Know What's Happening in HealthTech
Know What's Happening in HealthTech
OnMed has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2026, earning a No. 14 ranking in North America. The company’s AI‑enabled CareStation™ platform has expanded into rural states, schools, an airport hub, and Puerto Rico over the past 18 months. Recent milestones include a CES debut, multiple industry awards and high‑impact public‑private partnerships. The recognition places OnMed alongside tech giants such as Google and Nvidia, underscoring its disruptive hybrid‑healthcare model.
I’m excited a new noninvasive way to evaluate endothelial function. Stay tuned for a deeper dive as I test it on myself. https://www.vendys2.com/drlufkin VENDYS_2
𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭: 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤. Today, with @Gorintic and the team incredibly proud to share three major announcements that...
Cerebral, a large integrated mental‑health provider, has acquired Inflow, a CBT‑based digital therapeutic app for adult ADHD, though financial terms were not disclosed. Inflow delivers short, science‑backed daily modules and is supported by an eight‑week randomized controlled trial showing significant...
Amidst the SaaS bloodbath fears, is health tech actually safer than people think? I sat down with @SeanDuffy (CEO of @OmadaHealth) and Stephanie Davis (Healthcare Industry Analyst) to dig into what's really happening in the markets and what it means for...
Fan Pier Labs released an open‑source MyChart connector that automates login, 2FA, and exposes 35+ tools to read and write patient data via the web UI. Unlike official FHIR APIs, it can perform any action a patient can, including messaging providers and...
Seattle‑area clinic reSTART has opened a 16‑week residential detox program that treats technology overuse as a substance‑use disorder. The intensive regimen forces participants to abstain from internet, smartphones, gaming and other digital media, positioning the service at the forefront of...
Viz.ai and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals have teamed up to launch an AI‑driven care pathway targeting cardiac amyloidosis, a frequently underdiagnosed heart disease. The solution embeds the FDA‑cleared Us2.ai echocardiography algorithm and generative AI into hospital IT systems to automatically detect subtle...
Leica Biosystems, a Danaher company, launched the Aperio GT Elite digital pathology scanner in the U.S., paired with Aperio iQC software featuring AI‑driven rescan capabilities. The scanner can process up to 103 slides per hour, scanning a slide in as...
FluoGuide A/S announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track designation to its intraoperative imaging agent FG001, targeting high‑grade glioma surgery. The designation recognizes the serious nature of glioblastoma and the agent's promise to improve tumor visualization during resection....
Quotient Therapeutics and Merck have signed a multi‑year collaboration to use Quotient’s somatic genomics platform for discovering new drug targets in inflammatory bowel disease. The agreement provides Quotient with $20 million upfront and includes milestone payments that could lift the total...
Radiopharmaceutical clinical trials are becoming a high‑velocity segment in 2026, but they remain vulnerable to three predictable bottlenecks: isotope supply chain fragility, imaging variability, and regulatory pathway selection. Axcellant, a boutique CRO with an integrated imaging core lab, demonstrates that...
Radiology is extending its diagnostic role by delivering patient‑specific 3D surface models that surgeons can manipulate for pre‑operative planning. Studies show these digital models reduce operating‑room time, lower complication rates, and improve surgical predictability across orthopedics, oncology, and reconstructive procedures....
The RAPID + TCT 2026 Healthcare Conference track highlighted how additive manufacturing (AM) is moving from theoretical potential to concrete production in medicine. Speakers covered scaling custom orthotics through standardized workflows, navigating FDA‑driven documentation via OEM collaborations, and using bioprinting to create...
British Army veteran Jon Noble has spent 100 days with Neuralink’s N1 brain‑computer interface implanted in his motor cortex, allowing him to play World of Warcraft using only thought. The implant translates neural activity into digital commands, letting him navigate...
Researchers at the University of Brighton and the University of Strathclyde have created a fully 3D‑printed electrochemical sensor that detects the heart‑attack biomarker cardiac troponin I at 7.4 pg/mL in undiluted human serum. The electrodes, printed on a desktop FlashForge Creator Pro 2 using...
The World Health Organization unveiled three recommendations for responsible AI deployment in mental health and wellbeing, calling for public‑health framing, integrated impact assessments, and co‑design with experts. The guidance, produced after a workshop of 30+ international specialists, also announces a...
One of the most cited scientific figures in my career. All the FDA-approved medical technologies by medical specialty in 2020, before the FDA launched its own dedicated database. The state of artificial intelligence-based FDA-approved medical devices and algorithms: an online database...
reSTART, a residential treatment center outside Seattle, is prescribing 16‑week, screen‑free detox programs for technology addiction, equating it with drug dependence. The model arrives as high‑profile lawsuits against Meta, YouTube and other platforms push the legal definition of "tech addiction"...
The Office of the National Coordinator released the 2026 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA), a stable catalog that maps health‑data standards to use cases. It arrives alongside a draft USCDI v7 adding 30 new data elements, the HTI‑5 rule pushing a FHIR‑first...
The article outlines how artificial intelligence is reshaping nursing by delivering real‑time data analytics, predictive alerts, and evidence‑based recommendations that enhance clinical decision‑making. AI‑driven tools can automate documentation, monitor vital signs via wearables, and forecast complications such as falls or...
UCSF Health has integrated an AI‑driven patient‑assignment feature into its LeanTaaS iQueue platform to balance nursing workloads in infusion centers. The tool analyzes staffing schedules, patient demand, and capacity data, offering real‑time assignment suggestions that charge nurses can accept or...
We are very happy to join forces together with the wonderful ASKA to go after Novel Targets for Women's Health. Gynecological diseases have long posed challenges, including difficult diagnosis, limited treatment options, and a substantial disease burden, affecting millions of...
In this episode of Lifers, host Christina Farr talks with Omada Health CEO Sean Duffy and equities analyst Stephanie Davis about whether the current SaaS market downturn, driven by AI hype and tightening valuations, threatens digital health firms. Duffy explains...
Optism, Hong Kong's first bilingual autism support platform, marked its second anniversary by launching Expert Hub, Asia's inaugural AI‑powered triage system for autism families. The hub connects caregivers to a curated panel of 25 multidisciplinary experts covering assessment, therapy, education,...
Phonak’s Virto R Infinio and Infinio Ultra Sphere hearing aids have won the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards in the health category, presented by the Business Intelligence Group. The devices use AI to dynamically adjust settings and directly process sound...
Meet the Fully #Robotic Massage Machine with 16 Axes of Relaxation by @MarioNawfal #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech https://t.co/SByeF2cqwi
#WhosNext? Surgeons? Sony recently unveiled their new Surgical Robot by having it slice and stitch a kernel of corn. It can also auto-switch between its different tools, and has successfully been tested in animal surgery. #Robotics...
Scientists led by Anastasia A. Kobelyatskaya and Alexey Moskalev unveiled AI models that estimate biological age from routine blood tests and gut microbiome profiles with a mean absolute error of about six years. The models, validated on 637 participants, promise...
Bausch + Lomb announced that its implant‑free ELIOS glaucoma treatment system met both primary efficacy endpoints in a 24‑month pivotal study, with 76% of patients achieving a 20% intraocular pressure reduction and 82% remaining medication‑free. The news sent the company’s shares up...
Prenuvo announced that its full‑body MRI service now includes a laboratory blood panel and three new membership tiers ranging from $1,199 to $4,499 annually. The expansion adds 1.3 billion data points per scan and promises earlier detection of life‑threatening conditions in...
I'm not yet using Agentic AIs to assist with biomarker data interpretation, but juggling info from standard LLMs (Chat, Grok, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude), I become the Agentic AI Anyone else using a similar approach, and is there a better way? I'm open...
Edith Cowan University researchers have piloted a 20‑minute virtual reality de‑escalation program, I‑VADE, with 221 nursing students, finding a statistically significant boost in confidence for managing aggressive patients. The immersive training emphasizes communication, situational awareness, and decision‑making, and captures interaction...
China's National Medical Products Administration has granted approval for the world's first commercially available implantable brain‑computer interface (BCI). Developed by Shanghai's Borui Kang Medical Technology, the system uses implanted electrodes to translate neural signals into commands for an assistive glove,...
Singapore’s National Cancer Centre (NCCS) has launched a S$6 million (≈US$4.7 million) three‑year collaboration with precision‑oncology firm Lucence and A*STAR’s Diagnostics Development Hub to create UNITED 2.0, an AI‑powered cancer profiling test. The platform will combine whole‑exome and whole‑transcriptome sequencing, delivering a comprehensive...
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have created CardiOmicScore, an AI-driven tool that integrates genomics, proteomics and metabolomics to predict cardiovascular disease risk. Using UK Biobank data, the model achieved C‑index values of 0.69‑0.82, markedly higher than traditional polygenic...
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand launched a two‑year genomics testing pilot with Illumina, targeting over 6,000 cancer and rare‑disease samples. The initiative seeks to localise roughly half of the 4,000 tests currently sent abroad, cutting the current $2.3 million annual overseas...
Bay Area biotech R3 Bio announced a plan to grow nonsentient “organ sacks” as a replacement for monkey testing, with backing from Singapore’s Immortal Dragons fund. The approach could reshape pre‑clinical drug safety studies if it proves scalable.
A new study in Radiology reveals that radiologists often cannot distinguish AI‑generated X‑ray images from authentic scans, with only 41% initially suspecting synthetic data. After being informed about the presence of deepfakes, participants correctly identified real versus fake images 75%...
Muse Capital partner Rachel Springate argues that pure direct‑to‑consumer (DTC) models rarely succeed in healthcare because they ignore insurance and system constraints. She highlights a hybrid approach where startups first attract consumers, prove outcomes, then integrate with payers and health...
Scientists at UCSF and the Biohub have engineered a seaweed‑derived alginate‑Matrigel composite that behaves like wet sand, enabling precise 3D bioprinting of stem cells. The material’s stress‑relaxation properties allow printed cells to stay positioned while the tissue self‑organizes, producing organoids...
I found a Digital Health tool in our patient portal early in my wife's pregnancy. Even though I knew what it was, even though I literally build Digital Health tools for a living - we did NOT use it. Why? Because...
Interesting payment UX: Wife received an SMS saying “This is [medical professional]. You have a bill for $X. Reply 1 to pay the bill with your credit card ending in 1234.” No actual bill or option to see the bill,...
MRI‑guided TULSA ablation matches or exceeds robotic radical prostatectomy for intermediate‑risk prostate cancer. In the CAPTAIN trial of 211 patients, TULSA halved rates of erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, eliminated blood loss, and shortened hospital stays. Functional recovery was faster,...
Arizona is moving from planning to implementation of its Rural Health Transformation Program, securing roughly $167 million in federal funds. The state’s plan emphasizes workforce development, telehealth expansion, and infrastructure upgrades to address clinician shortages in its 11 % rural population. Arizona...
