: DoseSpot and Arrive Health Merge to Form Interra Health, Advancing ePrescribing Price Transparency
DoseSpot and Arrive Health have merged to create Interra Health, a new player in healthcare technology backed primarily by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities with minority stakes from PSG, Providence and UPMC Enterprises. The combined firm is already profitable, growing at...
Procode AI Exits Stealth With $4M and Acquires RCM Leader The Auctus Group
Procode AI has emerged from stealth with a $4 million funding round led by Story Ventures and backed by CHAP Health Ventures, Progression Fund, and Dmitry Shevelenko. The startup immediately acquired The Auctus Group, the top U.S. medical biller for plastic...
AI in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management: Moving From Automation to Prediction
Healthcare revenue cycle leaders are shifting from rule‑based automation to AI‑driven predictive analytics. Machine‑learning models now scan claim data, documentation and payer behavior to flag denial risks before submission. Early corrections improve first‑pass acceptance, shorten cash cycles and reduce revenue...
Managing Migraines and Diabetes? Theranica Proves Migraine Wearable Is Safe to Use with CGMs
Theranica published a peer‑reviewed study confirming that its Nerivio Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) wearable can be used concurrently with leading continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems without compromising data accuracy. The trial involved 21 adults with diabetes, testing Abbott FreeStyle Libre...
Handl Health Raises $14.2M to Optimize Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
Handl Health announced a $14.2 million Series A round led by Arthur Ventures, aimed at scaling its unified health‑plan platform for brokers, carriers, and TPAs. The solution aggregates pricing, utilization, benefit, and quality data to let employers model and continuously...
FDB Vela Integrates With Photon Health Digital Prescription Marketplace
First Databank’s cloud‑native ePrescribing network, FDB Vela, has integrated with Photon Health’s digital prescription marketplace. The partnership combines FDB Vela’s HITRUST‑certified, redundant cloud infrastructure with Photon’s consumer‑focused platform that lets patients compare pharmacy options by price, location and availability before...
Honest Health Raises $140M to Scale Value-Based Care Enablement
Honest Health announced a $140 million financing round led by NewSpring Healthcare, with participation from K2 HealthVentures, Rubicon Founders, Oak HC/FT and others. The capital will fund the company’s push to scale its technology‑enabled care coordination and analytics platform across full‑scale...
GE HealthCare and UCSF Health Announce 10-Year Care Alliance for Advanced Imaging
GE HealthCare and UCSF Health have signed a 10‑year Care Alliance to embed advanced imaging technology throughout UCSF’s expanding health system. The partnership will support the construction of two new hospitals—an adult facility at Parnassus Heights and a pediatric center...
Walgreens Launches Virtual Weight Management Platform for Self-Pay GLP-1 Patients
Walgreens has added a virtual weight‑management clinic to its digital health platform, charging a flat $49 per video visit with no monthly subscription. The service targets self‑pay adults aged 18‑64 who need FDA‑approved GLP‑1 medications, and it bundles prescription discounts...
Eko Health Deploys SENSORA AI Cardiac Detection Platform at Wayne General Hospital
Eko Health has partnered with Wayne General Hospital in Mississippi to roll out its SENSORA AI‑assisted cardiac detection platform across emergency and primary‑care units. The system pairs a digital stethoscope with FDA‑cleared AI that analyzes heart sounds in under a...