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Written on Feb 21, 2025

The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion health care industry, but for early stage startups taking a swing at digital health, it won’t be easy cracking into a sector that’s highly regulated and historically slow to adopt new technologies. 

2024's top health care cyberattacks each affected millions of patients, revealing vulnerabilities and showing how critical a strong cybersecurity system is to secure patient data. 

Investments in primary care are declining and fewer clinicians are entering the field at a time when chronic disease rates are rising, according to a new report from researchers at the American Academy of Family Physicians. 

The chorus of voices warning against plans to slash Medicaid funding to protect tax cuts is growing as Republicans in Congress continue to float potential plans aimed at reducing the federal budget. 

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