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PRECISIS GmbH’s EASEE® epicranial neurostimulation system offers a minimally invasive alternative for drug‑resistant focal epilepsy. The implant, positioned under the scalp atop the skull, delivers targeted electrical pulses without opening the skull, achieving a median 68% seizure reduction over two years in trials. Powered by Infineon’s secure, energy‑efficient chipsets, the device showed no serious adverse events and high patient continuation rates. Early adopters report dramatic improvements in independence and mental health.
Handheld ultrasound systems are reshaping point‑of‑care imaging by delivering portable, real‑time diagnostic capability directly at the bedside. Their lightweight design allows clinicians to move quickly between patients, cutting imaging wait times and supporting rapid decision‑making in emergencies. The technology also...
Pulselight has become an authorised partner on the £10 bn Fortrus Digital Enablement Framework, giving NHS trusts a fast, compliant route to acquire its advanced data‑analytics platform. The framework, created by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, streamlines procurement...
A multi‑center real‑world study of over 100,000 breast imaging exams found that adding iCAD’s AI tool to digital breast tomosynthesis increased cancer detection rates without raising recall rates. Detection of invasive cancers rose 26%, while overall cancer detection per 1,000...
A recent editorial outlines five major barriers that keep artificial intelligence from scaling in pediatric cancer imaging. The rarity of childhood cancers and the resulting scarcity of imaging data limit deep‑learning model training. Data are fragmented across hundreds of specialized...
Triad Radiology Associates, a 50‑year‑old North Carolina imaging practice, disclosed a data breach affecting roughly 11,000 patients. The intrusion, detected in February, likely occurred between late July and September and exposed names, addresses, Social Security numbers and bank account details....
Healthcare’s administrative crisis stems from fragmented, manual workflows rather than mere documentation. While generative AI has streamlined drafting tasks, it fails to automate end‑to‑end processes like prior authorizations, eligibility checks, and denial management. Agentic AI systems, capable of pulling data...
Hims & Hers Health reported Q4 2025 revenue of $171 million, a 46% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year revenue of $588 million, up 51% and ahead of guidance. Gross margin rose to 85% in the quarter and 83% for the year, while operating...
HealthStream reported record Q3 2025 results, posting $76.5 million revenue, a 4.6% year‑over‑year increase, and new highs in operating income, net income and adjusted EBITDA. Subscription revenue rose 5.7% driven by strong CredentialStream, ShiftWizard and Competency Suite growth, while legacy product...
Researchers at Parkland Health created an AI‑powered tool that leverages a pre‑trained large language model to read radiologists' free‑text notes and automatically flag patients needing follow‑up imaging. In testing on 130,000 studies, the model identified 97% of imaging recommendations and...
China’s brain‑computer interface (BCI) sector is moving from research labs to commercial scale, propelled by a national roadmap, an 11.6 billion‑yuan brain‑science fund and expanding insurance reimbursement. Start‑ups such as NeuroXess, Gestala and BrainCo have secured tens of millions in funding...
AI is reshaping nursing education, prompting curricula to incorporate AI documentation, simulation, and analytics tools. Hospitals face acute staffing gaps, with 25% of new nurses leaving within a year and a projected shortage of 63,700 RNs by 2030. Universities are...
Researchers led by Texas A&M’s Dr. Vanderlei Bagnato are developing laser‑based, light‑activated therapies to combat antibiotic‑resistant infections. The method uses a safe photoreactive compound that, when activated by infrared light, disrupts bacterial defenses, allowing conventional antibiotics to work at normal...
Scientists at McGill University and the Goodman Cancer Institute have engineered nanoparticles that deliver an existing immunotherapy directly to metastatic lymph nodes. The nanocomplex senses a molecule abundant in cancer‑laden nodes, activating the drug only at the disease site while...
Researchers have detailed how focused ultrasound safely and reversibly opens the blood‑brain barrier by transiently reorganizing tight‑junction proteins. The study shows that pulsed ultrasound creates a brief paracellular window that permits therapeutic agents to reach brain tissue without causing inflammation...
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen unveiled a high‑throughput, single‑nanoparticle analysis that examined millions of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) used for RNA delivery. The study identified two distinct LNP subpopulations—organized, onion‑layered particles and disordered, amorphous particles—and found the latter release their...
Mercyhealth, a 6‑hospital system serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, deployed Arintra’s AI‑driven coding platform across 37 sites in 2023. The technology automates chart coding, writes medical codes directly into the EHR, and flags missed reimbursement opportunities. Since implementation, the...
At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, several startups unveiled AI‑driven solutions aimed at widening healthcare access. Clinics on Cloud introduced “Health ATMs” that combine on‑site screenings for 60+ conditions with tele‑doctor consults, claiming 90‑95% laboratory‑grade accuracy. Other launches...
Health system leaders are reshaping 2026 operations amid technology, regulation, and labor pressures. Executives from Cedars‑Sinai to Novant Health stress frontline immersion, cost‑control focus, system‑design that simplifies right actions, and building trust through candid dialogue. Prioritizing a narrow set of...
Croom Medical has broken ground on ACOT, a 38,000‑square‑foot Advanced Centre of Orthopaedic Technologies in Croom, County Limerick. The project represents the company’s largest capital outlay in its 42‑year history and will serve as a combined R&D and industrialisation hub....
At HIMSS26, CDC Acting Chief Enterprise Architect Ryan M. Harrison will unveil the agency’s Technical Reference Architecture (TRA), a unified framework that codifies IT standards across CDC. The presentation targets both IT leaders and developers, illustrating how the TRA integrates...
The U.S. FDA has approved an expanded label for Guerbet’s gadolinium‑based contrast agent Elucirem (gadopiclenol), allowing its use in infants and children under two years, including term neonates. The agent delivers high‑relaxivity imaging with less than half the gadolinium dose...
The HIMSS26 conference will host the fourth Native American & Indigenous Health Symposium, bringing together tribal and Indigenous health leaders from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Alaska. Since its 2022 launch, the HIMSS Indigenous Community has expanded its network and...
A public‑private partnership between the University of Kansas Health System, KU Medical Center, Children’s Mercy and Bold Advanced Medical Future (BAMF) Health is launching an integrated theranostics platform in Kansas City. The center will combine molecular imaging, radiopharmaceutical production, clinical...
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has launched the Alliance for Advancing Rural Healthcare (AARH), uniting seven partners—including Arcadia, Castlight Health, Covista, Mission Mobile Medical, Telemedicine.com, TruBridge and Walgreens—to execute the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation program. The alliance will bolster the...
At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Maverick Simulation Solutions unveiled LuSI, a 2.5 kg AI‑integrated robotic newborn that replicates real‑time respiratory conditions for high‑fidelity medical training, already adopted by AIIMS, AFMC and PGI. The same event highlighted PhonePe's launch of...
athenahealth unveiled the next generation of its AI‑native patient engagement suite within athenaOne, adding text and voice virtual assistants that let patients schedule appointments and ask routine questions 24/7. The texting feature is in alpha and will roll out broadly...
The February 20 2026 "In the Clinic" roundup aggregates a broad set of industry snapshots, special reports, and infographics covering biopharma, medical technology, and emerging research areas. It links to data on mRNA vaccine research, China’s GLP‑1 market, pulsed‑field ablation for atrial...
A study published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science shows that a single yes‑or‑no question can reliably screen for low vision and legal blindness, achieving area‑under‑the‑curve (AUC) values of 0.81 and 0.77 respectively. Researchers tested 385 adults across four U.S....
Oura Ring has been named the official wearable for Team USA at the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics, providing athletes and medical staff with real‑time sleep, recovery and metabolic data. The partnership, which also covers all Olympic and Paralympic athletes through the...
Akido Labs has deployed an AI‑native platform that equips community health workers with real‑time data collection, documentation, and patient‑engagement tools for street‑medicine teams. The model aligns with California’s CalAIM whole‑person care framework and shifts the heavy reporting burden away from...
CRM migrations in healthcare and life sciences are accelerating amid tighter regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11. Avenga’s Roman Bevz outlines a compliance‑by‑design methodology that starts with mapping data to regulatory obligations and proceeds through risk analysis,...
Senseonics and Sequel Med Tech have launched an automated insulin‑delivery system that pairs the year‑long Eversense 365 implantable CGM with Sequel’s twiist pump. The integration, delayed to Q4 2025, marks the first AID solution using a one‑year sensor, contrasting with competitors’ 15‑day...
At the 2026 EAPCI Summit, experts highlighted AI’s expanding role in cardiovascular interventions, from mortality risk modeling to intravascular imaging analysis. A University of Galway study identified gamma‑glutamyl transferase as a strong 10‑year mortality predictor in the SYNTAX cohort, validated...
Researchers have created an injectable dual‑network hydrogel composed of gelatin methacrylate and κ‑carrageenan that embeds quercetin‑loaded PLGA nanoparticles for mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) delivery in osteoarthritis (OA). The antioxidant hydrogel scavenges reactive oxygen species, reprograms M1 macrophages to an anti‑inflammatory...
Surgery centers are expanding rapidly, but growth brings regulatory, staffing, and technology challenges that can overwhelm internal teams. Without a structured plan, new service lines often trigger credentialing, supply chain, and workflow gaps, leading to delays and cost overruns. Ambulatory...
Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Michael Zappa of Cape Fear Valley Health, also a physician advisor at Juno Health, urges healthcare leaders to directly ask clinicians which administrative duties pull them away from patient care. He recommends mapping these tasks and...
Researchers have unveiled a nanozyme‑aptamer colorimetric array that classifies Staphylococcus aureus strains with 100% accuracy, including methicillin‑resistant variants. The platform couples gold‑nanoparticle nanozymes with four strain‑specific aptamers, producing distinct color fingerprints that are decoded by hierarchical clustering and linear discriminant...
Kontakt.io announced a suite of AI‑driven agents at ViVE 2026, combining real‑time location services (RTLS) with electronic health record data to create a digital twin of hospital operations. The portfolio—Patient Journey Analytics, Access Agent, Patient Flow Agent, and Supply Chain...
Pontiro, a health‑tech firm that streamlines medical‑image data for AI, secured £357,500 in a round led by SFC Capital with participation from Plug and Play Ventures and the British Business Bank. The company’s platform has already processed more than two...
En Carta Diagnostics announced that its EC Pocket Lyme test has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, accelerating its path to U.S. market entry. The point‑of‑need molecular assay detects Borrelia DNA directly from skin interstitial fluid using a microneedle sampler, delivering...
AngioDynamics announced that its NanoKnife system now holds European CE‑mark indications for soft‑tissue ablation of liver, kidney, prostate and pancreas tumours, including intermediate‑risk prostate cancer. The device uses irreversible electroporation (IRE), a non‑thermal technology that destroys cancer cells while sparing...
Leica Biosystems, a Danaher subsidiary, unveiled the Leica CM1950 cryostat equipped with DualEcoTec cooling. The device cools specimens up to three times faster and chambers up to twice as fast, slashing setup and case times. It employs a near‑zero global...
University of Bristol engineer Dr. Jiayang Li has created a smart shoe insole equipped with 253 micro‑sensors that map pressure and gait in real time. The device consumes only 100 microwatts, enabling up to three months of operation on a...
Grail announced that its Galleri multi‑cancer blood test failed to achieve the primary endpoint in a large United Kingdom clinical trial. The study, which evaluated the test’s ability to detect early‑stage cancers across dozens of tumor types, showed promising signals...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard have created an ultrathin, flexible electronic mesh that can be implanted into developing pancreatic tissue. The mesh delivers a 24‑hour rhythmic electrical pulse, coaxing stem‑cell‑derived islet cells toward functional maturity and synchronized...
Researchers have demonstrated that combining 18F‑FDG PET with high‑resolution MRI can reliably separate limbic‑predominant age‑related TDP‑43 encephalopathy (LATE) from Alzheimer’s disease in living patients. By creating stereotactic surface projection PET templates from autopsy‑confirmed cases and integrating MRI volumetry, the team...
Utah’s Department of Health has green‑lit a 12‑month pilot that lets an approved artificial‑intelligence system automatically process prescription refills for chronic medications. The AI checks dosage, patient history, and insurance eligibility before sending the order to participating pharmacies, aiming to...
ViVE 2025 convened leading health‑tech innovators to examine how security, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping digital health. Speakers highlighted AI‑driven diagnostics, robust cybersecurity frameworks, and interoperable platforms as essential for scaling patient‑centric care. The event also showcased...
A collaborative team led by UNSW and Nutromics has demonstrated a wearable patch that continuously measures vancomycin levels using DNA‑based aptamer sensors. Published in Nature Biotechnology, the pilot trial showed the patch can track drug concentration in interstitial fluid, offering...
