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Harbor Health acquires tech-enabled dementia care company Rippl. Harbor Health operates a network of clinics in Texas, and offers insurance plans to employers, individuals, and families.
The company, which announced $130 million in new funding last September, will incorporate Rippl’s platform into its library of care pathways.
Sponsored Events and Resources
Live Webinar: February 18 (Wednesday) 2 ET. “From Blind Spots to Insights: Gaining Real-Time Visibility into Healthcare Risk.” Sponsor: CloudWave. Presenters: Jacob Wheeler, MBA, director of sales engineering, CloudWave; Mike Donahue, chief operating officer, CloudWave. Resilience starts with the ability to see clearly, across every endpoint, cloud workload, user, and clinical system. Join CloudWave’s cybersecurity leaders for an in-depth session on how real-time visibility transforms your ability to detect threats early, respond decisively, and strengthen resilience across the care ecosystem. Attendees will learn the practical steps that hospitals can take to move from reactive defense to resilient action.
Publication: HIStalk’s Guide to ViVE 2026 lists the activities of sponsors at the conference.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Virtual psychiatry group Talkiatry announces $210 million in Series D funding, bringing its total raised to $457 million.
Tech-enabled, value-based oncology care startup Atlas Oncology Partners announces $28 million in Series A funding. The company launched last month with its first customer, West Cancer Center & Research Institute (TN).
Announcements and Implementations
Children First Pediatrics (MD) implements AI-enhanced EHR technology from EClinicalWorks and Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe.
Research and Innovation
Amazon One Medical offers members AI-powered insights into their lab results via the One Medical app. The Health Insights feature analyzes and then offers insights and recommendations around 50 biomarkers from standard bloodwork.
Other
Patients feel the all-too-common pinch of today’s primary care shortage, as highlighted in this local news report detailing Optum’s decision to close one of the Northeast Portland’s few remaining primary care clinics. As one patient puts it: “I guess I could find another doctor, and I guess they could look at my MyChart and figure out what to do. But that’s not what medical care is supposed to be about. It’s supposed to be about continuity of care.”
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