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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 hospices saw daily patient census rise 50% in the 18 to 36 months 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.

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.

July partnerships show hospitals aligning without ownership change

Four July health system deals tracked by Becker's, and a McDermott Will & Schulte analysis, point the same way: alliances and joint authorities, not buyouts.

Value-based care reaches a quarter of revenue at 30% of surveyed health organizations

Wolters Kluwer argues software sold into value-based contracts is judged by whether customers hit incentives and avoid penalties.

Telehealth margins were negative for every payer type in 2025

Strata data: telehealth visits up 79% since 2019 and remote monitoring up 4,000%, yet total cost margins were negative with every payer in 2025.

Most reprocessing audit gaps trace back to training, turnover and leadership

Joint Commission survey findings, CDC guidance and a 189-cycle audit study point to the same weak spots in instrument reprocessing, and few of them are

Two Radiology Deals Signal Focus on Coverage, Not Scanners

Radiology Business reports that Colorado Imaging Associates and TRA formed Affiliated Radiology, while Align Capital agreed to buy Heritage Imaging.

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ADHA shifts My Health Record to multi-supplier ops as Accenture signs new 3-year contract

Australia’s ADHA is moving My Health Record to a multi-supplier operating model as Accenture continues support under a new three-year contract. In the same week

HCA’s Q1 was not about volume. It was about coverage and collecting cash

HCA kept 2026 volume guidance, but exchange attrition and uninsured growth are turning payer mix and denials into the operational battleground.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Ambient AI is moving from clinician productivity to consent and revenue-cycle controls

Two August 2026 reads, one operational signal: ambient documentation is spreading fast, and hospitals now have to govern microphones and models like any other c

Health tech AI investment is accelerating into chronic care, home health, and workforce training in 2026

Four major health tech funding rounds totaling $335M closed in June, targeting chronic disease management, AI scheduling, home care ops, and workforce training.

Sobi CEO Guido Oelkers named BioNTech's next chief executive, targeting multiple approved products by 2030

BioNTech taps Sobi CEO Guido Oelkers as its next chief executive, with a mandate to turn a deep oncology pipeline into multiple approved products by 2030.

AI scribes and startup pipelines are reshaping how health systems and tech investors evaluate AI in 2026

From patient consent debates over AI scribes to Y Combinator's AI-first startup thesis, the pressure on enterprise health and tech operators is intensifying.

Health systems keep pouring money into Epic as margins tighten and AI governance lags behind

EHR spend stays elevated even under financial pressure, while most health systems still lack the AI testing infrastructure to govern the tools they're deploying

Wearables, AI diagnostics, and cybersecurity converge as healthcare's operational pressure points in 2026

Samsung's FDA-cleared Galaxy Ring, GE HealthCare's new AI ultrasound, and the AnMed cyberattack show where health systems must act now.

TSP: Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

Meet Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, a nursing leader advancing global health equity through diaspora engagement, preventive care, and innovation.

Siemens Healthineers and Cleveland Clinic sign a 10-year alliance as ambient AI reshapes the EHR debate

A decade-long Siemens Healthineers–Cleveland Clinic deal and competing visions for ambient AI in the EHR signal a new era of enterprise health system transforma