Rosemont, Ill. – September 28, 2026 -- More than 75 million people in the United States live in a county without a vascular surgeon, according to new county-level data released by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), exposing a care gap as the population most vulnerable to vascular disease grows sharply toward 2030, when all baby boomers will be at least 65.

Melbourne – September 28, 2026 -- Heidi, the AI Care Partner used across global health systems, unveiled Heidi II, a platform upgrade that executes the administrative work surrounding patient visits rather than merely documenting them, the company announced.

Boston – September 28, 2026 -- PrescriberPoint has joined athenahealth's Partner Community as a Solution Partner, putting its AI-powered prior authorization tool directly into the e-prescribing workflow of more than 170,000 clinicians on the athenaOne network.

Washington – September 28, 2026 -- More than 15 million Americans live in one of 1,180 US counties with no general surgeon, according to a national analysis unveiled at the ACS Clinical Congress 2026 and published simultaneously in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Boone, N.C. – September 27, 2026 -- Fuse Oncology plans to demonstrate a potential integration linking GE HealthCare's Intelligent Radiation Therapy (iRT) software to its S!GNAL charge capture platform at the ASTRO 2026 Annual Meeting, running September 27-29 in Boston at booth 2533.

Beachwood, Ohio – September 25, 2026 -- Saber Healthcare Group has disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which an outside party encrypted a portion of its corporate network files on July 27, 2026, potentially exposing personal and medical information tied to an undisclosed number of individuals.

Camarillo, Calif. – September 25, 2026 -- Gold Coast Health Plan (GCHP) has awarded $2,087,811 in one-year grants to seven providers and community organizations in Ventura County to help Medi-Cal members retain coverage ahead of new federal eligibility rules taking effect in 2027.

Boca Raton, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- AnswersMD has opened a concierge medicine office in Boca Raton, marking the membership-based primary care practice's first location on Florida's east coast and its third statewide.

Washington – – September 25, 2026 -- The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) has released "Quiet Leadership in Medicine: An Early-Career Clinician's Guide to Building Programs That Change Care," a book by Kardie Tobb, DO, MS, CPE, FACC, FASPC, FACOI, aimed at closing the gap between clinical training and organizational leadership skills for junior physicians.

Hollywood, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- The South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to maintain its millage rate at 0.0805, the lowest level in the district's recorded history, even as Memorial Healthcare System expands facilities and services across South Florida.