Jenna Congdon is an ICU nurse and healthcare writer with more than a decade of clinical experience. She writes about healthcare technology, clinical practice and emerging trends in healthcare, bringing a frontline perspective to the evolving healthcare landscape.
Acute kidney injury is a common and sometimes serious surgical complication. Researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai health system are building AI models to better predict who's most at risk, so that healthcare providers can offer individualized, preventive care.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is rolling back several health IT certification requirements that could reduce certification costs for technology developers. But they may leave hospitals and health systems holding more responsibility for evaluating the safety and performance of the AI tools they purchase.
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.
The federal government is testing whether artificial intelligence can help Medicare identify unnecessary medical care, speed up the prior authorization process, and reduce healthcare spending. But a new report based on evidence recovered from a lawsuit raises concerns about the AI experiment.
As health system dealmaking stays steady in 2026, Integris Health is joining Risant Health to accelerate value-based care. The partnership represents an integration of Risant Health's capabilities into Integris' existing system, rather than a traditional merger.
Medical Microinstruments (MMI) has raised $125 million in Series D financing to expand the reach of its Symani Surgical System and investigate new applications for microsurgery, including an experimental approach to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
With healthcare affordability set to influence voters’ decisions in next week’s midterm elections, the Healthcare Financial Management Association is calling on healthcare leaders to move beyond finger-pointing and work together to address rising costs. HFMA is urging financial leaders across healthcare to sign its Declaration on Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability.
Healthcare decision-makers, especially at pharmaceutical companies, must prioritize patient input. Data collected from social media listening is a significant step in the right direction.
As health plans grapple with new federal deadlines for prior authorization decisions, healthcare AI startup ClarityCare has raised $16.5 million to automate the administrative workload that can keep patients waiting for the care they need.
Sutter Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in Sacramento, California, is expanding its digital chronic disease management program, Sutter Sync, to include patients with heart failure. The expansion adds a remote monitoring technology from San Francisco-based medical tech company Bodyport. The program expansion comes as health systems look for ways to identify deterioration in a low acuity environment before patients reach the point of needing emergency hospitalization.
Fractyl Health reported positive six-month trial results from an investigation of its Revita procedure last week, but shares of Fractyl stock dropped steeply on October 16 immediately following the announcement. Despite the positive findings, the stock’s sharp decline highlighted a contrast between the clinical findings and the market’s response.
As generative AI moves toward performing increasingly consequential clinical functions, the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to address a foundational question: Who is responsible for ensuring that these tools remain safe once they enter clinical practice?
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
A new report on third quarter M&A activity in the healthcare sector found that this quarter’s hospital and health system transactions remained steady, with 2026 potentially set to be a top year for total annual transactions since pre-pandemic times.
Phantom GI, a Tel Aviv-based medical startup, is developing the PercStoma device, a minimally invasive alternative to traditional ostomy surgery. The device would target patients with bowel obstructions who might otherwise be considered ineligible for surgery.
UPMC Enterprises is making a strategic investment in VeloSource with plans to further develop its AI-enabled staffing management platform.
Healthleap, a clinical AI platform that works within the EHR to screen hospitalized patients for conditions that might otherwise go undiagnosed, is supporting hospitals in finding at-risk patients sooner.
Happy Health has received FDA clearance for its wearable ring, which continuously measures blood pressure without a cuff or external calibration.