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Health systems are trying to stay safe, solvent, and scalable all at once. New Leapfrog safety grades show patient safety is increasingly a system-level sport—roughly 94% of A-graded hospitals are system-affiliated. Sarasota Memorial is breaking ground on a $507 million hospital in North Port, Florida, one of the fastest-growing cities in the region, with strategic shell space for future expansion. Luma Health acquires Tonic Health from R1, combining patient engagement and dynamic intake for Oracle Health customers. After the break, House Rx raises $55M to scale in-clinic specialty pharmacy as an alternative to traditional PBM models, Maven Clinic expands maternity and NICU support with wearables data integration, and we close with a Bright Spot on kindness and connection in healthcare.



HOST: RHONDA BROOKS



???? Patient Safety Systems — Logan Stokes



The Leapfrog Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades reveal that patient safety is now very much a system game—roughly 94% of A-graded hospitals are system-affiliated, and 95% of Straight-A hospitals have kept an A for multiple cycles. States like Utah, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, and North Carolina are leading on the share of A hospitals. The systems winning on safety have centralized playbooks, standardized protocols, and treat harm events as system problems.



???? Growth Market Expansion — Teresa Vaughn



Sarasota Memorial is breaking ground on a $507 million full-service acute-care hospital in North Port, Florida, opening in 2028 with 100 inpatient beds and three floors of shell space designed to scale to 200+ beds. The capital-efficiency strategy lets the system follow population growth without overbuilding on day one.



???? Digital Front Door — Nate Collier



Luma Health acquired Tonic Health from R1, combining patient engagement and communication with dynamic intake forms, e-consents, and patient-reported outcomes surveys. The combined platform now supports 1,000+ health systems and reaches roughly 100 million patients, using AI to automate form routing, reminder timing, and response routing back into the record.



???? In-Clinic Specialty Pharmacy — Anika Shah



House Rx raised $55M, bringing total capital to roughly $100M, to scale an in-clinic specialty pharmacy model as an alternative to traditional PBM-centric pharmacies. The company is working with 80+ clinic sites and 1,000+ providers, processing $1.5B in specialty prescriptions annually, with AI-powered "Smart PA" automation handling prior authorization work.



???? Data-Rich Maternity Care — Jade Romero



Maven Clinic is integrating wearables data and launching intensive NICU support to flag risks earlier and support discharge readiness. The approach is showing shorter NICU stays, fewer complications, reduced C-section rates, and significant cost savings per birth for employers.



???? Bright Spot — Jalen Cross & Nick Adkins



Co-founder of Pink Socks Life Nick Adkins discusses the new PINKSOCKS book and what the movement of kindness and connection means inside hospitals and clinics today.

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