TTA’s Royal Visit Week: OpenEvidence goes dark in UK & EU, UK Biobank and Medtronic hacked, RapidSOS’s well-done docu-video, ‘fetching’ fundings, more!

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Friday, 1 May 2026

This week saw King Charles III and Queen Camilla on our shores, from Washington to NYC to Virginia, before flying off to (hopefully) warmer Bermuda. Perhaps the pomp made for a quieter healthcare week. Perhaps the three most important stories were almost lost in the circumstance. “IT” clinical info app OpenEvidence stumbled over compliance with the EU AI Act–and chose to go dark in UK and EU. 500K UK Biobank records were hacked–by trusted Chinese researchers. Medtronic had what they depicted as a not-terribly-consequential breach of their corporate IT systems–we’ll see. A well-done docu-video on what happens when you call 911–and emergency services. Some fundings that ‘fetch’. And more!

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A quickie news roundup: ChatGPT for Clinicians unveiled, UHG to invest $1.5B in AI, Aidoc raises $150M, TriFetch raises $1.9M pre-seed, Boehringer Ingelheim & Eko Health partner on canine heart murmur detection

Breaking: OpenEvidence app access terminated in the UK and EU

(Updated) Medtronic reports corporate IT systems cyberattacked. 500K UK Biobank records breached in inside job. Are med device and research organizations the new hacker happy hunting ground?

‘Behind the Emergency’–a well-done presentation about and approach to a specialized healthcare market

Last Week

Weekend Must Read: The 10 point pattern of failure of healthcare tech companies

News roundup: (breaking) IKS Health finalizes TruBridge buy, Hims shares rise on independent Rx fills, Cala Health scores $50M, Joyful Health $22M, Tava Health $40M, actor Jeremy Renner partners with RapidSOS

Even famous doctors have their identity stolen: Dr. Eric Topol “authors” an apparently fake, AI-generated paper (This Editor’s investigation)

Teleprescriber Zealthy–and CEO Kyle Robertson–accused of asset fraud; DOJ moves to freeze assets and put company in receivership

Chutes & Ladders: Vendor protest filed against VA-OIT, Teladoc stock touted as ‘best buy’, Treehub ‘founder residency’ launches, AcuityMD raises $80M to near-$1B valuation

29th ISfTeH International Conference announced for 11-13 November in Germany–submit your proposal now!

Perspectives: What Healthcare Can Learn from Formula One About AI

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TTA’s Spring Fever 2: finding fraud with a fake Topol article, at Zealthy; IKS to buy TruBridge; healthy deals for Cala, Joyful, Tava, AcuityMD; Treehub’s new model; ISfTeH calls for proposals, more!

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Friday 23 April 2026

This week made up for last week with plenty of activity, deals–and fraud like Dr. Eric Topol finding his name on an open access article that was not only NOT written by him but also published in a fake journal! The DOJ continues to hammer at fraud in teleprescribing, pursuing Zealthy and CEO Robertson. Fundings livelied up with TruBridge RCM agreeing to the IKS Health buy, Cala Health, Joyful Health, Tava Health, and AcuityMD. Treehub debuts a new startup support model. ISfTeH is back with its 29th annual meeting and calling for presentations. Our Perspectives guest article draws analogies between clinical dashboards and Formula 1 car cockpits. 

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News roundup: (breaking) IKS Health finalizes TruBridge buy, Hims shares rise on independent Rx fills, Cala Health scores $50M, Joyful Health $22M, Tava Health $40M, actor Jeremy Renner partners with RapidSOS

Even famous doctors have their identity stolen: Dr. Eric Topol “authors” an apparently fake, AI-generated paper (This Editor’s investigation)

Teleprescriber Zealthy–and CEO Kyle Robertson–accused of asset fraud; DOJ moves to freeze assets and put company in receivership

Chutes & Ladders: Vendor protest filed against VA-OIT, Teladoc stock touted as ‘best buy’, Treehub ‘founder residency’ launches, AcuityMD raises $80M to near-$1B valuation

29th ISfTeH International Conference announced for 11-13 November in Germany–submit your proposal now!

Perspectives: What Healthcare Can Learn from Formula One About AI

Over the last two weeks, the deals and controversies….

Chutes & Ladders: Click Therapeutics raises $50M, lays off 27%; India’s IKS Health in talks to buy TruBridge for over $600M; TELCOR buys Sample for RCM expansion

VA’s Oracle EHR resumes go-lives at four Michigan systems–finally

Two weekend ‘must reads’: the New Yorker’s Sam Altman/OpenAI exposé–and comments; a further deep dive into Carbon Health’s implosion

Perspectives: Exploring the Telehealth Extension: Building Infrastructures for Better Access

Funding/deal roundup: WHOOP’s $575M Giant raise, Anthropic buys med AI startup for $400M, early stage fundings for Jimini, Insight Health; Noom buys compounder; Mount Sinai NY to embed OpenEvidence

NY Times’ highly questionable but glowing–and viral–portrait of AI-created GLP-1 e-prescriber and marketer Medvi

Former VA EHRM executive director Federally charged with accepting vendor cash and gifts, making false statements

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TTA’s Spring Fever: VA resumes Oracle EHR rollout, Click clicks on $50M, 27% layoff, IKS Health may buy TruBridge, and TELCOR’s tuck-in of Sample.

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17 April 2026

The last couple of weeks must have exhausted everyone, because this week is downright sleepy. As scheduled, VA finally resumed its Oracle Health EHR rollout with four health systems in Michigan–the first since 2022. Nine more to come if these go well. For companies, spring fever deals were absent. Digital schizophrenia adjunct treatment Click Therapeutics raised both $50 million to move to commercialization, then pink slipped 27% of current staff. TELCOR tucked in Sample to bolster AI  in the RCM area. Pending in RCM, IKS Health may be making a $600 million offer for TruBridge–but that hasn’t been finalized. Yet.

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Chutes & Ladders: Click Therapeutics raises $50M, lays off 27%; India’s IKS Health in talks to buy TruBridge for over $600M; TELCOR buys Sample for RCM expansion

VA’s Oracle EHR resumes go-lives at four Michigan systems–finally

Last week, though, was fairly stupendous, including an indictment…

Two weekend ‘must reads’: the New Yorker’s Sam Altman/OpenAI exposé–and comments; a further deep dive into Carbon Health’s implosion

Perspectives: Exploring the Telehealth Extension: Building Infrastructures for Better Access

Funding/deal roundup: WHOOP’s $575M Giant raise, Anthropic buys med AI startup for $400M, early stage fundings for Jimini, Insight Health; Noom buys compounder; Mount Sinai NY to embed OpenEvidence

NY Times’ highly questionable but glowing–and viral–portrait of AI-created GLP-1 e-prescriber and marketer Medvi

Former VA EHRM executive director Federally charged with accepting vendor cash and gifts, making false statements

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