Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
2026 Health IT Predictions: AI and Automation in Healthcare. As in years past, we asked members of the Healthcare IT Today community to offer their thoughts on what to expect in the year ahead. When it comes to AI and automation, the experts anticipate a shift to real-world validation, automation that blends into the background, and greater emphasis on empathic use of AI. Read more…
2026 Health IT Predictions: Health Equity. Here, the experts foresee increased AI-driven diagnostics, better interoperability, and greater emphasis on chronic condition management as factors that can help the industry make care more affordable and effective for more patients. Read more…
Why AI Struggles in RCM – and How Front-End Data Can Fix It. Colin Hung connected with Clarissa Riggins at Experian Health and Amy Trogdon at Integris Health to learn about how missing patient data, eligibility errors, and inaccurate insurance information contributes to denials and hinders the effectiveness of AI tools. Read more…
Life Sciences Today Podcast: Real-Time Commercial Insights. Danny Lieberman talked to Philip Poulidis at ODAIA about replacing months-old reports with dynamic insights to help reps, liaisons, and marketers target the right physicians at the right time. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: 2025 Year in Review. John Lynn and Colin chatted about the top news and trends from 2025, along with the conference experience that stood out the most. Read more…
Testing the Future of Healthcare Wearables. As devices pack more functionality into smaller packages, Marie Hattar at Keysight Technologies said users need to evaluate wearables on wireless connectivity, battery life, AI integration, and cybersecurity to ensure they’re reliable and safe. Read more…
How Do I Know If My Health Data Is Bad? If teams spend more time hunting for data than using it, or if gaps are discovered during audit season instead of during care delivery, then it’s time for a data quality assessment, according to Mark Coetzer at IMAT Solutions. Read more…
Converting the Skeptics: How Value-Based Care Moves Forward From Here. Dana McCalley at Navina outlined the major misconceptions about VBC and described the role of a unified data platform in reconciling patient information, driving targeted interventions, and providing visibility into performance. Read more…
Affordable Telemedicine Services for Hospitals on a Budget. This guest post from Telespecialists identified top platforms offering affordable solutions that still meet clinical and operational needs, offer transparent pricing options, and integrate with leading EHR systems. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for December 24, 2025: Boston-based Veterans in Healthcare is looking for a CIO. Read more…
Bonus Features for December 21, 2025: 80% of health systems use GenAI in RCM, plus one in three patients use GenAI for health advice weekly. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Health plan Curative raised over $150 million in Series B funding.
- Artera announced a $65 million growth investment; the company makes agentic AI tools for patient communications.
- Drive Health announced $15 million investment; the company makes agentic AI tools designed for care navigation.
- Wearable health monitoring company Wearlinq announced $14 million in Series A funding.
- Lin Health closed an oversubscribed $11 million Series A round; the company provides behavioral care for chronic pain recovery.
- Virtual cardiology care company Auxira Health raised $7.8 million in seed funding.
- Substance-use disorder recovery platform maker Empathy Health Technologies announced a $7.6 million funding round.
- Healthcare AI model training startup Automate.clinic closed a pre-seed round.
- Australia’s ANDHealth will continue the Victorian Connected Health Innovation and Commercialisation Capability program for a further two years.
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