< + > HIMSSCast: Forecasting AI and health IT regulation under a Trump White House

There have been many big changes in health and tech policy so far in the president's second term, and there will probably be many more to come. An attorney discusses how health IT developers should be charting strategic course for the years ahead.

< + > Ascend Learning Acquires myTIPreport to Enhance MedHub Offering

Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning software company, has acquired myTIPreport, a platform that modernizes medical education feedback and competency tracking. myTIPreport will be integrated into Ascend’s MedHub brand, enabling medical education institutions to more efficiently and conveniently track the performance of both medical trainees and programs. With this enhanced offering, medical training institutions and programs can ensure the next generation of clinicians have the training and clinical competencies needed to deliver best-in-class care for the growing patient population.

By incorporating the myTIPreport technology into the MedHub portfolio of products and services, alongside curriculum and assessment technology, Ascend provides medical education institutions with comprehensive solutions to track trainee, program, and institutional performance and effectiveness. myTIPreport offers a suite of features designed to enhance the education experience for both educators and learners, enabling:

• Real-time feedback for streamlined evaluation processes benefitting educators and trainees
• Increased engagement via mobile notifications and gamification, building a positive culture around feedback across institutions
• Comprehensive evaluation and tracking via class summary reports and tools for rotation assessments
• Streamlined milestone reporting
• Data visualization and increased understanding via reporting and analytics dashboards

“myTIPreport is a vital tool for numerous medical education programs and specialty boards worldwide, many of which are also clients of MedHub. Through these offerings, we’re enhancing our capabilities to help institutions efficiently manage learner, program, and institutional processes and data,” said Mike DeSimone, VP of Product, Medicine and Workforce Solutions at Ascend Learning.

“Since its inception in 2014, myTIPreport has grown organically, driven by users who find genuine value in its ability to solve critical feedback challenges in medical training. Allowing MedHub to carry myTIPreport into the future is a natural progression for us, as they bring a deep understanding of the medical education landscape, robust technical capabilities, and the reach to expand our impact across multiple specialties. Together, both companies aim to enhance competency-based training and foster a culture that values the essential process of giving and receiving feedback, ultimately contributing to the development of better healthcare professionals,” said Taylor Lafrinere, Creator of myTIPreport.

About Ascend Learning

Ascend Learning is a leading healthcare and learning technology company. With products that span the learning continuum, Ascend Learning focuses on high-growth careers in a range of industries, with a special focus on healthcare and other licensure-driven occupations. Ascend Learning products, from testing to certification, are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals, and insurance brokers. Learn more at ascendlearning.com.

About MedHub

MedHub is the largest provider of healthcare education management solutions for graduate and undergraduate medical education and advanced practice healthcare institutions. MedHub consolidates disparate data into one platform, providing an integrated approach to healthcare education management. Its focus is boosting overall program efficiencies, including daily programmatic and workflow processes, so that curriculum, coursework, scheduling, assessments, site management, task distribution, and other program facets can live in a single platform.

Originally announced May 1st, 2025

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< + > Malaysia pilots medicine drone delivery

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< + > Plenful Raises $50M Series B to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Automation Platform

New Funding will Accelerate Plenful’s Platform Expansion to Enhance Operational Efficiency and Deepen Adoption Across Top Healthcare Systems

Plenful, the leading AI workflow automation platform modernizing healthcare operations, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round. The round is co-led by Mitchell Rales, Co-Founder of Danaher Corporation, who also joins Plenful’s board and Arena Holdings, with participation from Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, TQ Ventures, Susa/Kivu Ventures, and other leading investors. This brings Plenful’s total funding to $76 million and will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts to meet growing demand across the healthcare ecosystem.

“Healthcare teams have long been under immense strain from the sheer volume and complexity of their work. The need for change has never been more urgent,” said Joy Liu, Founder and CEO at Plenful. “Plenful was built by healthcare operators for healthcare operators, and as such, we deeply understand the mission-critical work these teams do every day. By partnering closely with our customers and automating workflows, we’re offering a better way for healthcare staff to work. One that improves compliance, drives revenue, saves time, and supports their teams and the patients they care for.”

Solving Healthcare’s $1 Trillion Admin Problem

The U.S. healthcare system spends nearly $1 trillion each year on administrative tasks — a burden that contributes to labor shortages, employee burnout, and a growing crisis in access to quality care. A Google Cloud/Harris Poll survey found that 81% of medical staff and 77% of claims staff say that administrative work contributes to burnout, with two-thirds of providers expressing serious concern over human error in these processes. Yet most healthcare organizations still rely on outdated systems, complicating workflows with siloed, messy data across multiple formats and touchpoints. Critical institutional knowledge often lives only in the heads of a few overburdened employees, creating additional risk and fragility in day-to-day operations.

Plenful’s platform automates these workflows using AI purpose-built for healthcare. It handles messy, disparate workflows across formats, systems, and departments, reducing errors and streamlining operations while providing real-time reporting and task management for healthcare staff. Leading healthcare organizations like Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Cencora, Renown Health, Shields Healthcare Group, and Samaritan Health use Plenful to decrease time and costs, drive compliance, and unlock new revenue.

Expanding Across Use Cases and Markets

Plenful’s most widely adopted use cases include prior authorization, 340B compliance and missed opportunity auditing, and order and referral data entry. With this new funding, the company will expand its platform to address more unmet needs across healthcare, deepening its presence in the pharmacy, health systems, provider groups, and payor markets where it’s already seeing strong traction.

“Plenful is tackling some of healthcare’s toughest challenges with an AI platform that’s already driving meaningful, measurable results for their customers,” said Board Member and Danaher Corporation Co-Founder, Mitchell Rales. “And what truly gets me excited is the team. Joy is a visionary leader with remarkable learning agility and deep healthcare expertise, supported by a team whose execution and creativity are exceptional.”

“The healthcare market is ripe for transformation, and Plenful is positioned to lead that shift,” said Chelcie Taylor, Investor at Notable. “Their ability to deliver immediate ROI and drive efficiency at scale gives them a significant edge as healthcare organizations increasingly turn to AI to solve entrenched administrative challenges.”

Trusted by Industry Leaders, Proven at Scale

Plenful has experienced over 4x year-over-year growth and is now trusted by more than 60 leading U.S. healthcare organizations, underscoring strong market demand for proven, AI-driven automation in healthcare.

“What could take a large team many hours only takes seconds with Plenful, and the reporting they provide is more accurate than our previous solution,” said Savannah Randolph, Pharmacy Services Analyst at Samaritan Health Services. “We’ve reduced our time spent by 96%; it’s incredible. Plenful has enabled us to redeploy staff to higher-value tasks and operate more efficiently overall. And with their scalable platform, we’re excited to expand into other use cases to continue unlocking value.”

“Plenful’s team has been a true pleasure to work with,” shares Adam Porath, Vice President of Pharmacy at Renown Health. “They come from pharmacy operations themselves; they just get it. We’re expanding our use of the platform this year and looking forward to realizing even more operational efficiencies.”

“We couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead,” Liu shares. “This funding allows us to invest deeply in our team as we scale, especially across machine learning, engineering, product, partnerships, and customer success. We’re building for the long term, and that starts with growing a world-class team to support our customers and deliver on our vision.”

About Plenful

Plenful is the leading AI workflow automation platform transforming how healthcare teams work. Built to empower healthcare operators and the patients they serve, Plenful enables healthcare organizations to scale operations with speed, precision, and intelligence. By combining deep human expertise with purpose-built AI, Plenful automates complex workflows to eliminate inefficiencies, enhance compliance, and unlock critical revenue. Trusted by top pharmacies, health systems, providers, and payors, Plenful powers smarter, faster, and more affordable healthcare operations. To learn more, visit plenful.com.

Originally announced April 30th, 2025

< + > Persivia Powers the Next Era of Digital Health with Strategic $107 Million Investment and AI Innovation Patent

Persivia, the company behind one of the healthcare industry’s most advanced digital health platforms, today announced two major developments—a $107M investment from Aldrich Capital Partners and the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,254,975 B2 for its Health Data Processing System. This dual milestone signals a new era for healthcare, as Persivia prepares to scale its proven AI-first platform and transform how care is delivered, measured, and managed across the continuum.

The newly granted patent protects the core AI capabilities behind CareSpace, Persivia’s modular digital health platform. Unlike typical platforms that merely surface data, CareSpace uses Soliton, a now-patented AI engine to ingest, analyze, prioritize, and deliver actionable insights in real time. This allows care teams to respond to the most urgent needs, manage complex patient populations, and streamline workflows—all from a unified interface.

Aldrich’s investment—completed at the end of February—provides the financial firepower to expand quickly and invest deeply in platform innovation, client success, and go-to-market execution.

It also puts Persivia in a position few companies can claim: deeply funded, clinically validated, and now legally protected as the innovator of a patented AI-driven platform.

“This isn’t just a win for Persivia, it is a great day for US healthcare as a whole,” said Dr. Mansoor Khan, CEO at Persivia. “With the industry-leading platform, new capital, and a newly issued patent, we’re ready to deliver on a vision that’s been 20 years in the making—solving healthcare’s toughest challenges with an AI core that is now patented, proven, and deployed at scale.”

At the heart of this transformation is CareSpace, a digital health platform designed to help organizations thrive while transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based care. It supports a wide range of use cases – from data, care, quality, and population health management to analytics, virtual care, risk adjustment, and many more. Built on a modular architecture with the Soliton AI engine at its core, CareSpace gives healthcare organizations the flexibility to deploy exactly what they need, when they need it, without the overhead of point solution sprawl.

“Most healthcare AI solutions today are point solutions that bolt on to existing platforms,” said Dr. Fauzia Khan, CMO at Persivia. “The CareSpace platform is built around the Soliton AI engine, which resides at the heart of the system. This vision of AI at the heart of all data flows, analytics, and workflows forms the basis for our patent, which was applied for in early 2020, long before AI was the buzzword it is now.”

As the healthcare industry faces mounting pressure to do more with less, Persivia is delivering a platform that combines speed, intelligence, and interoperability, driving better outcomes, lowering costs, and reducing burnout. With the issuance of this patent, the company is sending a clear message: the era of intelligent, AI-driven care has arrived, and Persivia is leading it.

To learn more about Persivia and the patented AI system powering CareSpace, visit persivia.com.

About Persivia

Persivia delivers an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare organizations work smarter. By unifying clinical, claims, social, and operational data into one intelligent system, Persivia turns complex data into real-time insights that drive decisions, streamline workflows, and improve performance across the board.

Whether it’s powering value-based care, optimizing risk, improving quality, or managing cost and utilization. Learn more at persivia.com. The platform gives payers and providers the tools to move faster, act earlier, and operate more efficiently.

Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, Persivia supports 200+ hospitals and 12,000+ clinicians nationwide.

Originally announced May 7th, 2025