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October 2026
What US Telehealth Companies Can Learn From Telemedicine in Africa
Most US telehealth products are built on an assumption that rarely gets tested: the patient has a smartphone, a data plan and a connection steady enough for a video visit.…
After Booting 760K People From ACA Plans, Trump Administration Has Added Some Back
The Trump administration has provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud…
Next Governor To Face Thorny Choices After California’s Rapid Medicaid Expansion
Medi-Cal, the nation’s largest Medicaid program, was in trouble even before the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Rapid expansion, spiraling costs, and billions in federal funding cuts will mean…
Sirona Medical Secures $40M to Scale Cloud-Native Radiology and Cortex AI
What You Should Know Cloud-native radiology software pioneer Sirona Medical, Inc. raises $40M in Series D financing round led by Avidity Partners, with participation from 8VC, GreatPoint Ventures, KLT Holdings,…
Elation Health Launches Automated Payment Posting: Completing the End-to-End Primary Care Revenue Cycle
What You Should Know Primary care technology and EHR platform Elation Health announced the addition of automated payment posting, closing the loop on an end-to-end operational pipeline that takes an…
Carenet Health Acquires Invene to Build and Scale Enterprise Agentic AI Across Fortune 100 Payers
What You Should Know Healthcare clinical execution, navigation, and consumer engagement partner Carenet Health announced its strategic acquisition of Invene, a specialized, healthcare-only artificial intelligence and data engineering consulting firm.…
Will Precision Psychiatry Transform Global Mental Health?
Anyone might be affected by mental health problems. Someone might have depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or other mental health issues. But the same treatment might not work the same way…
AI Agents Are Stress-Testing Healthcare Interoperability and Governance
Healthcare has become one of the most active testbeds for AI agents. In a single week of January 2026, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health and Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare. Ambient…
The Scribe That Heard Everything and Understood Too Little
Imagine hiring the fastest note-taker you have ever met. They catch almost every word of every consultation. Then, mid-medication review, the doctor says, “Do not restart the metformin.” Your new…