Product News
Kontakt.io Alerts Nurses Before They Enter Patient Rooms: Any Dispenser, In Any Hospital
Kontakt.io announced the launch of a Universal Dispenser Module for its Hand Hygiene solution, enabling hospitals to alert nurses and clinicians to sanitize before initiating patient contact, regardless of which dispenser brand or model is installed.
FDB Launches MedProof MCP™, Pioneering AI-Native Agentic Medication Workflows
FDB (First Databank, Inc.), a provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise medication decisions, announced the general availability of FDB MedProof MCP™, the first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that is purpose-built for AI agent-driven medication decision support and patient-facing workflows.
Penguin Ai Launches Gwen, a Build-Your-Own AI Platform for Healthcare Operations
Penguin Ai, a healthcare artificial intelligence company, announced the launch of Gwen, a build-your-own AI platform that enables healthcare organizations to design, deploy, and scale digital workers across administrative workflows.
Ambience Healthcare Launches Chart Chat for Nursing, the First EHR-Integrated Conversational AI Tool for Inpatient Nursing
Ambience Healthcare, an AI platform for clinical documentation and revenue integrity, announced the launch of Chart Chat for Nursing, the first EHR-integrated conversational AI tool for inpatient nursing. Built alongside inpatient nurses and nursing informatics teams, Chart Chat for Nursing addresses how to find, synthesize, and act on the information to coordinate and drive nursing care.
UnitedHealthcare Introduces AI Companion Empowering People with Simpler Navigation, Personal Experience
UnitedHealthcare introduced Avery, a generative AI companion that creates a simpler, more coordinated health care experience for members while empowering customer advocates to more efficiently respond to members.
Penguin AI Launches Prior Authorization and Medical Coding Solutions as Snowflake Native Apps on Snowflake Marketplace
Penguin Ai, a healthcare artificial intelligence company, announced the launch of its Prior Authorization and Medical Coding solutions as Snowflake Native Apps on Snowflake Marketplace. The new solutions enable health plans and providers to automate and accelerate two of the most administratively intensive healthcare workflows by applying healthcare-native AI directly to governed clinical documentation, claims data, and medical policies within Snowflake.
SPRY Launches First AI Scribe Agent Built Natively for Rehab Therapy: Learns Clinician Preferences, Carries Full Patient History, and Drives 80% Therapist Retention
SPRY, the AI-native EHR and revenue cycle management platform for outpatient rehabilitation, announced the launch of SPRY Agentic Scribe, an AI documentation system built natively for rehab therapy. Unlike scribes that generate a draft and stop, SPRY stays active during the session, catching errors, learning each clinician’s documentation style, and carrying the patient’s full history into every visit. In five months, adoption grew 18x with no mandate. Some clinics have reported documentation time dropping by up to 75% and revenue increasing by 20–30% within 90 days.
Collaboration News
CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER Open Applications for SMILE Health and ACCELERATE to Improve Oral and Integrated Health
As the health care ecosystem accelerates its shift toward whole-person care, CareQuest Innovation Partners®, in collaboration with MATTER, is advancing SMILE Health and ACCELERATE to scale solutions that improve oral and overall health. Applications are now open for both programs.
Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More
athenahealth Names Relatient as Preferred Solution Partner for Intelligent Scheduling
Relatient, the patient scheduling platform, announced it has been named a Preferred Solution Partner by athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for healthcare practices and systems nationwide. The designation recognizes Relatient’s ability to deliver high-quality patient access solutions that integrate with AI-native athenaOne® workflows and drive measurable client success across the athenahealth network.
Product Certification News
Yosi Health Successfully Renews SOC 2 Type II Audit
Yosi Health, a provider of a customizable patient management platform, announced it has successfully renewed its SOC 2 Type II audit, reaffirming the company’s commitment to maintaining rigorous standards for data security, privacy, and operational integrity. The attestation, conducted in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Trust Services Criteria, reflects Yosi Health’s ongoing efforts to safeguard sensitive patient information across its platform.
RevSpring Achieves HITRUST r2 Certification Across All Product Lines, Reinforces Commitment to Comprehensive Cybersecurity
RevSpring, a provider of healthcare engagement and payment solutions, announced that its full suite of products has achieved HITRUST r2 Certification for cybersecurity and information protection, the company’s most rigorous security milestone to date.