Healthtech

• About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases •

• Some healthcare experts supported Trump’s comments on lowering prescription drug costs, while others criticized his remarks on health coverage • The post How Healthcare Leaders R

• The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today concluded the first day of his two-day State visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,

• Vivtex’s technology uses AI and high throughput screening to identify the combinations of drug ingredients that can deliver peptides through gastrointestinal tissue • Besides Nov

• [Sponsored] Remote work reshapes how companies recruit, retain and support talent, and benefits have to keep up • The post Top-Rated Health Insurance Plans for Companies With Rem

• As AI-enabled coding increasingly adjudicates and reimburses claims on the first pass, often at higher levels, payers face a growing challenge: traditional cost-containment mecha

• Sustainable quality doesn’t live in binders or dashboards; it lives in the small, repeatable actions that happen every day • The post Making Quality a Daily Habit appeared first

• Brian Alexander feels the current system of drug development is shaped by biotech investor expectations • Valo Health is eschewing that path • The post Valo Health CEO: We Don’t

• During a recent interview at the ViVE conference in Los Angeles, Oak HC/FT Partner Vig Chandramouli shared four key trends shaping the health tech startup market, from underinves

• Coral Care’s Series A round was led by Haymaker Ventures, with participation from FCA Ventures, Peterson Ventures, Alleycorp, Reach Capital, Jefferson River Capital, Greymatter C

• Slate Medicines’ antibody drug is designed to block PACAP, a protein associated with migraines. • The Phase 1-ready asset was licensed from China-based DartsBio Pharmaceuticals.

• [Sponsored] Cold and heat therapy remain foundational tools in musculoskeletal care, postoperative recovery and sports rehabilitation. • The post Top-Rated Gel Packs for Physical

• Further change in the Star Ratings program is inevitable, but one thing won’t change: plans that make targeted investments in improving the member experience and clinical outcome

• In prenatal cardiology, that clarity can mean earlier diagnoses, safer deliveries, and better supported families who are prepared for what lies ahead. • The post How AI Is Transf

• The Department of Justice and the state of Ohio filed an antitrust lawsuit against OhioHealth this week, alleging the health system used ‘all-or-nothing’ contracts that force ins

• Health+ addresses fragmented personal health data across incompatible systems, enabling unified access. • Empowers users to upload, query, and share multimodal records-text, imag

• Headspace and Care.com partnered to provide caregivers with brief mindfulness content and free subscriptions to support their mental health. • The post Care.com and Headspace Lau

• [Sponsored] Measurement-based care (MBC) has shifted from a best practice to a baseline expectation in behavioral health and integrated settings. • The post Designing Scalable Me

• As Ukraine enters the fifth year of full-scale war, its people have endured the highest number of attacks on their health care in 2025 - increasing by nearly 20% compared to 2024

• Technology alone won’t solve prior authorization. • But refusing to adopt it guarantees the status quo: a system where insurers operate at machine speed, providers operate at hum

• Companies can avoid this trap by treating future growth as a foundation, not a later stage. • Decision makers need to work backwards from scale, building software architecture an

• As hundreds of rural hospitals face the risk of closure, healthcare leaders warn that the fallout extends far beyond patient outcomes. • During a panel at ViVE in Los Angeles, he

• Experts say Hims & Hers’ acquisition of Eucalyptus positions the company for global expansion and revenue diversification amid U.S. • GLP-1 regulatory challenges. • The post What

• At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what your patient mix looks like; your notes can and will be pulled into audits. • Waiting until CMS is at your doorstep isn’t a strategy

• Korsana Biosciences’ preclinical Alzheimer’s disease drug comes from a platform technology that enables antibodies to cross the blood-brain barrier. • Roche and AbbVie have clini

• Shalin Shah, CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals, which makes an oral testosterone replacement drug, thinks TRT therapy should no longer be regulated as a controlled substance The post

• Early experience and comfort with AI benefits everyone. • Nurses who understand how to work alongside technology are better equipped to deliver high-quality care, adapt to new sy

• Since adopting Arintra’s AI platform for medical coding in 2023, Mercyhealth has seen a 5.1% rise in revenue and a 50% decline in its days in accounts receivable. • The AI-powere

• Despite missing statistical significance, Grail said the observation of trending improvement suggests potential for better results with more time, so the company is extending fol

• Rainfall Health’s Series A round was led by Two Bear Capital. • In total, the startup has raised $18 million. • The post Rainfall Health Raises $15M to Help Hospitals Navigate Ne

• Organizations that excel don’t treat migrations as IT exercises. • They treat them as compliance projects that require technical execution. • Their methodology begins with regula

• Healthcare can transform only when strategy, workflow, data, and human connection operate together with a single purpose: strengthen the relationship at the center of care. • The

• Frist Cressey Ventures closed a $425 million fourth fund to invest in early-stage healthcare companies using AI to improve care, reduce costs and support the aging population. •

• Danaher is acquiring Masimo in a $10 billion deal aimed at expanding its diagnostics portfolio and deepening its presence in acute care settings. • The move reflects a broader in

• Novartis’s alliance with Unnatural Products is pursuing next-generation peptide drugs for cardiovascular disease. • The startup already has drug R&D alliances with BridgeBio Phar

• Instead of adding more layers of complexity to an already strained system, there’s a more effective solution: make it simpler for independent clinicians to run a practice, partic

• Imaging has become a core input into how health systems understand disease, evaluate outcomes, plan capacity, and increasingly, how they learn. • The post Imaging Data Liquidity:

• The head of Anthropic’s biology and life sciences business spoke about introducing ‘first-party’ products, having a presence inside the EHR and what Claude can do for rural hospi

• Solera Health has launched a behavioral health network that connects members to partners Calm Health and Lyra Health for digital mental health, coaching and therapy services. • T

• CSL Limited retains rights to clazakizumab in end-stage kidney disease. • Eli Lilly gets rights to the the IL-6-blocking antibody in other indications that could put it in compet

• Healthcare leaders must resist using AI as a substitute for staffing. • Instead, invest in workforce optimization technology that empowers nurses, creates flexible pathways, and

• The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, a landmark victory for public health in WHO’s Eastern Mediterra

• 58% of healthtech launches fail due to misaligned market needs and regulatory gaps. • Structural issues: fragmented stakeholder collaboration and unclear value propositions hinde

• Daffodil’s Series A round was led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from LRVHealth and Maverick Ventures. • The post Daffodil Health Secures $16.3M for Health Plan Ad

• In the first of two Phase 3 tests, Ocular Therapeutix’s Axpaxli met the main goal of helping maintain vision in patients with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. •

• Regulatory frameworks are no longer simply gatekeepers of safety; they increasingly help ensure that new technologies are easier to understand, simpler to use, and more compatibl

• By embracing innovation, optimizing operations and advocating for change, pharmacy leaders can ensure their organizations are not only prepared for the future but are actively sh

• Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded a weeklong round of negotiations on draft annex for Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) - a key component of

• Apple Watch 2026 offers three models: Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3, catering to different budgets and lifestyles. • Series 11 retains the S10 chip but adds a tougher screen, 24‑h

• The FDA asked for more data to determine whether Disc Medicine’s bitopertin is benefiting patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare blood disorder. • Analysts say it’s

• Health informatics leaders at NYU Langone Health think fully autonomous clinical AI is coming in the next five years or so, with algorithms soon able to manage routine tasks like

• When people hear dosage, they often think of medication. • But dosage is a broader clinical concept. • It is the structure that makes an intervention legible to clinicians, payer

• Shifting healthcare dollars into individual-controlled accounts would mark an inflection point. • But even without full policy execution, consumer wallet economics are expanding.

• Anterior raised $40 million to expand its AI platform that automates administrative clinical work for health plans. • The system can approve care in minutes rather than weeks, ai

• PTC Therapeutics said it cannot resolve differences it has with the FDA in interpreting clinical trial data for Translarna, a drug it developed for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. •

• The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores that the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine is an effective, and essential public health intervention, with a proven record. • It prev

• More thanone in sevenadults in the United States are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a disease caused by diabetes, hypertension, or other health care conditions t

• Healthcare systems are racing to roll out AI for diagnosing, documentation, scheduling, coding, and patient communication, but without workforce training, they’re speeding toward

• COO Maneesh Goyal argues de-identified data still risks re-identification with advanced compute. • Mayo Clinic Platform’s Orchestrate platform offers pharma/medtech access to ric

• A BridgeBio Pharma drug developed for dwarfism increased children’s growth rates in a pivotal clinical trial,meeting the study’s main goaland boosting the daily pill’s chances to