H1 Secures $40M in Funding for Its AI Healthcare Provider Directory
H1, a New York‑based provider‑focused data company, secured $40 million in a financing round led by CVS Health Ventures. The capital will accelerate its AI‑enabled platform that matches patients with the right clinicians and refines provider directories for health plans, systems, and life‑science firms. H1’s recent acquisitions of Veda and Ribbon Health broaden its data‑automation capabilities, pushing total funding above $163 million. The partnership with CVS underscores a growing industry push toward AI‑driven care navigation.
How APAC Should Deploy AI to Find Hidden Lung Cancers
AI is moving from pilot projects to routine use in several APAC markets, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, as health systems grapple with limited CT capacity and radiology shortages. Qure.ai’s chief medical officer highlights that one‑third of lung‑cancer...
How Framework Modernization Benefits Public Health Data Exchange
Eric Larson, senior health‑IT lead at AIRA, highlighted how adopting the FHIR standard for immunization registries streamlines data queries for clinicians and gives patients direct, mobile access to their vaccination records. The move replaces fragmented legacy interfaces with a unified...
Telemedicine Eliminates Provider Silos and Enables Care Coordination
In a HIMSS26 interview, Juli Hysenbelli of the HIMSS Virtual Care Community and ATA CEO Kyle Zebley explain how telemedicine can dissolve traditional provider silos and create a unified view of patient data. They argue that virtual care platforms enable...
HIMSS Sets an AI-Centered Clinician Learning Agenda
In 2026 the HIMSS Physician Committee will center its agenda on educating clinicians about artificial intelligence and analyzing successful AI deployments across health systems. HIMSS is hosting a one‑day AI Executive Leadership Summit in Boston on June 24, followed by a...
Rosarium Health Gets $6M for Home Modifications Marketplace for Senior Care and More Investment News
Rosarium Health announced a $6 million seed round led by Kalos Ventures to scale its home‑modification marketplace that helps seniors age in place. The platform is now in‑network for roughly 1.2 million Medicare and Medicaid recipients and will build a national provider...
Public Health Modernization Requires Culture Change, Workforce Training
The Illinois Department of Public Health has launched a comprehensive technology upgrade aimed at modernizing data exchange and analytics. Director Dr. Sameer Vohra emphasized that the rollout is paired with a structured change‑management program and intensive staff training to ensure...
Dexcom Discovers Two Lots of Stolen G7 Sensors Being Sold to the Public
Dexcom discovered that two lots of its G7 continuous glucose monitoring sensors, designated for scrap, were stolen and sold to consumers. The sensors were traced to Pharmsource, LLC, an unauthorized distributor that supplies independent pharmacies and DME providers in the...
Partnerships, Governance Can Help Ensure No-Code AI Adoption
Advocate Health’s SVP and chief digital and AI officer Andy Crowder urges health systems embarking on no‑code AI projects to partner with vetted vendors and institute rigorous data‑protection policies. He stresses that strong governance structures are essential to mitigate privacy...
AI Implementation Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital CIO Dr. Seyoung Jung cautioned healthcare leaders that AI adoption is a marathon, not a sprint. Executives must first pinpoint precise clinical tasks where AI can add value before committing to expensive tools. He emphasized...
HIMSSCast: Scaling a Profitable Company with Little Venture Funding
Wisp, a women‑focused telehealth provider, has built a scalable business while raising less than $2 million in primary capital. CEO Monica Cepak highlighted the company’s cash‑pay model, which bypasses traditional insurance reimbursement and drives profitability. She urged founders to scrutinize capital‑raising...
UK Clears South Korean BP Ring and More Briefs
South Korean health‑tech firm Sky Labs secured UK regulator clearance for its ring‑type blood pressure monitoring platform, following CE‑MDR certification earlier this year. In Japan, Fujitsu and IBM Japan formalised a partnership to build a sovereign cloud that will host...
Startup Creates Embryos Using Lab-Grown Sperm
Paterna Biosciences announced it has successfully generated human sperm cells from stem cells in the laboratory and used them to fertilize oocytes, producing embryos. The breakthrough was demonstrated by co‑founder and CEO Dr. Alex Pastuszak, who explained the step‑by‑step protocol...
Commure Raises $70M, Boosting Post-Money Valuation to $7B
Commure, the AI‑enabled healthcare software firm, secured a $70 million financing round, lifting its total capital raised to $750 million and its post‑money valuation to $7 billion. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley and Kirkland...
Subjecting AI to Human Doctor Standards?
Flinders University researchers argue that AI models matching or outperforming physicians on text‑based diagnostic tasks should be judged by real‑world patient outcomes rather than benchmark scores. A recent *Science* study demonstrated AI’s parity with doctors on clinical vignettes and emergency‑department...