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Rutgers Gives Future Doctors an AI Head Start

September 21, 2026
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St. Luke’s Turns 400,000 Patient Interactions Into an Agentic AI Use Case
Artificial Intelligence // September 17, 2026

For St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the case for agentic artificial intelligence started with a simple operational challenge: hundreds of thousands of patient interactions required thousands of hours of human labor every month. The solution put AI agents in the middle of those...

FDA Keeps Radiology AI Revenue Tied to Premarket Clearance
Artificial Intelligence // September 17, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration is keeping a firm regulatory gate between a new radiology algorithm and its ability to generate revenue in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Waystar Considers Sale of Healthcare Payments Software Firm
Healthcare // September 15, 2026

Healthcare industry payments management software company Waystar is reportedly considering a potential sale. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Why CFOs Should Look to Healthcare for Agentic B2B’s Permission Layer
Artificial Intelligence // September 15, 2026

Payments companies already know how to authenticate machines. API keys, tokens, certificates and digital credentials can establish that a request came from an authorized system. But identifying a machine like an artificial intelligence agent does not answer the more economically important question: What is it allowed to...

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Rutgers Gives Future Doctors an AI Head Start

September 21, 2026
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Healthcare AI Agents Help Patients Get Care Faster

September 14, 2026
Agentic AI is entering healthcare through the work that happens between a medical decision and the care a patient eventually receives. These systems go beyond summarizing records or answering requests....

Petwealth Uses AI to Turn Pet Lab Results Into Action

September 01, 2026
Angelo Palivos built Petwealth after losing his own pet to an illness that a diagnostic lab couldn’t catch in time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

AdvancedMD Uses AI to Cut Physician Pajama Time and Recover Revenue

August 27, 2026
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Waystar Considers Sale of Healthcare Payments Software Firm

September 15, 2026
Healthcare industry payments management software company Waystar is reportedly considering a potential sale. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS […]

Forus Raises $3 Million to Bring Agentic AI to Medical Prescriptions

September 08, 2026
Healthcare technology developer Forus raised $150 million in new funding, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 8) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

GoodRx Covers Whole Households and Pets in New Prescription Plan

September 04, 2026
Prescription platform GoodRx has launched a new plan that covers a primary member and up to four dependents, including children, adult family members and pets, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 3) press release. Get the...

OpenAI Brings Epic Health Records to ChatGPT for Clinicians

September 01, 2026
OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT directly to Epic electronic health records, pushing the artificial intelligence bot deeper into the clinical workflow and giving healthcare workers a way to query patient information...