New tech company Stellarus expands to more health plans
Stellarus, a Blue Shield of California sister company that was spun out in January, is banding together with two Blues...
URAC starts AI accreditation for users and developers of AI
Healthcare accreditation body URAC is rolling out the nation’s first accreditation program for users and developers of healthcare artificial intelligence. ...
Google unveils AI health coach for Fitbit—Health Tech Roundup
Fitbit app gets AI upgrade with personal health coach As fitness trackers get artificial intelligence updates, Google developed an AI-powered...
Tempus claims AI pathology developer Paige in $81M deal
Tempus AI has acquired the digital pathology developer Paige, including its FDA-cleared, artificial intelligence-powered programs for spotting the signs of...
Epic adds Ambience’s AI to its Toolbox program
Ambience, an artificial intelligence platform for documentation, coding and clinical workflow, has been added to Epic’s Toolbox program for ambient voice...
Athenahealth rolling out AI-native version of EHR platform
Athenahealth is rolling out new artificial intelligence features for ambulatory providers as part of a larger upgrade to an “AI-native”...
Oscar Health builds AI ‘superagent,’ experiments with GPT-5
Oscar Health has created an artificial intelligence “superagent” by leveraging the impact of large language models (LLMs), the company announced...
Ascension launches new institute to vet, deploy innovations
Ascension is taking a more intentional approach to innovations with a new unit dedicated to exploring, vetting and deploying tech...
Altman touts benefit of GPT-5 for healthcare
OpenAI released its most advanced reasoning model, GPT-5, which it touts as its most useful model for healthcare. The application...
Oak HC/FT, a16z back Ambience’s $243M series C round
Ambient AI platform Ambience Healthcare banked $243 million in series C funding, marking one of the largest health tech raises...
