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M&A: Switchboard Health Acquires Livara Health and Secures $5M to Power In-EHR Virtual MSK Delivery
August 26, 2026·2 min read

M&A: Switchboard Health Acquires Livara Health and Secures $5M to Power In-EHR Virtual MSK Delivery

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Switchboard Health, a digital health platform connecting patients with high-value specialty care, has acquired Livara Health (formerly…

ECRI Calls on Health Systems to Report Clinical AI Errors and Malfunctions
August 26, 2026·3 min read

ECRI Calls on Health Systems to Report Clinical AI Errors and Malfunctions

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Global patient safety nonprofit ECRI expanded its Problem Reporting Network to explicitly capture, investigate, and triage errors,…

Her Breast MRI Was Approved, But That Didn’t Mean Her Insurance Would Pay
August 26, 2026·6 min read

Her Breast MRI Was Approved, But That Didn’t Mean Her Insurance Would Pay

KFF Health News – Read More Last year, Stephanie Halver’s primary care doctor consulted a risk assessment tool to calculate her chances of one day developing…

Trump Puts Autistic Kids in the Spotlight and Cuts Agencies Built To Protect Them
August 26, 2026·8 min read

Trump Puts Autistic Kids in the Spotlight and Cuts Agencies Built To Protect Them

KFF Health News – Read More At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith’s 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he…

Abbott Receives FDA Authorization for Libre Duo 10 Day, World’s First Dual Glucose-Ketone Sensing System
August 26, 2026·3 min read

Abbott Receives FDA Authorization for Libre Duo 10 Day, World’s First Dual Glucose-Ketone Sensing System

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo marketing authorization to Abbott for its…

Therapeutic VR Is Reaching Clinical Care. It Needs a Safety Ledger
August 26, 2026·6 min read

Therapeutic VR Is Reaching Clinical Care. It Needs a Safety Ledger

HIT Consultant – Read More Nargiza Noimann-Zander, Founder of X-Technology As of 2026, Medical Extended Reality (MXR) has transitioned from experimental pilot phases to an integrated…

Fitbit Founders Unveil Luffu Link, Wearable for Family Health, Safety and Connection
August 26, 2026·2 min read

Fitbit Founders Unveil Luffu Link, Wearable for Family Health, Safety and Connection

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman have officially unveiled Luffu Link, a screenless, jewelry-inspired LTE health…

Why Primary Care First Visits Must Function Like Follow-Ups
August 25, 2026·6 min read

Why Primary Care First Visits Must Function Like Follow-Ups

HIT Consultant – Read More Dr Alexander Vanyukov, Founder of Symptomato Of the roughly 30 million GP appointments recorded each month across England, most begin the…

Vexev Raises $6M to Scale Autonomous Robotic Vascular Ultrasound
August 25, 2026·3 min read

Vexev Raises $6M to Scale Autonomous Robotic Vascular Ultrasound

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know Australian medical robotics and computational imaging startup Vexev raised $6M in new funding, bringing its total capital…

Healthcare’s Hidden Backbone: Why Modernization Matters More Than Ever
August 25, 2026·6 min read

Healthcare’s Hidden Backbone: Why Modernization Matters More Than Ever

HIT Consultant – Read More Robin Macfarlane, President and CEO, RRMac Associates When people think about healthcare innovation, they often picture telehealth platforms, AI-powered diagnostics, wearable…