Commure Targets the 35–50% of Referrals That Never Convert
Between 35% and 50% of medical referrals never result in a completed specialist appointment, and those that do take 31 days on average — a gap Commure’s new…
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Q3 2026 AI Trends: What Growth Leaders Need to Track
The most useful AI question for growth-stage leaders in Q3 2026 has shifted from what models can do to what results they actually deliver. Summit Partners’ AI and…
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Why Penn Medicine Is Deploying AI Agents for Patient Intake
Penn Medicine is integrating K Health’s AI-powered patient intake agents into its virtual primary care service, testing whether an AI ‘team member’ in the patient-provider relationship improves outcomes….
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Patient Portal Messages Have Surged 153% Since COVID, JAMA Study Finds
Patient-authored messages to providers have surged 153% since the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new JAMA study using Epic data finds the increase did not reduce telehealth or in-person…
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Health System Leaders on Costs, Innovation, and the Affordability Challenge
Top U.S. health system executives say affordability and cost pressure now sit at the center of nearly every strategic decision. In a Chief Healthcare Executive roundtable, leaders including…
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ChartSpan-Validic Deal Signals RPM Platform Consolidation
ChartSpan has acquired Validic, combining ChartSpan’s care management services with Validic’s device-data infrastructure to create a single remote care management platform. The combined company will operate under the…
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HHS Unveils $700M in Behavioral Health and Addiction Funding
HHS will direct more than $700 million in new federal funding toward behavioral health and addiction treatment, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced June 17, 2026. The package…
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Healthcare Call Center Benchmarks 2026: Converting Cost Centers into Revenue Engines
Healthcare call centers are losing 14% of daily revenue to patient no-shows and missing up to 40% of calls during peak hours — performance gaps that compound across…
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JAMA Study: Ambient AI Scribes Boost RVUs 5.8% — The Real ROI Is Physician Retention
Ambient AI scribes at health systems generate measurable financial returns: a peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open study examining 1.2 million ambulatory encounters found access to an ambient AI scribe…
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Dental Intelligence Engagement Suite Integrates With Denticon to Automate DSO Patient Communication
Dental support organizations using the Denticon practice management system can now access Dental Intelligence’s full Engagement Suite through a native integration, eliminating manual data syncs between the two…