Humber Teaching Receives NHSE Funding to Lead on Roll-Out of NHS App Functionality
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has secured NHS England funding to spearhead the rollout of appointment‑management functionality within the NHS App, a capability that will be extended to 11 other trusts using the SystmOne electronic patient record system. The new feature enables patients to view, book, amend or cancel appointments, receive notifications and complete health questionnaires directly from the app. Humber Teaching will document its processes and host monthly meetings to share learnings with participating trusts. The initiative aligns with the NHS 10‑year digital plan and the broader push to make the NHS App a central patient‑service hub.
CEO of America’s Largest Public Hospital System Says He’s Ready to Replace Radiologists with AI
Mitchell H. Katz, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, announced the system is prepared to let artificial‑intelligence algorithms perform first‑read radiology interpretations once state regulations allow. He highlighted AI’s growing role in mammogram and X‑ray analysis and the potential for...
Vertically Stacked Paper‐Based Microarray Device for High‐Throughput SERS Detection of Two Cancer Biomarkers
Researchers have unveiled a vertically stacked paper‑based microarray device (µAPAD) that integrates the full immunoassay workflow for high‑throughput SERS detection of cancer biomarkers. The 16‑layer wax‑patterned platform ensures uniform nanotag distribution, cutting signal variation from 36.6% to 6.69% and enabling...
How Medical Technology Is Improving the Diagnosis of Binocular Vision Problems
Medical technology is transforming how clinicians diagnose binocular vision disorders, which often hide behind generic eye‑strain complaints. Traditional eye exams focus on static acuity, missing dynamic issues like accommodative and vergence dysfunction that cause headaches, dizziness, and reading difficulty. New...
Extrahepatic Gene Editing In Vivo Using Organic Solvent‐Free Lipid Nanoparticles
Researchers have unveiled a fully water‑based lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform that eliminates cholesterol and PEG, using poly(2‑methyl‑2‑oxazoline) as a stealth polymer. The solvent‑free formulation enables efficient delivery of CRISPR‑Cas9 components, achieving robust gene editing in primary human immune cells and...
Dr. Nishi Patel Discusses Modern Diagnostic Tools in Cardiology: From Echocardiograms to Cardiac MRIs
Dr. Nishi Patel outlines how echocardiography and cardiac MRI together shape modern cardiology in the United States. Echocardiograms serve as a low‑cost, widely available first‑line tool that provides real‑time functional data, while cardiac MRI delivers high‑resolution tissue characterization for complex...
Large‐Scale Ferroelectric Ceramic Wafer Achieved by Sintering Strategies for Sensitive High‐Temperature Self‐Powered X‐ray Detection
Researchers have fabricated a large‑scale ferroelectric ceramic wafer (PNN‑PZT) using solid‑state sintering, achieving record‑high sensitivity for self‑powered X‑ray detection. At 150 °C the detector reaches 248 µC Gy⁻¹ cm⁻² sensitivity and a detection limit of 6.76 nGy s⁻¹, surpassing commercial amorphous selenium devices. The material exhibits...
Engagement with Digital Mental Health Interventions Remains Poorly Understood
Digital mental‑health interventions (DMHIs) are touted as scalable solutions, yet real‑world engagement remains elusive. Recent systematic reviews reveal that trial participants use DMHIs up to four times more often than everyday users, highlighting a gap between efficacy and adoption. Researchers...
Hume Health Hume Body Pod Claims Evaluated: Researching Accuracy Details & Comparison Versus Other Leading Bathroom Scales
Hume Health detailed its Body Pod, an 8‑electrode, multi‑frequency BIA analyzer that measures over 45 body‑composition metrics and claims 98% DEXA‑level accuracy verified by Socotech. The device pairs with a free app that provides basic tracking and a premium AI‑driven...
AI-Powered Stroke Tool Linked to Improved Patient Outcomes in Large Clinical Trial
A large cluster‑randomized trial of more than 21,000 acute ischemic‑stroke patients across 77 Chinese hospitals tested an AI‑powered clinical decision support system (CDSS). The tool, which combines AI‑assisted imaging with guideline‑based treatment prompts, lowered the 3‑month composite vascular‑event rate from...
Cheshire Deploys GoldCare to Strengthen Consumer Independence
Cheshire Independent Living Services in London, Ontario has rolled out GoldCare’s integrated healthcare software, including a consumer portal that offers real‑time access to personal attendant schedules. The portal empowers consumers and families with direct visibility, enhancing autonomy and reducing reliance...
Standardizing Health Data for Good Medicine and Connected Care
On March 31 2026 the Canadian Institute for Health Information released Version 2 of the Canadian Core Data for Interoperability (CACDI), a national standard that defines core patient, clinical, and provider data for seamless exchange. Co‑designed with patients, clinicians, Indigenous groups and digital‑health...
Hypercare Mobilizes Vascular Team During ‘Life and Limb’ Emergencies
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie completed a one‑year pilot of Hypercare for its Vascular Life and Limb emergency pathway. The platform replaced individual phone calls with a single‑tap, secure group alert, cutting hospital acceptance time from 15 minutes...
Medly Heart Monitoring Enters Commercialization Through Vitall
Medly, a smartphone‑based remote monitoring system for heart‑failure patients developed by Toronto’s University Health Network, is now being commercialized by Vitall Intelligence. The platform gathers weight, blood pressure and heart‑rate data via Bluetooth devices and uses an algorithm to flag...
Neurosurgeons at St. Michael’s Use Low-Field MRI to Assist Surgeries
Neurosurgeons at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital have begun using the Hyperfine Swoop® low‑field MRI scanner inside the operating room to obtain immediate post‑resection images. The portable 0.064‑tesla device can be wheeled into the suite, allowing scans within minutes while surgeons...
University of Ottawa Launches New Applied AI Centre for Healthcare
The University of Ottawa has inaugurated the Ottawa Medical Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (OMARI), an applied‑research hub embedded in its Faculty of Medicine and linked to the city’s six hospitals. Led by AI expert Dr. Khaled El Emam, OMARI aims to...
Co-Diagnostics Inc (CODX) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Co‑Diagnostics reported Q2 2025 revenue of $200,000, a sharp drop from $2.7 million a year earlier after grant funding disappeared. Operating expenses were reduced to $8.2 million, yielding a cash balance of $13.4 million, while the net loss widened slightly to $7.7 million. Management outlined...
Vietnam: AI for Early Detection of Non-Communicable Diseases
Vietnam is fast‑tracking AI integration into its healthcare system to improve early detection of non‑communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory illnesses. The government and hospitals are expanding electronic health records and centralised data platforms, enabling...
Digital Curbside Consults Having Big Impact in Rural Maine
The Community Care Partnership of Maine (CCPM) has rolled out the PicassoMD digital curbside consult platform across its 22 member clinics, linking primary‑care providers with specialists in seconds. Since its October 2023 launch, more than 300 clinicians have completed over 5,700...
The BioPharm Brief: Talking Lifecycle Optimization, Strategic Investment, and Collaboration Shaping Growth Trajectory
The FDA has approved a higher-dose regimen of nusinersen (Spinraza) for spinal muscular atrophy, aiming to boost drug exposure and improve long‑term motor function. The approval underscores a broader industry shift toward lifecycle optimization of RNA‑targeted therapies. Simultaneously, biopharma firms...
Q&A: Robots Can't Feel, but Novel Sensors Could Change That
Researchers at Penn State have developed a flexible pressure‑sensor array using reduced graphene oxide aerogel, creating an electronic skin capable of ultrahigh sensitivity and a broad pressure range. Each 8 mm sensor supports roughly three ounces of force and endures over...
HIMSS Global Conferences Provide Window Into Healthcare Technology Development
Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Vitaly Herasevich reflects on 17 years of HIMSS Global Conferences, noting that U.S. healthcare technology once lagged behind other sectors but has since seen rapid growth in digital tools. HIMSS serves as a barometer for health‑IT innovation,...
HHS Launches $100M Addiction Recovery Program, Digital Health Plays Growing Role in Treatment
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a $100 million STREETS program to expand addiction treatment and housing support for people experiencing homelessness. The initiative, part of the Great American Recovery Initiative, will start in eight pilot communities and...
Mevo Raises $18M Round Led by Prosus
Brazilian digital prescription platform Mevo secured an $18 million funding round led by Prosus, with participation from Matrix, Jefferson River Capital and Floating Point. The capital will fund expansion of exam‑scheduling tools, patient‑support program integration, and growth of its online pharmacy...
AdventHealth to Roll Out Smart Rooms Network-Wide
AdventHealth announced a network‑wide rollout of smart rooms across more than 55 hospitals in nine states, slated for completion in 2026. The upgrade equips patient rooms with digitized whiteboards, electronic door signage and EHR‑linked in‑room video that connects patients to...
CDRH Guidance: Patient Preference Information (PPI) in Medical Device Decision Making
On March 27, 2026 the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health issued new guidance on incorporating voluntary patient preference information (PPI) throughout a medical device’s total product life cycle. The document supersedes the 2020 guidance and details when and...
PREMAZ Expands Early Brain Screening Through Health Is One
PREMAZ, a Cambridge‑backed digital cognitive assessment, has partnered with UK wellness provider Health is One to embed early brain‑health screening into everyday well‑being services. The 10‑15 minute test focuses on "memory precision," detecting subtle declines that traditional tests miss. By...
Discovery of Noma-Linked Bacteria Opens Path to Early Diagnosis and Prevention
Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have discovered a previously undescribed Treponema species strongly associated with noma, a fatal disease affecting impoverished children. Using metagenomic sequencing and machine learning on saliva samples, they identified the bacterium early in disease...
Combined Diagnostic Approach Improves Accuracy in Differentiating Eczema From Psoriasis
A recent European dermatology study of 73 skin‑biopsy samples shows that pairing traditional dermatopathology with PCR‑based molecular testing markedly improves the ability to distinguish eczema from psoriasis. While pathology alone achieved 76.9% accuracy, the integrated method resolved ambiguous cases and...
Apple Store to ID Regulated Medical Device Apps
Apple’s App Store will now label apps that qualify as regulated medical devices on their product pages in the United States, United Kingdom and European Economic Area. Developers must indicate this status in App Store Connect if their app falls...
Flexible Gel Can Turn Body Heat Into Power for Next-Generation Wearables
Queensland University of Technology researchers have engineered a soft hydrogel that converts body heat into electricity, achieving a record n‑type thermoelectric efficiency for flexible materials. A 10 mm square prototype produced about 0.46 volts, demonstrating practical power generation from modest temperature differences....
There Are More AI Health Tools than Ever—But How Well Do They Work?
Microsoft introduced Copilot Health and Amazon expanded its Health AI, joining OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health and Anthropic’s Claude as consumer‑facing large language model (LLM) health assistants. The tools aim to answer the 50 million daily health questions users pose to Copilot, promising...
Atlantic Health to Deploy Artera’s AI Agents for Colonoscopy Patient Outreach
Atlantic Health, a nonprofit system serving New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, has partnered with AI firm Artera to launch outbound AI agents that call patients scheduled for colonoscopies. The agents initiate a multilingual, interactive phone conversation a week before...
Aultman Health CIO Says Healthcare Must Move AI From Experimental to Operational
Aultman Health System’s CIO Raza Fayyaz says the health‑care sector must shift AI from experimental pilots to everyday operations. He outlines a three‑pronged strategy that combines pre‑built AI tools, robotic process automation, and large‑language‑model reasoning to streamline clinical and administrative...
Transcatheter ViV a Solid Option for Failed Mitral Bioprostheses: SURViV
The SURViV randomized trial compared transcatheter mitral valve‑in‑valve (ViV) with redo surgical replacement in 150 patients with failed bioprosthetic mitral valves, many of whom had rheumatic disease. At one year, ViV showed a markedly lower all‑cause mortality (5.3% vs 20.8%)...
Virtual Care Provider Makes Big Gains with Zoom AI Clinical Tools
PocketRN adopted Zoom Workplace for Clinicians to embed AI‑powered transcription and note generation directly into its virtual nursing workflow. The integration cut documentation time by roughly 60%, dropping average note creation from 20 minutes to under 10. Daily labor savings...
Butterfly Network Receives FDA Clearance for AI-Powered Gestational Age Ultrasound Tool
Butterfly Network has secured FDA clearance for an AI‑driven Gestational Age tool that operates via a blind‑sweep on its handheld ultrasound devices. The software, trained on over 21 million images, delivers gestational age estimates comparable to expert sonographers for pregnancies between...
Abbott Integrates Precision Oncology Portfolio Into Flatiron Health’s OncoEMR to Streamline Cancer Care
Abbott has partnered with Flatiron Health to embed its Precision Oncology testing suite directly into Flatiron’s cloud‑based OncoEMR platform. The integration lets oncologists order tests such as Oncotype DX, OncoExTra, Oncodetect and Riskguard from within the patient chart, with results automatically...
The Future of Healthcare in America: What to Expect in the Next Decade
Artificial intelligence is becoming a core pillar of U.S. health care, with Deloitte ranking generative AI as a top strategic priority. AI tools are set to streamline diagnostics, clinical decision support, and administrative tasks, improving patient access and reducing in‑person...
NOTIFY-HF Decompensation Alerts for Patients May Improve Care
The NOTIFY‑HF pilot tested patient‑facing mobile alerts generated by the HeartLogic algorithm in implantable defibrillators, showing the approach is feasible, safe, and well‑accepted. Among 160 heart‑failure patients, the intervention lowered alert incidence by 22% and reduced hospitalizations, with a 65%...
How Do Non-Mydriatic Retinal Cameras Improve Eye Exams
Non‑mydriatic retinal cameras capture high‑resolution images of the eye’s back without dilating the pupil, eliminating the need for stinging drops and post‑exam visual blur. The technology speeds image capture to a few seconds, allowing clinics to see more patients while...
Spotify For The Body: Personalized Health Scans With Sensor-Driven Data
Spotify co‑founder Daniel Ek has launched Neko Health, a full‑body scanning startup, with its first U.S. clinic slated for New York. The service combines advanced imaging of vascular, organ and metabolic systems to flag serious conditions, reporting 1.2% of scans...
AI Is Fueling a New Arms Race in Healthcare: Here’s How We Stop It
Artificial intelligence is sparking an adversarial arms race in healthcare utilization management, pitting provider‑centric approval bots against payer‑focused denial algorithms. The clash threatens patient access, inflates provider burnout, and undermines trust. Simultaneously, regulators are pushing for real‑time, FHIR‑based authorizations under...
Future-Proofing Network Connectivity for Healthcare Innovation
Healthcare providers are aligning network connectivity strategies with broader digital transformation goals to support telehealth, cloud‑based EHRs, AI diagnostics, and connected devices. Executives emphasize that the challenge extends beyond bandwidth to building secure, resilient, and adaptable architectures. Cox Business highlights...
20 Future Icelandic HealthTech and MedTech Leaders
Iceland’s HealthTech and MedTech sectors have transformed from a niche research community into a globally competitive innovation hub, leveraging the nation’s high‑resolution genomic database, a single‑payer health system, and strong university‑hospital ties. The breakout success of Kerecis, sold for $1.3 billion,...
Ambient Scribe Technology Guidance for Healthcare and Information Governance Professionals Launches
NHS England has published new guidance for healthcare and information‑governance professionals on deploying ambient scribe AI technology. The guidance outlines consent (implied consent acceptable), transparency, accuracy checks, a lawful basis under GDPR, record‑retention rules, and mandatory security risk assessments. It...
Will ACCESS Move the Needle on Tech-Enabled Chronic Care?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model on July 5, 2026, a ten‑year voluntary payment experiment for fee‑for‑service Medicare beneficiaries with hypertension, diabetes, chronic musculoskeletal pain or depression. The...
Q&A: Digital Workforce Looks to Expand Further Into the U.S. Market
Digital Workforce, a Helsinki‑based automation firm, serves over 200 large organizations and targets roughly $40 million in revenue this year. Its flagship Outsmart platform blends robotic process automation and AI to run entire patient‑care pathways, with a particular emphasis on healthcare...
Study: Breath Test Could Transform Microbiome Diagnostics for Clinical Labs
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have demonstrated that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath mirror gut microbiome activity. Published in Cell Metabolism, the proof‑of‑concept study showed breath profiles could differentiate children with...
Medtronic Wins FDA Clearance for Robot in Cranial, ENT Surgeries
Medtronic has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its Stealth AXiS surgical system, extending its use to cranial and ear‑nose‑throat (ENT) procedures. The modular platform combines AI‑enabled tractography, navigation and real‑time ultrasound, and can operate in both hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers....