The healthcare industry has steadily advanced its use of technology, but certain weighted challenges now require more immediate, focused innovation. Paper-based faxing, mail-based billing and voicemail are prime examples —

Lantern, a specialty care platform, has secured $30 million in funding, which will help it expand across employers and health plans, the company announced on Thursday. Dallas, Texas-based Lantern directs

Providence announced this week that it wants to sell its health plan, signaling its desire to exit the “payvider” club. Being a payvider — an organization that both provides healthcare

The pandemic-prompted social isolation, the rise of social media — with its ability to spread misinformation at the speed of light — a deeply polarized nation with a political class feeding

AI is an exponential technology. It enables things once thought impossible, for better and for worse, and it gets there fast. For leaders, the challenge isn’t whether to use AI,

More than 100,000 families and individuals in the U.S. are searching for sperm donors, but there are only about 1,500 registered donors who are available at any given time. This

Katie Jacobs Stanton took an unusual and accidental path to becoming a healthcare investor. After building products at Yahoo and Google, helping grow Twitter globally and spending time in the

Providers treating chronic disease have always grappled with a fundamental disconnect that, in many cases, is considered unavoidable. The most critical determinants of a patient’s health — such as their

Northern California-based Sutter Health is acquiring Minnesota-based Allina Health, the two systems announced this week.  The deal would create a nonprofit health system spanning three states — California, Minnesota and

Flourish Care, a maternal healthcare platform, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding to scale its doula network, the startup shared with MedCity News exclusively.  Boston-based Flourish Care offers in-person