TTA’s Even Hotter July: a gloomy view on Oracle’s future, Withings gets into medical care, IKS closes TruBridge buy, Palantir/FPS contract in jeopardy, PFS’ draft telehealth provisions, more!

16-20 July 2026

Back into summertime doldrums with a little less news than usual. Oracle continues to depress Mr. Market with its debt load and lack of cash on hand in its ambitious transformation to an AI infrastructure landlord–but still no word about whether it can sell its EHR. But Withings makes a truly gutsy move by entering the provider fray with a CMS initiative supplementing Medicare primary care providers. IKS closes its big buy of TruBridge for $557 million in another consolidation move. NHS’ big patient database move in jeopardy if Palantir is removed. And debate on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and telehealth starts anew.

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News roundup: Withings Medical Group service launches, MPs urge cancellation of NHS/Palantir FDP contract, IKS closes TruBridge buy for $557M, ATA comments on prelim CMS PFS for telehealth, Philips’ AI-powered…toothbrush

A gloomy view on Oracle going forward: debt, cash flow, and dependence on OpenAI

Recent Headlines, from 23andMe, to Done being Done, to Midjourney Medical scanning, to Cargo Culture

News roundup: 23andMe settles with data breach victims for $46.75M, Neuralink implants first Canadian ALS patient, Resmed selling MatrixCare EHR for $490M, Teladoc now preferred telehealth provider for NBA players

Chutes & Ladders: Done Global principals sentenced on Adderall fraud, Oracle E-Biz Suite hacked, OpenAI’s 5% offer to US government, Meta considers cloud AI, Pearl’s $110M raise

Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype?

Vinegary Must Reads This Week: Silicon Valley’s ‘Cargo Culture’; the clinical query tool explosion between OpenEvidence and general AI

Amazon’s One Medical Seniors hacked by ShinyHunters, issues “final warning” on 8.8 TB of patient data

Perspectives: The most aggressive AI adoption in healthcare is happening off the books

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