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Scarlet Raises $50M to Build AI-Native Medical Device Certification
October 15, 2026·4 min read

Scarlet Raises $50M to Build AI-Native Medical Device Certification

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Medical device regulatory and certification platform Scarlet raises $50M in Series B funding round led by Headline,…

Pharma’s Billion-Dollar AI Bets May Be Chasing the Wrong Advantage
October 15, 2026·5 min read

Pharma’s Billion-Dollar AI Bets May Be Chasing the Wrong Advantage

HIT Consultant – Read More Shashi Shankar, Co-Founder and CEO, Novellia 2026 will be remembered as the year pharma went all in on AI. Since January,…

FDA Launches Rare Disease Framework Initiative to Modernize Small-Cohort Trial Design
October 15, 2026·3 min read

FDA Launches Rare Disease Framework Initiative to Modernize Small-Cohort Trial Design

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and…

Verily Health Awarded CDC Contract for National Wastewater Surveillance System: Scaling Genomic and Metagenomic Public Health Analytics
October 15, 2026·2 min read

Verily Health Awarded CDC Contract for National Wastewater Surveillance System: Scaling Genomic and Metagenomic Public Health Analytics

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Healthcare data intelligence leader Verily Health Inc. has been awarded a multi-year contract renewal by the Centers…

7 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Financial Aid at Texas Hospitals
October 15, 2026·9 min read

7 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Financial Aid at Texas Hospitals

KFF Health News – Read More Most hospitals offer financial assistance to patients who struggle to afford their bills, often referred to as charity care. But…

What Texas Reveals About the Obstacles to Getting Hospital Financial Aid
October 15, 2026·13 min read

What Texas Reveals About the Obstacles to Getting Hospital Financial Aid

KFF Health News – Read More Aimee Carlock needed surgery in August 2025 to treat severe pain and bleeding from her uterus. But first, she needed…

My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat
October 15, 2026·1 min read

My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat

Health | The Verge – Read More This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest…

Zocdoc Acquires Sohar Health: Expanding Care Access Infrastructure and Automated Insurance Verification
October 15, 2026·3 min read

Zocdoc Acquires Sohar Health: Expanding Care Access Infrastructure and Automated Insurance Verification

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Healthcare scheduling and access infrastructure leader Zocdoc announced that it has officially acquired Sohar Health, an automated…

Labcorp Partners with Thrive Global to Launch Thrive 5 Health Test: ApoB, hs-CRP, and HbA1c Paired with Behavior Change
October 15, 2026·3 min read

Labcorp Partners with Thrive Global to Launch Thrive 5 Health Test: ApoB, hs-CRP, and HbA1c Paired with Behavior Change

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Diagnostic laboratory provider Labcorp announced the commercial launch of the Thrive 5 Health Test, representing the first…

Peterson Health Technology Institute Report: Driving Adoption of High-Value AI in Healthcare Across Evidence, Coverage, and Payment
October 15, 2026·5 min read

Peterson Health Technology Institute Report: Driving Adoption of High-Value AI in Healthcare Across Evidence, Coverage, and Payment

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released a major national market report, titled Driving Adoption of High-Value…