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Outro Secures $7M to Build Healthcare’s First Neuroscience-Based Deprescribing Platform
October 13, 2026·2 min read

Outro Secures $7M to Build Healthcare’s First Neuroscience-Based Deprescribing Platform

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Neuroscience-based deprescribing platform Outro announced that it has raised $7M in combined pre-seed and seed financing to…

Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders
October 13, 2026·5 min read

Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders

MIT News – Health sciences and technology | Medicine | Health | Health care | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) – Read More MIT…

People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.
October 13, 2026·12 min read

People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.

KFF Health News – Read More After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible. “It was like I…

The Sometimes-Awkward Art of Asking for a Second Opinion
October 13, 2026·2 min read

The Sometimes-Awkward Art of Asking for a Second Opinion

KFF Health News – Read More When Carol Daniel, a veteran broadcast journalist who lives near St. Louis, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2022, her…

Fears About Kids’ Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans
October 13, 2026·8 min read

Fears About Kids’ Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans

KFF Health News – Read More The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker…

Rock Health Q3 2026 Market Update: Fifteen Years of Digital Health, $11.1B YTD Funding, and the Rise of AI-Native Platforms
October 13, 2026·4 min read

Rock Health Q3 2026 Market Update: Fifteen Years of Digital Health, $11.1B YTD Funding, and the Rise of AI-Native Platforms

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Venture fund and digital health advisory firm Rock Health published its Q3 2026 Market Update in October…

Why Calling ICD-10 a Diagnosis Is Healthcare’s Costliest Design Flaw
October 13, 2026·5 min read

Why Calling ICD-10 a Diagnosis Is Healthcare’s Costliest Design Flaw

HIT Consultant – Read More Jay Anders, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Medicomp Systems Healthcare software colleagues of mine often describe a recurring discussion they have…

Nextech Embeds Assort Health and EliseAI to Deliver 24/7 Agentic AI Across Specialty Practices
October 13, 2026·3 min read

Nextech Embeds Assort Health and EliseAI to Deliver 24/7 Agentic AI Across Specialty Practices

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Specialty practice EHR and practice management leader Nextech announced major strategic partnerships with Assort Health and EliseAI…

Journalists Go Behind Health Headlines From Georgia, Michigan, and Russia
October 10, 2026·1 min read

Journalists Go Behind Health Headlines From Georgia, Michigan, and Russia

KFF Health News – Read More KFF Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau discussed the use of antipsychotic drugs in sedating dementia patients on Michigan Public’s…

AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room
October 9, 2026·11 min read

AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room

KFF Health News – Read More A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and…