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Seattle startups DexCare and Mila Health combine to expand AI patient scheduling

Seattle health-tech acquires AI scheduling startup to automate patient communications at scale—57M patients now in scope.

Reporting by GeekWire 1 min brief
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Why it matters

A vertical-market AI acquisition signals consolidation in healthcare automation; practitioners deploying patient-access platforms now see integrated agentic scheduling as table stakes, not a bolt-on feature.

The key facts

9 to know

  1. DexCare acquired Mila Health (terms undisclosed)

  2. Mila Health specializes in AI agents for patient calls and texts

  3. DexCare serves 57 million patients nationwide

  4. Integration into existing patient-access platform

  5. Both are Seattle-based startups

  6. DexCare acquires Mila Health (terms undisclosed)

  7. Mila Health: AI agent developer automating patient calls and texts for appointment scheduling

  8. Mila's tools described as 'rapidly deployable'

  9. Integration targets patient-access platform expansion

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Publisher excerpt: Seattle health-tech startup DexCare has acquired fellow local startup Mila Health, an AI agent developer that automates patient calls and texts for appointment scheduling. The deal, whose terms were undisclosed, integrates Mila's rapidly deployable AI communication tools into DexCare's…
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