📣 Digital Health Download: July 2026

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This month, Steve and Halle take stock of an industry where capital is concentrating, incumbents are making big bets, AI is moving from promise to early proof points, and a public health crisis is quietly building in the background.

We cover:

• The digital health funding numbers that just dropped, and what they reveal about where the money is really going
• A $12 billion deal that has the RCM world buzzing
• The Nature study that has clinical AI companies on edge
• A new entrant into medical imaging that nobody saw coming
• The public health crisis that sports betting built, and why healthcare isn't talking about it enough
• Early data out of Utah that could change how we think about AI in clinical settings

Links:

• IPO Watch List: https://halletecco.substack.com/p/the-digital-health-ipo-watchlist
• Ensemble Health / Thoreau deal: https://hitconsultant.net/2026/06/18/thoreau-makes-strategic-investment-in-ensemble-health/
• Nature Medicine AI study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04431-5
• Midjourney Medical: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952011/midjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-scan
• Doctronic pilot outcomes: https://commerce.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Doctronic-Outcomes-May-2026.pdf

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