Prodeon Medical FDA 510(k) Approved for the Urocross Expander System, a Non-Permanent Retrievable Implant for Treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Prodeon Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Urocross Expander System, a non‑permanent, retrievable implant designed to treat lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia. Clinical data from the Expander‑2 randomized trial showed a 48.1% mean improvement in IPSS at 12 months after retrieval, a 74.5% procedural responder rate, and no serious device‑related adverse events, while preserving sexual function. The procedure is performed via a flexible cystoscope, eliminating permanent implants and allowing future treatment options. Prodeon plans a controlled U.S. commercial launch later this year.
GE HealthCare, Springbok Analytics Team Up on MRI-Based Muscle Analysis for Sports Medicine, Human Performance Applications
GE HealthCare and Springbok Analytics have signed a development agreement to fuse Springbok’s AI‑driven muscle‑analysis platform with GE’s advanced MRI scanners. The collaboration will enable rapid, full‑body MRI exams to be transformed into detailed 3‑D maps that quantify up to...
HIMSS26: Optimize Hybrid Infrastructure To Accelerate Healthcare Innovation
At HIMSS26, HealthTech highlighted the critical role of hybrid infrastructure in scaling AI initiatives across healthcare. On‑prem data centers deliver low‑latency inferencing, while the cloud supplies on‑demand compute power for flexible workloads. Leaders emphasized workload placement decisions that prioritize patient...
How AI Scribes Can Rescue Clinical Education From Burnout
Clinicians are overwhelmed by EHR documentation, eroding patient interaction and clinical teaching. AI‑driven scribes promise to offload clerical work, freeing preceptors to engage more directly with patients and students. The article argues that while AI is not a cure‑all, it...
AI Software for Smart Glasses Wins £1m Prize for Technology to Help People with Dementia
CrossSense Ltd’s AI‑powered smart glasses, featuring the Wispy conversational assistant, have won the £1 million Longitude prize for dementia technology. The glasses combine a camera, microphone and speakers to deliver real‑time verbal cues and floating text that help wearers complete daily...
MiniMed Gets FDA Nod for Smaller Insulin Pump
MiniMed, the diabetes‑tech spin‑out of Medtronic, received FDA clearance for its MiniMed Flex insulin pump, a device roughly half the size of the 780G model and operable via smartphone. The pump, featuring a 300‑unit reservoir, targets Type 1 patients aged 7+ and...
New Real-World Evidence Supports the Use of AI in Lung Cancer Screening
A prospective trial of 911 asymptomatic patients undergoing low‑dose chest CT showed that AI‑assisted nodule detection modestly increased interpretation time by about 15 seconds but significantly boosted the identification of Lung‑RADS‑positive nodules. Radiologists using the AI tool reported roughly double...
Elevate Podcast: Dr. Brian Haas, National Medical Director, Ascend Hospice, and Creator, Hospice Intelligence
In the latest Elevate Podcast, Hospice News interviews Dr. Brian Haas, national medical director of Ascend Hospice and CEO of Wellspring Healthcare. Haas explains how artificial intelligence can both help and hinder clinical documentation in hospice and palliative care. He...
OCHIN, C3 Partner to Expand ACO Offerings for FQHCs
OCHIN and Community Care Cooperative (C3) have launched a joint accountable care organization (ACO) offering tailored for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). OCHIN will supply its Epic EHR platform and analytics, while C3 brings a suite of Medicare ACO services,...
ChatGPT Health Excels on Textbook Cases, Fails Real Emergencies
Is "textbook performance" enough for medical AI? The first independent stress test of ChatGPT Health is out in @NatureMedicine. The Good: Near-perfect triage for textbook stroke and anaphylaxis. The Bad: A 51.6% under-triage rate for true emergencies. But there’s a massive elephant in the...
Ibex Medical Analytics Unveils Ibex 4, the Next-Generation AI Platform Setting a New Standard in Comprehensive Cancer Diagnostics and Patient...
Ibex Medical Analytics unveiled Ibex 4, a next‑generation AI platform designed to modernize pathology diagnostics. The solution delivers an end‑to‑end breast workflow, featuring automated H&E analysis and “zero‑click” IHC quantification for HER2, ER, PR and Ki67. It also adds prioritized...
FDA Approves JenaValve TAVR System for Aortic Regurgitation
JenaValve received FDA clearance for its Trilogy Transcatheter Heart Valve System, marking the first TAVR device expressly approved to treat symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (AR). The approval follows the ALIGN‑AR trial, which demonstrated the valve’s safety and efficacy in a...
Can AI Help Healthcare Systems Make Sense of Their Data?
At DevSparks 2026, Partex.AI unveiled a sovereign healthcare foundation model that combines federated learning, knowledge graphs, and agentic AI to analyze fragmented medical data without moving patient records. The architecture keeps data on‑site, sharing only encrypted model updates, while knowledge...
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Launches Interactive Wellness Hub
Mass General Brigham Health Plan partnered with mPulse to launch an interactive wellness hub for commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and dual‑eligible members. The platform uses predictive analytics to deliver personalized nutrition, activity, sleep and stress‑management tools through audio, visual and...
NemoClaw and the Healthcare Agent Trust Problem
NemoClaw is NVIDIA’s open‑source stack that wraps autonomous coding agents in out‑of‑process policy controls via the OpenShell runtime. The architecture provides a sandbox, policy engine, and privacy router to enforce filesystem, network, and data‑handling constraints, preventing compromised agents from breaching...
STAT+: A Huntington’s Researcher on the UniQure-FDA Fray
UniQure’s experimental gene‑therapy for Huntington’s disease, which previously reported a 75% slowdown in disease progression, has received a third consecutive rejection from the FDA. The trial’s lead investigator, Ed Wild of University College London, praised the early data but warned...
Hire Experienced Tech Auditor for Healthcare Apps, HIPAA Compliance Critical
If you are vibe-coding apps for the healthcare sector I beg you - pay a deeply experienced technologist to audit it before anyone uses it. hipaa laws are no joke. I’ve personally been through the compliance audits, defending our encryption...
Health Lean Analytics Secures over €2.1M to Automate Hospital Data and Optimise Surgical Workflows
Health Lean Analytics (HLA) secured €2.1 million in seed funding, including a €1.4 million round from family offices and a loan from Spain’s ENISA. The Barcelona startup automates real‑time data capture in surgical suites using IoT, AI and advanced analytics, integrating seamlessly...
Epic Secures a £222m Federated EPR Contract Across Somerset and Dorset
In early March 2026 four NHS trusts in Somerset and Dorset signed a £222 million federated contract with US‑based Epic to replace a patchwork of legacy electronic patient record (EPR) and patient‑administration systems. The deal unifies Epic’s platform across Somerset NHS...
Video Wednesday
On November 20, 2020 Johnson & Johnson’s Verb division unveiled OTTAVA, a six‑armed robotic platform designed for minimally invasive surgery. The system combines modular hardware with AI‑driven control to perform simultaneous tasks, promising greater precision and efficiency. Early trials indicate up to...
Invest Now: Top 24 Digital Health Tech Trends
AI and Digital Health are booming. In this book, we explain why now it's a good time to invest in Digital Health and give recommendations on where to invest by looking at the top 24 technological trends we find the...
Implant vs Meds: Randomized Trial Questions LAA Closure Benefit
Questioning the benefit of an implant to close the left atrial appendage vs medical therapy in a randomized trial @NEJM https://t.co/N0hpdIfmLe https://t.co/8bkk8FzLuY
Myriad Genetics Receives the US FDA Approval for MyChoice CDx Test as a Companion Diagnostic for GSK’s Zejula
Myriad Genetics announced FDA approval of its MyChoice CDx test as a companion diagnostic for GSK’s Zejula (niraparib) in advanced ovarian cancer. The clearance follows the PRIMA trial, which showed that patients identified as HRD‑positive derived significant benefit from Zejula...
EHRs Will Become Records; AI-Driven Action Layers Rise
Sharp take here from healthcare VC Sam Toole on the future of EHRs in an AI world. Do they become systems of record, and entrepreneurs can build systems of action that sit on top? Link to read the full piece...
In‑body Genome Editing Promises Cheaper, Practical CAR‑T Therapies
What if we could engineer T cells in the body, making CAR T vs cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other applications far more practical, much less expensive? A step forward today via genome editing T cells https://t.co/FjgQA8NUlu https://t.co/XXk43WL1ac https://t.co/rpC7eCAlJH
Rollout of Ambient Voice Technology Across UHL-UHN to Speed up Care and Improve Communication for Patients
The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) have become the first NHS trusts to jointly deploy AI‑powered Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) through Accurx Scribe. The rollout will equip more than 10,000 clinicians with voice‑captured scribing...
Instant QR Code Health Record Sharing by Flexpa
This is @Flexpa. @Flexpa enables patients to instantly share verified health records with any provider via a QR code. A big thanks to @USDS for helping enable the vision and mission of Flexpa: Flexible Patient Access. https://t.co/fD0qjuBtWy
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OXOS Medical’s MC2 Secures Clearance for Paediatric Imaging
OXOS Medical announced FDA clearance for its MC2 portable X‑ray system designed specifically for paediatric imaging. The lightweight, wireless device enables bedside scans, allowing children to stay with caregivers while receiving low‑dose, high‑definition images. Hands‑free operation via a wireless foot...
AI in Healthcare Fails Without a Digital Strategy
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START and Trialing Collaborate on Oncology Clinical Trials
START Center for Cancer Research has partnered with Trialing to broaden access to early‑phase oncology clinical trials throughout Europe. The exclusive agreement lets START distribute curated trial information and real‑time enrollment updates via Trialing’s platform, directly notifying oncologists when slots...
Machine Learning Boosts Clonal Hematopoiesis Detection in Tumor‑
Enhancing Clonal Hematopoiesis Variant Detection in Tumor-Normal Matched Sequencing Using Machine Learning [Mar 25, 2025] Sonnenschein et al. #AACR25 Abst 2388 https://t.co/69A2CDb1RO
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Maker of Device To Treat Addiction Withdrawal Seeks Counties’ Opioid Settlement Cash
Kentucky counties are using opioid settlement money to purchase the NET device, a FDA‑cleared neuromodulation tool that eases withdrawal symptoms, at roughly $5,500 per patient. The company behind NET, NET Recovery, has secured about $1.2 million in contracts across more than...
Extracting Non-Taxonomic and Ternary Relations From Patient-Generated Texts for Semantic Interoperability
A new knowledge‑infused neural framework extracts non‑taxonomic and ternary relations from patient‑generated texts, addressing gaps left by taxonomic‑only approaches. Using a four‑layer architecture, delayed fusion, rule‑based dictionaries, and BioBERT validation, the system processes 38,115 anxiety and depression documents. It achieves...
Longitudinal Quantification of Parkinsonian Gait Using Apple HealthKit: A Single-Subject Digital Phenotyping Study
Researchers used Apple HealthKit to continuously monitor gait in a 77‑year‑old man with Parkinson’s disease from January 2024 through December 2025. The study found a 14.3 % reduction in walking speed and a 31 % decrease in step length over the year, with step...
Nigeria Bets on High-End Fiagnostics as Siemens–AMCE Deal Targets Medical Tourism Drain
Siemens Healthineers has teamed up with the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) to bring advanced imaging, precision diagnostics and integrated cancer‑care solutions to Nigeria. The $300 million, Afreximbank‑backed hospital aims to become a regional hub for oncology, cardiology and haematology,...
Dr ChatGPT: Why the Future of Care Depends on Clinician-AI Collaboration
A recent survey of 2,000 UK patients shows 24% already rely on AI for health guidance, with 34% of 16‑25‑year‑olds turning to ChatGPT for medical advice. While AI tools like ChatGPT offer 24/7 convenience, they also risk hallucinations and misinformation...
Adult Social Care Providers Are Not Using Care Technologies
A Department of Health and Social Care survey shows 27% of adult social care providers in England still use no care technologies, while 73% have adopted at least one tool. Monitoring sensors are the most common (43%), followed by personal...
Aiforia Unveils Next‑Gen CE‑IVD AI Tool for Prostate Cancer Biopsy Analysis
On March 18, 2026, Swedish health‑tech firm Aiforia announced the launch of the next generation of its CE‑IVD‑marked artificial‑intelligence solution for prostate cancer biopsy analysis. The tool, cleared for in‑vitro diagnostic use throughout the European Union, is positioned to accelerate...
Sensome’s Smart Guidewire Powers First Robotic Thrombectomy Proof‑of‑Concept in Paris
On March 17, 2026 in Paris, Sensome partnered with Robocath to showcase a proof‑of‑concept where its Clotild smart guidewire was used with the R‑ONE robotic system and a next‑generation robot to detect and navigate clots in a silicone brain model,...
Azara Healthcare Teams with MEDITECH to Bring DRVS Analytics to Expanse EHR Platform
On March 18, 2026, Azara Healthcare announced a strategic partnership with MEDITECH to integrate its award‑winning DRVS population‑health analytics suite into MEDITECH’s Expanse electronic health‑record ecosystem. The alliance will enable tighter risk‑adjusted care management tools for providers using one of...
Equipo Health Rolls Out Embedded AI Ecosystem to Boost Care Management Efficiency
On March 17, 2026, health‑tech firm Equipo Health announced from its South Plainfield, New Jersey headquarters the launch of an embedded artificial‑intelligence ecosystem designed to operate directly within care‑management workflows. The platform promises real‑time insights, reduced care‑team burden, and stronger performance...
Turquoise Health Raises $40M Series C to Build OS for Transparent Healthcare Pricing
On March 18, 2026, Turquoise Health announced a $40 million Series C round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Oak HC/FT. The San‑Francisco‑based fintech platform, founded by CEO Chris Severn, will use the capital to expand its operating‑system‑style suite that centralizes pricing,...
Virtual ED Helps Reduce Waits for some Patients
Sault Area Hospital’s virtual ER waiting room, launched last August, has halved the time patients wait to see a clinician for low‑acuity issues. The same tool also reduced overall emergency department stay by 50% for eligible users. Patients enroll via...
Interoperability Standard Proposed for Senior Living
The Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI) has launched exploratory work on a National Standard of Canada called Elder Living Open Architecture (ELOA) to enable interoperability among senior‑living operational technologies. The multi‑part specification will define data models for the resident lifecycle,...
7T MRI at Sunnybrook Used in Parkinson’s Care
Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program and the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation are leveraging a new 7‑Tesla MRI to enhance deep brain stimulation (DBS) for advanced Parkinson’s disease. The ultra‑high‑field scanner delivers unprecedented anatomical detail, allowing surgeons to place electrodes with...
AI Tool Reduces Time to Prepare Discharge Summaries
Fraser Health has deployed an artificial‑intelligence tool within its Meditech Expanse platform to automate discharge summary creation. The pilot, involving roughly 60 clinicians, cut average drafting time from 12.5 minutes to 5.5 minutes per patient. Users report the draft‑and‑review workflow...
OpenText Applies AI to Faxing
OpenText unveiled its AI‑powered Fax Aviator at HIMSS, aiming to modernize healthcare fax workflows. The solution claims up to 85% labor savings by automating extraction, classification, and routing, and can process 2‑3 times more faxes without additional staff. Features such...