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According to healthcare leaders, 2025 was a pivotal year for AI and digital health, marked by technological progress, a shifting focus on its role in healthcare and practical use cases driving its adoption.

The company will use the funds to advance product innovation, strengthen clinical partnerships and accelerate its nationwide growth.

Alongside the acquisition, the two companies entered a multi-year partnership to cross-integrate their platforms, aiming to expand access to clinical trials.

The partnership will allow employers to purchase Noom directly through the healthcare navigation company beginning in the first quarter of 2026.

It shows potential for early, opportunistic screening for osteoporosis without a separate bone density test, according to Seoul National University Hospital researchers.

Charles N. Kahn III, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals and cofounder of Future of Health, discusses inconsistent and diminishing federal data collection and the urgent need to rebuild trust in the public health sector.

Industry leaders say 2025 marked AI’s shift from hype to practical impact, though the technology remains unready for full-scale adoption and ongoing concerns about ethics and bias persist.

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, outlines DiMe's new project focused on aging-in-place with healthcare technologies and reimbursing remote patient monitoring as federal and private insurers' coverage policies evolve.

Dr. Ronald Whelan, CEO of South Africa's Discovery Health, discusses how the insurer uses a shared-value model supported by wearables, data and rewards to incentivize healthier habits.

ACCESS is a decade-long initiative to expand tech-enabled care and outcome-based payments for Medicare patients with obesity, diabetes, chronic pain and depression.