Digital Health & AI

Salt Lake City – September 18, 2026 -- Health Catalyst, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCAT) has appointed Tami Reller to its board of directors, effective September 18, 2026, naming her audit chair and a member of the compensation committee.

Board move follows new CEO appointment at healthcare intelligence firm

Reller's appointment comes shortly after Health Catalyst named Simeon Kohl as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective September 18, 2026. The company positions itself as an AI-forward healthcare intelligence provider built on 18 years of operating history and $2.8 billion in documented outcomes for health systems.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- Lavender, the largest nurse-owned telepsychiatry practice in the United States, has appointed Kara Birch, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, as Director of Clinical Excellence and Anna Lau, MSN, PMHNP-BC, WHNP-BC, as Director of Nursing Operations, formalizing leadership over a network of more than 140 nurse practitioners operating across more than 40 states.

Chicago – September 18, 2026 -- The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has selected a record 23 physicians for its 2026-2027 Scholars Program, each receiving a $15,000 financial award to conduct research on board certification, artificial intelligence in clinical assessment, and physician burnout.

ABMS expands its scholar cohort to a record size since the program's 2014 launch

The one-year, part-time initiative supports early-career physicians and researchers focused on initial and continuing board certification. Recipients remain at their home institutions, work with self-selected mentors, and join monthly virtual sessions with peers, mentors, Member Board leaders and program alumni. Greg Ogrinc, MD, ABMS Senior Vice President for Certification Standards and Programs, said the rising volume of applicants reflects growing interest in research addressing certification and physician assessment.

Boston – September 17, 2026 -- Outcomes4Me Inc. has appointed Jim Longley, formerly Senior Vice President of AI Partnerships at OpenEvidence, as its new Chief Revenue Officer to lead commercial expansion across pharma, provider, and diagnostic partnerships.

Longley brings two decades of health tech revenue scaling to the role

Before OpenEvidence, Longley spent nearly five years at GoodRx, rising to Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial, and prior to that spent over six years at Doximity as Vice President for Business Development and Product Innovation. Outcomes4Me CEO Maya R. Said, Sc.D., said Longley has a track record of scaling health tech companies to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

San Mateo – September 17, 2026 -- Notable, a healthcare AI platform provider deployed at more than 12,000 sites of care, has appointed Dr. Nicholas Desai as Chief Medical Officer, tapping a former Houston Methodist executive to bridge enterprise technology and hospital operations.

Desai brings two decades of dual clinical and operations leadership from Houston Methodist

Desai joins Notable from Houston Methodist, where he held roles as system Chief Medical Information Officer and hospital Chief Operating Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Quality Officer. He most recently helped lead the development, opening, and growth of Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, overseeing culture, clinical operations, and technology from the outset. His background spans more than 20 years connecting enterprise technology with clinical practice, with accountability for technology, people, growth, quality, and financial performance.

Berlin – September 17, 2026 -- Aignostics has opened early access to PathoSearch, a visual search engine that retrieves diagnosed reference pathology cases from a single screenshot of an H&E slide, targeting the rare and complex cases that make up as much as 20% of a pathologist's caseload.

Database already spans 310,000 slides across 300 diagnostic entities

PathoSearch currently references more than 310,000 whole slide images drawn from over 35,000 cases, covering 300-plus diagnostic entities and 27-plus organs. The system is on track to exceed one million whole slide images by general availability. Coverage follows the WHO Classification of Tumours, focusing on malignant tumours across five organ groups -- thoracic, digestive, soft tissue and bone, female genital, and urinary and male genital -- with full coverage of all WHO-classified malignancies planned.

Miami – – September 17, 2026 -- Armor Health, a correctional healthcare provider that has served local detention facilities across the United States for more than 22 years, used the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to reaffirm its operational commitment to law enforcement and corrections partners nationwide.

Armor Health ties its correctional healthcare mission to the legacy of first responders

The Miami-based company said its daily work delivering medical and mental health services inside correctional facilities is directly connected to the public safety community honored on the anniversary. Armor Health emphasized its role as a partner to sheriffs, wardens and corrections leaders who oversee incarcerated populations requiring consistent healthcare access.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- UrgentIQ has secured a $15 million Series A growth investment from Five Elms Capital to expand its AI-native electronic medical record platform for urgent care centers.

Five Elms Capital backs UrgentIQ's push beyond EMR into full clinical-financial platform

The funding will accelerate UrgentIQ's roadmap into a unified system covering AI-powered documentation, automated coding, revenue cycle management, insurance verification, and checkout. Founder and CEO Nat Gibbs built the platform specifically for urgent care workflows, distinguishing it from legacy EMRs adapted from hospital or primary care settings.

Sheridan, Wyo. – September 16, 2026 -- The global AI in virtual medical assistant market is set to expand from $2.6 billion in 2026 to $12.3 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 36.5%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

EHR-integrated systems dominate the market with 42-48% share

EHR/EMR-integrated systems led the market by offering type in 2025, accounting for an estimated 42-48% of global revenue, as healthcare providers favor solutions embedded directly into existing clinical workflows over standalone applications.

Delray Beach, Fla. – – September 16, 2026 -- The global Revenue Cycle Management market is projected to reach USD 132.06 billion by 2031, up from USD 73.61 billion in 2026, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 12.4%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

North America controls 40% of the RCM market as denial rates push AI adoption

North America held a 40.0% share of the global RCM market in 2025, driven by a fragmented US payer landscape and rising claim denial rates that are pushing hospital networks toward AI-assisted coding and predictive denial analytics. Small and medium-sized enterprises are the fastest-growing enterprise segment, expanding at a 13.0% CAGR, while on-premises deployment still commands 56.4% of the market despite the shift toward cloud platforms.