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Vitalize Secures $31M To Help Hospitals Manage Labor, Capacity

The Series A round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Norwest, .406 Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Y Combinator, Rock Health Capital and MemorialCare Innovation Fund.

By Marissa Plescia

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AI Can Flag Cognitive Decline Earlier — Health Systems Still Own What Happens Next

Earlier detection is valuable, but it creates a duty that does not end when an alert appears in the electronic health record. Health systems need to decide, in advance, how a risk signal becomes a clinically accountable pathway.

By Nargiz Noimann

Payers, Providers

Trilliant Health: Misaligned Incentives Are Undermining US Healthcare

Trilliant Health’s report identifies six trends highlighting how misaligned incentives are contributing to rising costs, poor health outcomes, workforce shortages and other systemic problems in U.S. healthcare.

By Marissa Plescia

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The Missing Piece in Lowering the Cost of Care: Predictability

When the healthcare system defaults to uncertainty, people delay care because it feels safer for their wallets. In some cases, people wait too long, leaving an ER visit as the path of least resistance.

By Morgan Kendrick

Health Tech, Hospitals, Providers

Epic MyChart Phishing Scam Hits Health Systems: What Providers Should Do

More than a dozen health systems are warning patients of a phishing campaign impersonating Epic's MyChart portal with fake Medicare rewards and faux login pages. Experts say the scam exposes a deeper problem: patients can't be expected to spot increasingly polished fakes, so the responsibility falls on providers to communicate in ways that build trust.

By Katie Adams

BioPharma, Pharma

FDA Nod for Inflammation Drug Notches Wins for Rare Disease Patients, Roivant’s Biz Strategy

Roivant Sciences subsidiary Priovant Therapeutics received FDA approval for Lisraya as a treatment for the rare inflammatory disorder dermatomyositis. Licensed from Pfizer, this once-daily pill designed to block JAK1 and TYK2 proteins is also in clinical development for three additional rare immunological disorders, each with blockbuster potential.

By Frank Vinluan

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The Silent Epidemic: Why Diabetic Foot Ulcers Have Been Overlooked for Three Decades

Chronic wounds demand clinicians willing to act outside of their defined role, not because the system incentivizes it, but because without it, the wound will not heal.

By Ned Swanson

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Reading the Body’s Signals: AI’s Ultimate Healthcare Opportunity

We are on the cusp of an age of anticipatory medicine, an explosion in our ability to read the body's signals and catch the killers before they do their damage.

By Murray Brozinsky

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Why Pharma Companies Should Look To Social Media For Better Patient Insight

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.

By Rohit Marwah

BioPharma, Pharma

AstraZeneca, Amgen Drug Moves Closer to Competing With Dupixent in a New Indication

AstraZeneca and Amgen drug Tezspire met the goals of a Phase 3 test in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a chronic disorder whose only approved biologic therapy is Sanofi’s Dupixent. An approval for Tezspire in EoE would be its third indication, bolstering sales of the blockbuster product.

By Frank Vinluan

Health Tech, Providers

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Datavant’s New Platform Could Cut Record Retrieval Time from Days to Hours

Datavant launched a new provider exchange platform, which replaces fax-based record requests with a digital workflow. It aims to give care teams real-time visibility into request status while easing the administrative burden on clinical staff.

By Katie Adams

MedCity Influencers

Precision Medicine Transformed Oncology —It’s Time to Do the Same for Sepsis

It’s time we reignite treatment development for sepsis and other immune-mediated conditions that strike when patients are most vulnerable.

By Bobby Reddy, Jr. and Dr. Nathan Shapiro

Events, Pharma

What Do the Latest Iteration of Consumer Drug Platforms Offer?

Consumer drug platforms and how they fit into the rise of the consumer in healthcare will be part of the conversation at INVEST Digital Health, scheduled for October 29 in Dallas. Register today!

By Stephanie Baum

Health Tech

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Onos Health Raises $17M to Expand AI-Powered Behavioral Health Platform

Onos Health's Series A funding round was led by Costanoa, with support from Flare Capital Partners and CVS Health Ventures.

By Marissa Plescia

Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech

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Cyberattack Disrupts Boston Scientific’s Operations: 7 Things to Know

Boston Scientific disclosed a cyberattack disrupting its global IT systems and order shipping capabilities, with the company unable to provide a timeline for when normal operations will resume. The disclosure adds the medical device giant to a growing list of medtech companies — including Stryker, Medtronic and Abbott — hit by major cyberattacks this year.

By Katie Adams

BioPharma, Pharma

Revolution Medicines Receives Landmark FDA Drug Approval in Pancreatic Cancer

FDA approval of Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib, brand name Rasonque, makes the molecule the first RAS inhibitor approved for treating pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer. The speedy regulatory nod specifically covers advanced cases of this type of cancer, which has had limited treatment options.

By Frank Vinluan

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Stop Pitching the Institute — Pitch the Stack

Health-tech pilots don't usually fail because the product is bad. They fail because the system was never wired to absorb it.

By Mitchell Frye

Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech, Consumer / Employer, Legal

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Why Oura’s Sleep-Tracking Lawsuit Is Really About Trust

A new class action lawsuit accuses Oura of overstating its smart ring's sleep tracking accuracy, arguing the device relies on AI-generated estimates rather than the clinical measurements needed for true sleep staging. The case is reigniting questions about how much precision consumers should expect from AI-powered health wearables.

By Katie Adams

Consumer / Employer

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Business Group on Health: Employer Healthcare Costs Projected to Rise 9.2% in 2027

Employers expect healthcare costs to rise 9.2% in 2027 as they seek ways to curb rising hospital and pharmacy costs.

By Marissa Plescia