Healthcare

Dental practice exits are turning into multi-year projects, not last-year decisions

Dental Economics and Group Dentistry Now point to a shift: succession, tax structure, and revenue-cycle controls now need 3–5+ years, not months.

Scan.com’s $220M round makes imaging an API contract for plans and employers

Scan.com says it has 900,000 patients served and a $165M run rate. The operational shift is imaging purchased and governed like a network service.

MD&M West 2026 exhibitors pitch audit-ready, AI-ready device platforms

MD&M West exhibitors are pitching AI-ready computing, test capacity, and cleanroom throughput as the new schedule risk in medtech programs.

Dr. Dana Rosencranz - Cancer Survivor and Chief Medical Physicist

Dr. Dana Rosencranz’s journey as both a chief medical physicist and a breast cancer survivor offers a unique perspective into the dual experiences of being a cancer care provider and a patient. With over 23 years of experience at Texas Oncology, a leading oncology network in the United States, Dr. R

ADA endorsement puts Weave on the shortlist for dental front-office tech

Weave’s ADA endorsement and its Practice Analytics release tighten the spec for phone, texting, scheduling, and insurance workflows.

Radiology deal flow is splitting in two: $8B radiopharma and 14-state mobile imaging rollups

From Curium’s up to $8B Lantheus agreement to PE-backed mobile imaging platforms, radiology consolidation is shifting what hospitals buy and how reads get staff

A 2017 telehealth study found higher spending, not savings, as ASC investment rises

A Health Affairs claims analysis found 88% of DTC telehealth visits were new utilization and net spend rose $45 per user, a useful benchmark as payers and emplo

HFMA’s new chair is a hospital CFO as Medicare reporting gets more detailed and revenue cycle work gets more technical

HFMA’s 2026-27 board slate and new certifications signal heavier cost reporting and revenue cycle analytics work inside hospitals.

FDA QMSR ties supplier contracts to inspection prep

FDA’s QMSR is pushing medtech OEMs to rewrite how CMOs handle risk, records, and audit support.

Interchangeable biosimilars cut drug spend only when pharmacies can actually switch them

FDA interchangeable biosimilars are expanding beyond insulin, pushing payer and pharmacy ops teams to tighten substitution rules, EHR signals, and inventory pla

More nurse staffing was associated with slightly lower safety-culture scores in a 205-hospital analysis

A 2026 analysis found small negative links between added staffing and safety-culture perceptions. Operators are shifting to governance, reporting systems, and e

Smart ICU integration cut errors and ambient AI reached 90% of notes, once both fed the EMR

New HIMSS26 APAC case studies show big gains, up to 70% fewer admin errors, when device data and notes flow into the EMR.

Gartner says AI budgets are growing faster than the rules to control them

Gartner data shows AI spend is up faster than overall budgets, while many organizations still lack FinOps guardrails.

How Targeted Patient Education Improves Outcomes - Stephen Page, SmarterHealth.AI

Learn how targeted patient and provider education with AI can reduce preventable readmissions, improve health equity, and drive measurable clinical and…

Cleveland Clinic's 900-person AI summit signals a new buying cycle for patient routing systems

Cleveland Clinic's AI Summit, plus its $50M "Digital Front Door" initiative, is pushing AI from pilots into patient routing and access systems.

Medicare sets $137.53 maximum add-on payment per eligible inpatient case for CT triage AI

Medicare’s NTAP for Aidoc’s CT Body triage puts a per-case dollar figure on radiology AI, and forces hospitals to treat workflow, governance, and coding as one

Rasonque’s 13.2-month survival result is about to hit hospital formularies

FDA cleared Revolution Medicines’ Rasonque for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The ops work now is pathways, genotyping, and specialty pharmacy flow.

Real-time radiation dose tracking is moving from badges to live dashboards in procedure rooms

Radiation Detection Company’s Radiant updates dose every 0.2 seconds, while GE HealthCare pushes browser-based imaging access, changing how hospitals govern rad

Microsoft’s 60% Dragon Copilot discount forces a new way to measure digital health ROI

As Microsoft and Pivot Point push Dragon Copilot into rural hospitals, Europe’s EDiHTA work shows why buyers now need a repeatable way to price evidence.

Tarsus’ $450M Alkeus deal puts phase 3 retina programs on the same integration plan

Two acquisitions add a phase 3 oral Stargardt asset and a post-injection antiseptic. The work now shifts to trial operations, CMC, and future specialty distribu

FDA’s Oct. 19 AI docket forces medtech teams to write tests, not slide decks

The FDA’s generative AI discussion paper points to competency-style evaluation and heavier postmarket monitoring, pushing vendors and hospital buyers to demand

SILMO Paris 2026 brings smart glasses and AI into the purchasing cycle

SILMO expects nearly 34,000 visitors and 950 exhibitors. The agenda signals where optical retailers and labs will spend next: AI imaging workflows, smart-glasse

Epic is turning its EHR into an AI command center, and CIO plans just got tighter

UGM 2026 put Epic’s agent tools, Cosmos data scale, and new APIs on a faster release track. For health system IT, the decision is shifting from pilots to platfo

VA’s $4.8B facilities budget makes the EHR rollout a network upgrade

VA’s FY 2026 nonrecurring maintenance budget sets aside $1B for federal EHR readiness, pushing fiber, closets, and switches onto facilities capital plans.

The Cost of Waiting: Why Healthcare Can't Afford Slow Decisions with Mark Van Sumeren

Healthcare strategist Mark Van Sumeren explains why delayed decisions drain capacity and how leaders can balance deliberation with speed in a…

Cleveland Clinic’s 10-year Siemens imaging deal makes technologist training and licensing the bottleneck

A new 10-year Cleveland Clinic and Siemens Healthineers pact expands imaging upgrades and on-site staffing, putting technologist training and scope-of-practice

Jessica Davison - Assistant Vice President of Strategy, Learning & Analytics, United Way of Greater Houston

Jessica Davidson explains relationship with HTX.

Epic’s MyChart phishing wave is pushing patient-access teams to treat portal identity as a security perimeter

Hospitals are warning patients about MyChart impersonation scams as CMS keeps pressing industry-led interoperability pledges. Portal identity is becoming an ope

Adonis’ new CPO and first CRO signals AI RCM vendors are shifting from pilots to platform operating models

Adonis named a CPO and promoted a CRO after a $40M Series C and 4x revenue year, a sign health systems will see tighter roadmaps and tougher value proof in AI R

Maureen Sanders - Vice Chair, Healthconnect Texas

Maureen Sanders, board chair of Healthconnect Texas, shares insights on the future of healthcare in Texas.