https://healthcaretech.news Takeaways from the most recent news in the technology and policies shaping healthcare. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT https://healthcaretech.news/finance/astrazeneca-glp1-pill-obesity-diabetes-trials https://healthcaretech.news/finance/astrazeneca-glp1-pill-obesity-diabetes-trials Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance AstraZeneca's oral GLP-1 drug showed promise in mid-stage obesity and diabetes trials, but its standing against rival pills remains unclear. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/ai-smarter-clinical-trial-protocols https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/ai-smarter-clinical-trial-protocols Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Domain-specific AI trained on real clinical operations data is helping sponsors design smarter, more feasible trial protocols and avoid costly amendments. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/sophia-genetics-msk-precision-oncology-hub-nyc https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/sophia-genetics-msk-precision-oncology-hub-nyc Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Sophia Genetics and Memorial Sloan Kettering signed an MOU to form a joint venture building an AI-powered precision oncology hub in New York City. https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/technology-pediatric-behavioral-healthcare-delivery https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/technology-pediatric-behavioral-healthcare-delivery Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Telehealth Telehealth and digital tools are expanding access to pediatric behavioral healthcare, but integration into primary care and proven outcomes remain the key tests. https://healthcaretech.news/government/trump-100k-h1b-visa-fee-struck-down https://healthcaretech.news/government/trump-100k-h1b-visa-fee-struck-down Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government A federal judge struck down Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee as an unlawful tax, a win for hospitals that rely on foreign-trained physicians. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/klinic-raises-24m-behavioral-health-platform https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/klinic-raises-24m-behavioral-health-platform Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Klinic raised $24 million to expand its enablement platform for behavioral health and specialty providers. https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/vida-health-instacart-grocery-stipends-nutrition https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/vida-health-instacart-grocery-stipends-nutrition Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Telehealth Vida Health partnered with Instacart to provide members grocery stipends for healthy foods as part of its cardiometabolic care programs. https://healthcaretech.news/finance/incyte-vega-therapeutics-acquisition-von-willebrand-disease https://healthcaretech.news/finance/incyte-vega-therapeutics-acquisition-von-willebrand-disease Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance Incyte is acquiring Vega Therapeutics for $1.25 billion to gain a late-stage von Willebrand disease drug as patent expiration looms for its top product, Jakafi. https://healthcaretech.news/government/hhs-czar-provider-taxes-healthcare-costs https://healthcaretech.news/government/hhs-czar-provider-taxes-healthcare-costs Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government HHS affordability czar Casey Mulligan says distorted incentives like provider taxes, not coverage gaps, are the root of high US healthcare costs. https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gsk-nuvalent-acquisition-10-6-billion https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gsk-nuvalent-acquisition-10-6-billion Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance GSK is acquiring Nuvalent for $10.6 billion to add late-stage targeted lung cancer drugs, the latest in a run of biopharma deals. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/oura-whoop-wearable-data-clinical-integration https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/oura-whoop-wearable-data-clinical-integration Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Oura and Whoop are working to move wearable health data into clinical workflows, a shift that could reshape how physicians use continuous patient data. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/trump-affordability-czar-medicaid-cuts-hospitals https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/trump-affordability-czar-medicaid-cuts-hospitals Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals Trump affordability czar Casey Mulligan told hospital finance leaders that Medicaid cuts will boost affordability, as executives prepare to absorb the fallout. https://healthcaretech.news/government/ebola-response-2014-vs-now-usaid-susan-reichle https://healthcaretech.news/government/ebola-response-2014-vs-now-usaid-susan-reichle Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government A leader of the 2014 U.S. Ebola response says the country is far less prepared for outbreaks today after the dismantling of USAID. https://healthcaretech.news/government/ebola-response-changes-since-last-outbreak https://healthcaretech.news/government/ebola-response-changes-since-last-outbreak Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government STAT News details how vaccines and treatments have transformed Ebola response since the 2014-2016 outbreak, alongside news on a suppressed alcohol report and wearables data. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/stepful-raises-55m-healthcare-training-platform https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/stepful-raises-55m-healthcare-training-platform Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Stepful raised $55 million in Series C funding led by Oak HC/FT to expand its online platform training workers for in-demand healthcare jobs. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/dexcom-cgm-trial-broad-diabetes-population https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/dexcom-cgm-trial-broad-diabetes-population Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT A Dexcom randomized controlled trial indicates continuous glucose monitors benefit a broader diabetes population beyond insulin users, per STAT News. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/patient-photographs-clinical-care-serious-conditions https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/patient-photographs-clinical-care-serious-conditions Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT https://healthcaretech.news/government/niaid-acting-director-john-powers https://healthcaretech.news/government/niaid-acting-director-john-powers Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government The NIH appointed researcher John Powers III as acting director of NIAID, replacing Jeffery Taubenberger after weeks of leadership uncertainty. https://healthcaretech.news/government/va-oracle-ehr-ohio-kentucky-medical-centers https://healthcaretech.news/government/va-oracle-ehr-ohio-kentucky-medical-centers Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government The VA deployed Oracle Health's EHR at four Ohio and Kentucky medical centers, its second 2026 wave after years of pauses to fix technical and safety issues. https://healthcaretech.news/payers/illinois-medicaid-contracts-humana https://healthcaretech.news/payers/illinois-medicaid-contracts-humana Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Payers Illinois plans to award new Medicaid managed care contracts to six insurers, mostly incumbents, with Humana the only newcomer. https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gilead-merck-trial-results-biotech-roundup https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gilead-merck-trial-results-biotech-roundup Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance Gilead and Merck reported one trial win and one failure the same week, as AstraZeneca advanced a GLP-1 pill and GSK announced a $10.6 billion cancer acquisition. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/ai-clinician-collaboration-movement-machine-learning https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/ai-clinician-collaboration-movement-machine-learning Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT MedCity News argues AI delivers the most clinical value when it augments clinician judgment rather than attempting to replace it, especially in movement-based care. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/trump-administration-warns-hospitals-price-transparency-fines https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/trump-administration-warns-hospitals-price-transparency-fines Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals The Trump administration warned over 500 hospitals to publish required price information or face fines, ramping up enforcement of transparency rules in place since 2021. https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/glp-1-market-patients-tiktok-medical-advice-gap https://healthcaretech.news/telehealth/glp-1-market-patients-tiktok-medical-advice-gap Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Telehealth GLP-1 drugs are a $70 billion market, but weak clinical follow-up pushes patients to TikTok for dosing and side-effect advice. https://healthcaretech.news/government/fda-approves-bemotrizinol-new-sunscreen-ingredient https://healthcaretech.news/government/fda-approves-bemotrizinol-new-sunscreen-ingredient Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government The FDA approved bemotrizinol, the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in over 25 years, narrowing a gap with Europe and Asia. https://healthcaretech.news/government/trump-affordability-czar-targets-hospitals https://healthcaretech.news/government/trump-affordability-czar-targets-hospitals Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Government Trump's health care affordability czar is targeting hospitals as cost drivers while backing Medicaid cuts, per STAT News. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/healthcare-vendor-assurance-soc2-hitrust-broken https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/healthcare-vendor-assurance-soc2-hitrust-broken Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT A MedCity News piece argues that SOC 2, HITRUST, and BAAs prove vendor claims, not working security, leaving healthcare's assurance system fundamentally flawed. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/rad-ai-yale-new-haven-partnership-expansion https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/rad-ai-yale-new-haven-partnership-expansion Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Rad AI is expanding its generative AI radiology reporting partnership with Yale New Haven Health System across the system's imaging network. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/us-drug-shortages-systemic-problem-analysis https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/us-drug-shortages-systemic-problem-analysis Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals U.S. drug shortages fell 23% last year, but a new analysis finds shortages are lasting longer and remain a systemic supply chain problem. https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gsk-nuvalent-10-6b-lung-cancer-acquisition https://healthcaretech.news/finance/gsk-nuvalent-10-6b-lung-cancer-acquisition Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance GSK will acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, gaining two near-commercial precision drugs for non-small cell lung cancer that are now under FDA review. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/adventhealth-select-plan-employer-narrow-network https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/adventhealth-select-plan-employer-narrow-network Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals AdventHealth is turning the narrow-network 'Select Plan' it built for its own employees into a product it hopes to sell to outside employers. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/aha-hospitals-technology-affordable-care https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/aha-hospitals-technology-affordable-care Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals The AHA is positioning EHRs and predictive analytics as central tools for making hospital care more affordable. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/monument-health-names-general-counsel-executive-moves https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/monument-health-names-general-counsel-executive-moves Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals Monument Health promoted Paula McInerney-Hall to general counsel and named a second executive, effective June 8, in a leadership update. https://healthcaretech.news/finance/r1-rcm-names-eric-tagliere-cio https://healthcaretech.news/finance/r1-rcm-names-eric-tagliere-cio Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Finance R1 RCM named former Humana CTO Eric Tagliere as chief information officer to lead its global technology organization. https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/google-passive-heart-rate-monitoring-smartphone-camera https://healthcaretech.news/health-it/google-passive-heart-rate-monitoring-smartphone-camera Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Health IT Google researchers built a system that passively estimates heart rate from short facial video clips captured by a smartphone's front-facing camera after face-unlock. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/upmc-layoffs-200-workers-300-positions https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/upmc-layoffs-200-workers-300-positions Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals UPMC is cutting about 200 jobs and eliminating 300 vacant positions, focusing on non-clinical roles amid continued financial pressure on health systems. https://healthcaretech.news/payers/optum-cuts-92-jobs-california-oxnard-closure https://healthcaretech.news/payers/optum-cuts-92-jobs-california-oxnard-closure Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Payers Optum is cutting 92 jobs in California, mostly from the closure of an Oxnard management services organization, per June 1 regulatory filings. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/ama-rejects-provider-term-for-physicians https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/ama-rejects-provider-term-for-physicians Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals The AMA adopted policy formally opposing the use of "provider" to describe physicians, urging specific clinician titles instead. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/stanford-medagentbrief-ai-discharge-summary-burnout https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/stanford-medagentbrief-ai-discharge-summary-burnout Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals Stanford Health Care piloted an in-house AI agent, MedAgentBrief, that drafts discharge summaries and reduced physician burnout in a 10-week test at Sequoia Hospital. https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/fairview-university-minnesota-10-year-deal https://healthcaretech.news/hospitals/fairview-university-minnesota-10-year-deal Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:22 GMT Hospitals University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized a new 10-year partnership taking effect in 2027.