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    Digital health funding increases in 2025, spurred by AI: report

    Startups raised $14.2 billion last year, the highest funding total since 2022. Health AI companies collected 54% of total funding, according to Rock Health.

    By • Jan. 13, 2026
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    Healthcare private equity dealmaking boosted by IT in 2025: report

    Transactions involving providers and related services increased 57% year over year, spurred by healthcare IT deals, according to Bain & Company.

    By • Jan. 12, 2026
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    Interoperability

    Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    The hidden cost of manual healthcare communications - and how AI is finally closing the gap

    Turn fax chaos into streamlined workflows with AI-powered document automation.

    By Denis Whelan • Jan. 12, 2026
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    FDA exempts more wearable, AI features from oversight

    The regulator clarified the types of wellness features and clinical decision support tools that don’t fall under medical device oversight in a pair of new guidance documents.

    By Elise Reuter • Jan. 8, 2026
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    Moody’s forecasts growing AI threats, regulatory friction for 2026

    The report comes as the Trump administration prioritizes deregulating artificial intelligence.

    By Eric Geller • Jan. 8, 2026
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    OpenAI launches health-specific ChatGPT

    Users can connect data from their medical records and wellness apps so the chatbot can walk them through test results or compare insurance options. Still, OpenAI stressed that ChatGPT Health is not a replacement for a doctor.

    By • Jan. 8, 2026
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    Provider, telehealth groups urge Congress to make telehealth flexibilities permanent

    Piecemeal extensions of Medicare coverage for virtual services have impeded access to care, the American Medical Association argued. The policies could expire again on Jan. 30.

    By • Jan. 7, 2026
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    40M users turn to ChatGPT daily for health questions: OpenAI

    Roughly 1.5 million to 2 million questions are sent to the chatbot about health insurance each week, suggesting consumers are increasingly using AI to navigate the healthcare system, according to the report.

    By • Jan. 6, 2026
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    DEA, HHS extend telehealth controlled substance prescribing flexibilities for fourth time

    The extension, released shortly before the flexibilities were set to expire at the end of 2025, gives regulators more time to finish permanent policies, the agencies said.

    By • Jan. 5, 2026
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    The AI workflows that will define ambulatory care

    AI that works quietly in the background is set to reshape care in 2026.

    By Michael Blackman, MD, MBA | Chief Medical Officer • Jan. 5, 2026
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    Why Star Ratings matter and what’s at stake for health plans

    Health plans are rethinking quality measures. What should change, and what should stay the same? 

    Jan. 5, 2026
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    Trump administration nixes Biden-era health IT policies, including AI ‘model cards’

    The proposed rules would pare back government guardrails around health information technology software, including some put forward by the Biden administration.

    By • Dec. 23, 2025
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    HHS seeks input on speeding AI adoption in clinical care

    The Trump administration has largely taken a deregulatory stance on artificial intelligence in a bid to avoid hampering the technology’s rollout.

    By • Dec. 22, 2025
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    Healthcare services M&A could rise in 2026: PwC

    Dealmaking in the sector is poised to increase next year after a lull in 2025, as companies use technology, like artificial intelligence, to attract buyers, according to the report.

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
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    Lawmakers worry about new VA Oracle EHR rollouts

    Thirteen medical centers are scheduled to go live with the Oracle records system next year. But the embattled project hasn’t fully implemented most recommendations from the Government Accountability Office.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
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    Wyden pushes EHR vendors to adopt data privacy features

    The influential senator pressed 10 health IT and EHR firms to implement features that give patients more control over the flow of their health data.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Trump calls for federal policy framework preempting state AI laws

    States will face evaluation of their AI laws under the executive order, as well as potential restrictions on funding if their laws are found to be burdensome.

    By Makenzie Holland • Dec. 12, 2025
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    Texas sues Epic over alleged EHR monopoly

    The suit also accuses Epic of restricting parents’ access to children’s medical records. Epic called the complaint “flawed and misguided.”

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
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    Provider groups urge Trump administration to drop proposed HIPAA update

    The proposed cybersecurity rule, released during the waning days of the Biden administration, would add “substantial new financial burdens” on providers, the groups wrote to the HHS.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    FDA pilots allowing digital health devices access to CMS payment program

    Companies can ask the FDA to waive premarket authorization and investigational device requirements while they collect real-world data in a CMS program.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • Dec. 10, 2025
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    GE HealthCare, Mayo Clinic expand partnership around radiology research

    Ben Newton, GE HealthCare’s global head of oncology, said the partnership will shift radiation therapy from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to a personalized method.

    By Elise Reuter • Dec. 9, 2025
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    Change cyberattack relief funding overpaid many hospitals: study

    But more than 300 hospitals didn’t participate in the CMS’ relief program, even though they faced financial disruption — and were more likely to be small and rural facilities, according to Health Affairs research.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    Healthcare data breach: 100% unencrypted PHI

    100% of breached healthcare data was unencrypted. Why it’s not a tech failure and how to do better.

    By Matthew Healey, Senior Solutions Architect, Liquid Web • Dec. 8, 2025
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    Stuck in the fax lane: How legacy workflows are straining healthcare operations

    Fax ensures compliance, but manual workflows slow healthcare teams. Documo’s 2025 survey shows how Intelligent Document Processing and automation close the gap.

    By Denis Whelan • Dec. 8, 2025
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    HHS outlines strategy to expand AI adoption

    Although the strategy is internally focused to start, the agency said it will collaborate with the private sector and identify “priority” conditions and health issues that could be addressed with AI tools. 

    By • Dec. 5, 2025