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Citizen Health Secures $30M to Pioneer AI-Powered Rare Disease Care
August 18, 2025·2 min read

Citizen Health Secures $30M to Pioneer AI-Powered Rare Disease Care

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know:  – San Francisco-based Citizen Health, a platform empowering patients with rare and complex conditions, secures $30M in…

Research: $3.8M NIH Grant to Study Childhood Protein as COPD Predictor
August 16, 2025·2 min read

Research: $3.8M NIH Grant to Study Childhood Protein as COPD Predictor

HIT Consultant – Read More Image Credit: freepik What You Should Know:  – University of Arizona (UArizona) researchers have been awarded a new $3.8M grant from…

CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting
August 16, 2025·1 min read

CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting

KFF Health News – Read More Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees’ reaction to a deadly shooting…

Reduced ACA Subsidies May Make It Harder for Young Adults To Afford Coverage
August 16, 2025·3 min read

Reduced ACA Subsidies May Make It Harder for Young Adults To Afford Coverage

KFF Health News – Read More As they move into adulthood, many young Americans face a unique and daunting challenge: finding their own health insurance by…

A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing 
August 16, 2025·4 min read

A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing 

Health | The Verge – Read More Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Special Representative for Climate Change, Panama, speaks at a press conference ahead of the final…

Cardinal Health to Acquire Solaris Health for $1.9B to Expand Urology Focus
August 16, 2025·2 min read

Cardinal Health to Acquire Solaris Health for $1.9B to Expand Urology Focus

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know:  – US drug distributor Cardinal Health has signed a $1.9B agreement to acquire a majority stake in…

PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass: The Gold Standard for SDOH Measurement
August 16, 2025·6 min read

PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass: The Gold Standard for SDOH Measurement

HIT Consultant – Read More Yolande Pengetnze, MD, MS, SVP of Clinical Leadership at PCCI If you are leading efforts to improve and understand public health…

Sleep Problems: How No-Contact Sensors Can Help Sleep Health
August 16, 2025·4 min read

Sleep Problems: How No-Contact Sensors Can Help Sleep Health

HIT Consultant – Read More Dr. Jae-Eun Lee, CEO of bitsensing Sleep problems are getting worse around the world, with one recent scientific paper describing sleep problems as a…

HistoSonics Valued at $2.25B After Major Acquisition to Accelerate Histotripsy Growth
August 16, 2025·2 min read

HistoSonics Valued at $2.25B After Major Acquisition to Accelerate Histotripsy Growth

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know:  – HistoSonics, the company behind the non-invasive Edison® Histotripsy System, has announced a management-led majority stake acquisition…

How Knowledge Sharing Transforms Health Insurance BPO Back-Office Operations
August 16, 2025·4 min read

How Knowledge Sharing Transforms Health Insurance BPO Back-Office Operations

HIT Consultant – Read More Rajaram (Raj) Natarajan, Ph.D., SVP of Client Services at Sagility In the dynamic environment of modern health insurance BPOs (Business Process…