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News 8/13/25
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Oracle Health announces its new AI-powered, voice-enabled EHR for ambulatory providers. The company plans on introducing an acute care version next year.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Infinx invests in autonomous medical coding company Maverick Medical AI and will integrate Maverick’s capabilities with its patient access and RCM solutions.
Managed services company Provana acquires MEG Business Management, a practice management company serving independent physical therapy practices.
People
Visana Health names Tom Maraday (Omada Health) chief commercial officer.
Announcements and Implementations
Bizmatics will add new AI features to its PrognoCIS EHR, including a chat assistant, note summarization, and scribe capabilities.
Virtual mental healthcare provider Talkspace adopts Express Access provider-matching and patient progress-tracking software from Outcome Referrals.
Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute selects Unified Digital Patient Experience software from Willowglade Technologies.
EasyPA debuts its automated prior authorization workflow technology for physician practices.
Other
The Georgia Health Information Network and the state’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities create the Social Care Integration Initiative to help providers and organizations across the state share clinical and social care data.
In Australia, AI governance expert Kobi Leins, Phd is told to seek care elsewhere after declining a medical assistant’s request to use AI transcription software during a visit to her child’s pediatrician. The practice cited the need for the software due to an inability to perform timely assessments without it. Leins has expressed her lack of trust in the privacy and security of such burgeoning technology.
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