News 6/27/25
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Best Buy sells remote patient monitoring technology company Current Health back to its co-founder and CEO Christopher McGhee (formerly known as Christopher McCann).
Best Buy acquired the company in October 2021 for $400…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 6/26/25
The two hot topics around the virtual physician lounge this week, not surprisingly, involved comments or policies from the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Physicians are dreading upcoming changes in vaccine reimbursement,…
Healthcare AI News 6/25/25
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Commure launches EHR-integrated voice and text assistants that use agentic AI to answer calls, schedule appointments, and handle referrals and prior authorizations.
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Ambient documentation vendor Nabla raises $70 million in a new Series C…
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News 6/25/25
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Ambient documentation vendor Abridge raises $300 million in a Series E round, boosting its valuation to $5.3 billion.
The company raised a $250 million Series D round just five months ago at a…
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 6/23/25
You really don’t know how much you rely on certain technologies until they’re not available.
At one of our local hospitals, a PACS upgrade during daytime hours threw quite a few clinicians for a…
Readers Write: Modernizing Healthcare’s Third-Party Risk Approach
Modernizing Healthcare’s Third-Party Risk ApproachBy Ryan Redman, JD
Ryan Redman, JD is product manager of marketing at Onspring.
Oracle Health’s announcement of its second data cyber incident in March of this year shocked…
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Readers Write: Beyond Self-Scheduling: Analysis Shines Spotlight on The Future of Patient-Driven Access
Beyond Self-Scheduling: Analysis Shines Spotlight on The Future of Patient-Driven AccessBy David Dyke
David Dyke is chief product officer at Relatient.
“Access to care” has become a central theme in healthcare leadership discussions….
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Monday Morning Update 6/23/25
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Major US health insurers pledge to improve prior authorization practices. They aim for 80% real-time decisions by 2027, fewer procedures that require approval, and 90-day care continuity for patients who switch plans.
Insurer…
News 6/20/25
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Commure raises $200 million in growth financing to advance its RCM, ambient documentation, and practice management tools.
The company now calls itself “the fast-growing enterprise AI healthcare technology company,” which is a phrasing…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 6/19/25
As a consultant working with care delivery organizations, I see many of them using “access” as some kind of a performance mantra. Whether it’s access to book a visit with a physician in…
