What You Should Know Early metrics from the KLAS Arch Collaborative 2026 report confirm that clinicians using at least one artificial intelligence tool score 7 percentage points higher in believing the EHR enables operational efficiency compared to non-users. While clinical satisfaction surges as practitioners adopt up to four distinct AI tools, it rapidly plateaus; introducing…
Dive Brief: Venture capital funding for digital health startups spiked in the first half of the year, but investment is continuing to concentrate in a smaller number of firms, according to research published Monday by Rock Health. U.S. digital health companies raised $7.4 billion across 244 deals in the first half of 2026, blowing past…
As wildfires burn millions of acres across Canada, smoke has descended upon cities across the United States, with air quality plummeting to unhealthy levels. In New York City, emergency room visits for asthma exacerbations jumped by 31% by the end of the first day. The timing could not have been worse for a city already…
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lawmakers advanced or introduced a number of healthcare bills this week, including a bipartisan measure that would reform how Medicare pays physicians — a long-awaited policy for doctors who argue their reimbursement doesn’t keep pace with the…
T.J. Ramsey, Sr. Director, Threat Operations, Fortified Health Security A recent survey revealed a striking statistic: only 6% of healthcare cybersecurity leaders feel fully confident in their organization’s security program. For anyone in this industry, while that number stings, it doesn’t surprise. Confidence in cybersecurity is not a meaningless metric. It reflects whether leaders believe…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. By the numbers Q2 sales: $12.59 billion 13% increase year over year Medical device sales: $5.85 billion 9% increase year over year Diagnostics sales: $3.09 billion 42% increase year over year Net earnings:…
For the last year, a small California startup has been making extraordinary claims about the ability of its technology to potentially treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy — and maybe a slew of other genetic diseases, too. The company, Sonothera, does not yet have clinical data. But it’s presented data in animals so stunning that other experts…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Name: Amanda Chawla Previous title: Senior VP, chief supply chain and post-acute care officer, Stanford Medicine New title: Chief supply chain officer, Providence Chawla’s appointment, which follows a national search, will take effect Aug. 24, Providence announced…
What You Should Know Healthcare AI infrastructure company Bunkerhill Health has closed its Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures, bringing its total funding to $55M across its Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds. The company’s core platform, Carebricks, empowers health systems to build and deploy their own AI agents across clinical, operational,…
Dive Brief: DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson’s orthopedics subsidiary, has acquired Expanding Innovations, a company that makes expandable spine implant technology. The companies did not disclose the terms of the acquisition, announced Thursday. The acquisition comes as J&J plans to spin out DePuy into a standalone company. DePuy has recently appointed leaders for the business,…