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Colorado resident dies of hantavirus unlinked to cruise outbreak
An adult in Colorado has died from hantavirus, a rodent-borne illness that recurs seasonally in the state. Health officials are investigating the exposure source.
India Activates Ebola Surveillance After WHO Emergency Declaration
India's health ministry strengthened border screening and lab capacity following WHO's Ebola emergency alert. The country has no confirmed cases but is treating the Central African outbreak as a preparedness test.
India's Health Ministry Issues Heat Advisory for 6 Vulnerable Groups
The Directorate General of Health Services has issued guidance targeting infants, pregnant women, outdoor workers and others at risk during heatwave season. The advisory includes traditional remedies alongside standard precautions.
60% of patients skip elective care due to financing delays
A survey of 3,100 Indian clinics found that slow loan approvals and payment friction cause six in ten patients to abandon treatment after consultation. Clinics using embedded financing cut drop-offs to 30%.
Boston Scientific backs MiRus in cardiac device AI play
Boston Scientific makes strategic investment in MiRus LLC. Details on deal size and the startup's technology remain undisclosed in the announcement.
Qualtrics buys Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B to build healthcare AI dataset
Qualtrics is acquiring healthcare experience platform Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion. The deal aims to create what the company claims is the largest AI dataset for human experience data. Here's what it means for enterprise experience management.
SandboxAQ Plugs Quant Models Into Claude via Anthropic's MCP
SandboxAQ integrated its quantitative AI models with Anthropic's Claude through the Model Context Protocol. The partnership allows enterprises to combine specialized financial and scientific AI with Claude's reasoning.
AI CPR Coach Beats 911 Dispatchers in Real Call Tests
Researchers at UC San Diego, Johns Hopkins, and UPMC built ChatCPR, an AI agent that outperformed human 911 dispatchers when guiding bystanders through CPR. The tool is now open-source—here's why emergency responders should care.
Rural clinic cuts prescription time from 15 minutes to under 10
ChatRx integrated e-prescribing directly into its telemedicine workflow, dropping prescription failures to zero. How a rural Indiana doctor built a 24/7 platform to serve patients 45 minutes from urgent care.
EHR buying plummets 40% as Epic captures smaller hospitals
Hospital EHR purchasing fell 40% in 2025 as health systems delayed decisions. Epic won 49 smaller hospitals, mostly from Oracle Health, while Meditech held legacy customers and Oracle faced its third straight year of declining share.
95% of AI projects die before production. Healthcare is worse.
MIT research shows most AI pilots never ship. A healthcare IT exec explains why operationalization fails and what surviving projects have in common.
HIMSS27 in Copenhagen seeks healthcare IT presentation ideas
HIMSS27 takes place May 19–21, 2026 in Copenhagen. Healthcare IT News is inviting presentation submissions. Details on the checklist for qualified speakers.