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Rockwell Medical agrees to buy most of Vantive's hemodialysis business for $125 million
Rockwell Medical will take on Vantive's hemodialysis concentrates, machines, water treatment systems and the Medolla, Italy plant, with closing expected in mid-2027.
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New York City digital health startups raised $1.9 billion in Q3, up 36%
New York City digital health startups raised $1.9 billion in Q3 2026, up 36% year over year, according to Digital Health New York.
LeanTaaS buys LookDeep Health and brings computer vision into hospital patient rooms
LeanTaaS acquired computer vision company LookDeep Health and launched iQueue for Virtual Care, which can run on compatible cameras already in place or on supported hardware.
Philips posts 8% order intake growth in Q3 and books a EUR 288 million Respironics provision
Philips reported 8% comparable order intake growth led by Diagnosis & Treatment and reiterated its 2026 outlook; Respironics reached an agreement in principle with the DOJ.
Bon Secours Mercy Health agrees to buy surgery center chain Surgery Partners for $5.7 billion
The Catholic nonprofit's affiliate will take Surgery Partners private, adding a 30-state outpatient surgery business. Bain Capital keeps its 39% stake.
Why CAHPS still tracks Star Ratings at half its old weight
mPulse analysts show the CAHPS chapter moved with overall Star Rating changes from the 2026 to the 2027 cycle, after CMS cut its weight from 4 to 2.
Why ECG device makers may stop rebuilding arrhythmia analysis from scratch
Monebo's Kinetic Software Library won FDA 510(k) clearance. Manufacturers integrate the library into their own ECG devices through a cross-platform API.
Medicus report projects 24% more surgery center cases and 2027 anesthesiology, GI shortages
Medicus projects ASC volumes up 24% over a decade, with anesthesiology and GI shortages projected for 2027. The staffing date comes first.
TheraPanacea's CEO says software, not hardware, will scale radiotherapy
At ASTRO 2026, TheraPanacea’s Nikos Paragios argued vendor-agnostic AI like ART-Plan can boost throughput on existing linacs without new hardware.
Berg Insight expects 160 million home medical monitors in care programs by 2030
Berg Insight forecasts 159.7 million connected home medical monitoring devices in care programs by 2030.
Zocdoc's first acquisition in nearly 20 years is an insurance checker
Zocdoc bought Sohar Health, which verifies coverage from a name and birth date, as it opens its booking engine to insurers, consumer apps and AI tools.
The physical exam splits into parts, and each goes remote at its own pace
Physicians at Amwell, Ardexia and OU-Tulsa map which parts of the exam work over video, which need home devices, and which still need hands.
Healthcare staff judge leadership values by decisions, not statements
Healthcare organizations spend a lot of time describing their values. Employees spend their working lives finding out whether those values hold up.
TotalCare's monthly mock codes paid off in a real code blue
TotalCare drills a mock code at every Metroplex ER each month and is pursuing ANCC accreditation so its in-house classes count toward nursing licenses.
Why young children die from local anesthetic overdoses in dental offices
Two dentist anesthesiologists trace how adult doses, plain mepivacaine and four quadrants at once can trigger LAST in young dental patients.
Suki raises $90M to take its AI scribe beyond note-taking
Suki's new funding backs a bet that its AI scribe becomes clinicians' main AI interface. Health system buyers should take note.
Harbor Health to buy 27 Village Medical clinics in Greater Houston
Harbor Health's deal for 27 Village Medical clinics in Greater Houston would give its no-deductible plans a primary care home in the area.
SCI recruits funeral sales as the career AI cannot replace
A recruiting video for Service Corporation International (SCI) doesn't start with funerals. It starts with the anxieties of today's job market: "AI is changing the way we work. Economic uncertainty is changing how we think about our careers." Then it makes the claim the rest of the pitch depends on:
Some Transcend clients saw daily census rise 50% after rebranding
Some hospice clients saw daily census rise 50% within 18 to 36 months of a rebrand. Expanding service lines is the biggest driver, a marketer says.
Answering a licensing board complaint without a lawyer can make it worse
Don’t rush to answer a licensing board complaint yourself. Learn what to do first and how a careful response can keep things from getting worse.
QinFlow's new pressure bag device skips scheduled calibration and preventive maintenance
QinFlow's PressSure holds standard pressure bags at a set level during blood and IV infusion. For biomed teams, the maintenance spec is the headline.
BedConnect’s Lindsey Joseph on matching post-acute care to patient needs
BedConnect’s founder discusses clinical fit, payer coverage and bed availability. CMS guidance adds patient preferences and quality data to the discharge-planning picture.
Rock Health: $7.4B went into digital health in H1 2026, and 20 rounds took 45%
Rock Health counted $7.4B across 244 U.S. digital health deals in H1 2026. The data shows funding concentration, with 20 rounds taking 45% of dollars.
Medicare will pay up to $137.53 per case in 2027 for BriefCase‑Triage
According to Holland & Knight, CMS approved an NTAP designation for Aidoc’s CARE Body CT Multi-Triage AI diagnostic technology.
From the archive
NextGen Invent’s Deepak Mittal argues for scoped healthcare AI pilots with early governance
NextGen Invent’s Deepak Mittal argues that healthcare AI pilots can begin with a reliable data subset and early governance. His performance figures are vendor claims, not independently verified results.
Julia Rehman on who owns healthcare AI decisions
Learn how healthcare leaders can integrate AI effectively with governance, human judgment, and frontline staff engagement.
Dr. Sotirios Stathakis: A TheraPanacea Customer Interview
Dr. Stathakis explains how Mary Bird Perkins adopted TheraPanacea's AI tools to streamline cancer treatment planning and improve operational efficiency.
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