Untitled
AxisCare, a home‑care software leader, announced a new Skilled Care solution that extends its platform to manage in‑home clinical services such as nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy. The module integrates care plans, CMS‑485/487 form generation, practitioner orders, visit documentation, vital‑sign capture and wound‑care tracking into a single system. By unifying clinical and non‑clinical workflows, AxisCare aims to reduce fragmentation, improve coordination and ensure compliance with payer and regulatory requirements. The solution is now live for the company’s 4,000+ agency customers across the United States and seven countries.
This Unexpected Body Part Could Reveal Early Signs Of Bone Loss
A new AI system called RetiAGE analyzes retinal photographs to estimate biological age and predict osteoporosis risk. The study, which examined 1,965 older adults in Singapore and 43,938 participants from the UK Biobank, found that eyes appearing older than a...
New Model of Care Uses Video Calls to Bring Specialist Rheumatology Input Into Primary Care
The Connected Health Network pilot at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust uses video calls to embed specialist rheumatology expertise within primary care. A GP with a special interest triages patients, and a lead consultant joins via video to...
FemTech Mid 2026 : Future Landscape, IPO Pipeline, Capital Trends & AI Threats
FemTech is evolving from simple cycle‑tracking apps into a precision‑medicine sector that now includes hormonal intelligence, AI‑driven diagnostics, cardiometabolic care, and regulated devices. The market, worth roughly $9.5 bn in 2025, is expected to hit $10.7 bn in 2026 and could expand...
Phoenix and Raven Become First Canadian Telehealth Platforms to Offer Generic Semaglutide Direct to Patients
Canadian telehealth leaders Phoenix and Raven have become the first digital health platforms in Canada to offer Health Canada‑approved generic semaglutide directly to patients. The medication, priced at CAD 124.99 (about US $92) per course, is available by prescription with free coast‑to‑coast...
AHA Podcast: The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Duke University researchers unveiled the Duke PMA, an AI‑driven model that predicts adolescent psychiatric risk by analyzing sleep patterns, device usage, and other lifestyle factors. The model leverages large‑scale biostatistical data to generate individualized risk scores for teens. Researchers highlighted...
Ki:elements Detects Alzheimer’s Pathology via Automated Phone Call: Study Validates Speech Biomarker Across Five European Cohorts
ki:elements and the PROSPECT‑AD consortium validated their Speech Biomarker for Cognition (SB‑C) in a study of 736 participants across five European cohorts. The AI‑driven voice agent administered a 10‑minute remote assessment that reliably separated cognitively unimpaired individuals from those with...
Cedars-Sinai Deploys OpenEvidence Enterprise Platform to Drive Precision Clinical Decision Support
Cedars‑Sinai has rolled out the OpenEvidence enterprise platform across its entire network, embedding an AI‑driven clinical reference tool directly into the electronic health record. The system surfaces patient‑specific, peer‑reviewed medical literature at the point of care, while also allowing the...
The Boston Children’s Experience: Hidden ICU Risk and AI-Driven De-Escalation
Boston Children’s Hospital has spent over a decade deploying AI‑driven clinical intelligence in its pediatric ICUs, shifting the focus from early‑warning alerts to data‑backed de‑escalation. Continuous, high‑frequency physiologic monitoring now provides real‑time risk trajectories that inform decisions on extubation and...
Surescripts Expands Prior Authorization Automation: Slashing Prescription Approval Times as New CMS Interoperability Rules Loom
Surescripts has broadened its Prior Authorization Automation platform, adding 68,000 prescribers across 42 health systems—a 50% increase since December 2025. The automated workflow now delivers a median approval time of just 18 seconds, eliminating manual forms, faxes, and calls. Real‑time...
How Virtual IOP Telehealth Is Transforming Addiction Treatment
Virtual intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) are now delivered through HIPAA‑compliant video, messaging and digital tracking tools, allowing patients to receive structured addiction treatment from home. The model expands access for rural and underserved communities, reduces stigma, and improves continuity for...
Spatial Modeling of Tissue Compartments Predicts Breast Cancer Treatment Response
The study introduces a hierarchical tissue‑specific modeling framework that uses routine H&E whole‑slide images to predict pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in HER2‑positive breast cancer. Slides are partitioned into five biologically meaningful compartments, each converted into a spatial graph...
University Hospitals Sussex 2026/27 Digital Workplan Highlights AI, Patient Communications, Cloud, Research
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust released its 2026/27 digital workplan, spotlighting a structured AI rollout, enhanced patient communications, and a green‑focused cloud migration strategy. An AI governance group and draft policy have been created, but the board notes limited...
Sensome Reports the INSPECT Study Results of Its In Situ Tumor Detection Technology for Lung Cancer
Sensome disclosed first‑in‑human data from its INSPECT study, evaluating a microsensor‑enabled smart stylet for bronchoscopic lung biopsies in 27 patients across Australia and France. The device records tissue electrical signatures immediately before sampling, allowing real‑time differentiation of healthy, necrotic and...
Sunrise Group Wins the US FDA Clearance for Sunrise Air Home Sleep Apnea Test
Sunrise Group announced that its Sunrise Air at‑home sleep apnea test received U.S. FDA clearance, following a recent $29 million financing round. The lightweight, rechargeable device leverages mandibular jaw movement (MJM) technology combined with AI algorithms to produce clinician‑ready sleep reports....
Medtronic Creating 85 Galway Jobs with New Software Development Hub
Medtronic will create 85 new positions in Galway by launching a European software development hub for its Patient Care Systems (PCS) function. The hub will act as a global centre of excellence for cardiac digital health, building cloud‑based platforms that...
Solving the “Whac-A-Mole Dilemma”: A Smarter Way to Debias AI Vision Models
MIT, WPI, and Google researchers introduced Weighted Rotational DebiasING (WRING), a new post‑processing technique for vision‑language models. WRING rotates bias‑laden dimensions in the embedding space rather than projecting them out, preserving other learned relationships. In tests on CLIP‑style models, WRING...
Dukane Welding Tech Supports Wearable Diabetes Device
Dukane partnered with a leading medical‑technology firm to develop a servo‑driven ultrasonic welding solution for a wearable diabetes‑management device. Using its Melt‑Match® technology at 40 kHz, the system created four precise welds—three staking and one housing—to achieve hermetic sealing of sensitive...
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Shares Latest on AI Projects, UTC Integration, EPR Optimisation
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reported significant digital advances at its May board meeting, including the digitisation of ambulance handovers and the rollout of Cerner for its urgent treatment centre. The trust completed its HYDE ambient‑voice AI contract and...
Single Digital Record for Maternity Care Launches in Wales
Wales has become the first UK nation to implement a unified digital maternity record by rolling out BadgerNet Maternity across all seven NHS health boards. The platform links patient data, appointments and updates in a single app for expectant parents...
NHS Launches £900m AI Framework
The NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has issued a call for suppliers to join a new £900 million (≈ $1.15 billion) artificial‑intelligence framework that will run from May 2027 to May 2035. The eight‑year, eight‑lot open framework covers radiology and diagnostic imaging, early detection,...
Sinai Health Partners with Unity Health on Epic
Sinai Health announced it will adopt Unity Health’s Epic electronic patient record (EPR) system, extending a shared digital platform across two major Toronto academic hospitals. The move follows Ontario’s 2025 directive urging hospitals to consolidate into province‑wide EPR environments, accelerating...
Unity Health Enhances DI Workflow with Sectra Cloud
International imaging firm Sectra will power Unity Health Toronto’s radiology and breast imaging across its three hospitals via the Sectra One Cloud platform. The fully managed, cloud‑based solution will unify access to over 500,000 annual imaging exams, enabling real‑time collaboration...
CareChain Helps Assess MSK Patients Earlier
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is piloting CareChain, a digital platform from MultiCIM Technologies, to help physiotherapists conduct advanced musculoskeletal (MSK) assessments and triage patients who may need surgery. By standardising data collection and decision‑making, the tool aims to...
Leadless, Dual-Chamber Pacemakers for NB Patients
New Brunswick’s Horizon Heart Centre has become the first site in Canada to implant Abbott’s AVEIR DR dual‑chamber leadless pacemaker. The system uses two tiny, battery‑powered units—one in the right atrium and one in the right ventricle—that communicate wirelessly to mimic...
VHA Tests AI-Powered Translation at Point-of-Care
VHA Home HealthCare launched a pilot from June to August 2025 to evaluate three AI‑powered translation tools for use by nurses, personal support workers and rehab providers in Ontario. The study measured usability, accuracy, workflow impact and feasibility across the...
Spinal Neuromotor Rehabilitation Using a Portable Isokinetic Training Robot
Researchers at Beihang University and MIT unveiled a 0.96‑kg wearable robot that provides isokinetic resistance training for juveniles with spinal muscular atrophy type II. In a six‑week clinical trial with six participants, the device produced a 7° improvement in sit‑to‑stand knee...
Strategic Analysis of the ResMed and Oura Partnership: Bridging Consumer Wearables and Clinical Sleep Medicine
ResMed and Oura announced a strategic partnership that integrates the Oura Ring’s passive biometric monitoring with ResMed’s clinical software and referral network. The collaboration aims to close the diagnostic gap in obstructive sleep apnea, where roughly 80% of U.S. patients...
Telehealth, Precision Ag, and Aging Share a Single Dependency: Reliable Connection
Medicare’s temporary telehealth flexibilities, which allowed rural patients to see specialists remotely during the pandemic, are set to expire as Congress has not acted to make them permanent. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, a five‑year federal effort to improve...
The Menopause Impact Scale: A Modern Tool for Perimenopause Symptom Evaluation and Clinical Care
Oura has introduced the Menopause Impact Scale (MIS), a scientifically‑validated patient‑reported outcomes survey that measures the quality‑of‑life impact of 22 perimenopause and post‑menopause symptoms. Unlike legacy tools that focus only on symptom frequency or severity, MIS scores each symptom’s effect...
Field-Ready Tool Identifies Rare and Zoonotic Parasitic Worms Missed by Standard Tests
Researchers at the University of Melbourne and UNSW have created a field‑ready diagnostic that uses Oxford Nanopore long‑read sequencing to profile the full community of parasitic nematodes in stool from humans and animals. Validation showed sensitivity and specificity comparable to...
Oura: Built for Women’s Health Across Every Life Stage
Oura has tailored its Ring wearable to support women’s health from menstruation through menopause, delivering near‑continuous data on temperature, heart‑rate variability, sleep and cycle phases. The device averages 23.5 hours of wear per day and its ovulation algorithm achieved 96.4%...
Telehealth Company Launches Direct-to-Consumer Imaging Order Service
Diagnostic Orders Direct, a Las Vegas telehealth platform, launched a direct‑to‑consumer imaging and lab ordering service across 30 states. For a flat $40 fee, patients receive a virtual consultation with a licensed clinician who assesses symptom history and determines test...
Q&A: Advocate Health CNIO on AI Implementation Best Practices for Nursing
Advocate Health’s chief nursing informatics officer outlines how ambient AI documentation is being rolled out to cut nursing clicks and reduce documentation fatigue. A pilot showed 65% of caregivers used the tool six or more times per shift, with more...
Robotics Expert Brian Miller on Product Development, AI and What He Learned at Intuitive
Former Intuitive EVP Brian Miller, now CEO of Sovato, shared insights on scaling telesurgery and product development. He emphasizes hands‑on observation in operating rooms, aligning intraprocedural data with a clear value hypothesis, and leveraging AI that blends video analysis, multimodal...
Resmed and Oura Are Partnering to Expand Access to Sleep Health Education and Care
Oura and ResMed have teamed up to embed ResMed’s sleep‑health resources directly into the Oura Ring app. When the Ring detects elevated breathing disturbances, users receive alerts and can instantly access a sleep assessment, educational guides, and virtual or in‑person...
Vocal Biomarkers: Helping Clinicians Detect What Patients Hesitate to Share
Canary Speech, led by CEO Henry O’Connell, is deploying AI‑driven vocal biomarker analysis to screen patients for mental health and neurological conditions in real time. In a recent case, the system identified severe postpartum depression in a new mother who...
Validation Studies, Clinician Verification Keep Ambient AI Accurate
Wendy Charles of the University of Denver and Renee Pratt of the University of North Georgia detail a framework of safeguards that health systems can deploy to keep ambient AI‑generated clinical notes accurate. Their recommendations stress rigorous validation studies, mandatory...
Evvy Launches AI Advisor to Decode Vaginal Dysbiosis and Biomarkers
Evvy, a precision women’s health pioneer, launched EvvyAI, an AI advisor that translates vaginal microbiome data into personalized, real‑time guidance. The tool is trained on the company’s proprietary dataset of more than 100,000 metagenomic vaginal tests, directly tackling the data...
The Future of Healthcare Screenings: The Power of Vocal Biomarkers
Vocal biomarkers—AI‑driven analysis of a 40‑second voice sample—are emerging as a rapid, non‑invasive screening tool for conditions ranging from mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s to depression, anxiety, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. Recent studies, including a Japanese trial of 1,461 seniors,...
How to Take AI From Demo to Real-World Deployment
Unicorne’s voice‑AI prototype for Quebec medical clinics proved that sub‑second latency is critical—patients abandon the call if responses lag. The system, built entirely on AWS with Connect, Nova Sonic and Bedrock, keeps patient audio in‑house, satisfying strict provincial privacy rules....
AI Fall Detection Keeps Grandma Safe, if She's OK With Being Watched
In the Dutch town of Waalre, a pilot program equips ten seniors’ homes with ceiling‑mounted AI sensors from Kepler Vision Technologies that can differentiate a fall from a sit‑down and instantly alert family or emergency contacts. The system extends technology...
Experts Talk Sequencing Platforms and Pressures
A CAP TODAY roundtable in February gathered leading pathologists and vendors to discuss the rapid evolution of sequencing technologies and the growing role of artificial intelligence in molecular pathology. Participants highlighted the pressure to shorten turnaround times while integrating new...
New Smart Technology in Wearable Wristband May Detect Cardiac Arrest
A Dutch clinical trial (DETECT‑1b) tested a wrist‑worn photoplethysmography (PPG) device that automatically identifies cardiac arrest. Among 49 participants, the algorithm correctly flagged 92% of induced shockable events, achieving 100% detection for ventricular fibrillation and 90% for pulseless ventricular tachycardia....
Southland Hospital Upgrades Diagnostic Imaging with New Fluoroscopy System
Southland Hospital in New Zealand has installed a new fluoroscopy system costing about S$994,000 (≈ $735,000 USD). The equipment delivers real‑time imaging at lower radiation levels and doubles as a general X‑ray suite, supporting procedures such as PICC line insertions. By expanding imaging...
ChatGPT Wants to Improve Your Health — ChatCPR Might Actually Save Your Life
Researchers at UC San Diego, led by John Ayers, launched ChatCPR, an AI agent that coaches bystanders through CPR in real time. In a JAMA study using actual 911 call recordings, ChatCPR outperformed traditional dispatchers on critical instruction metrics. The...
Imaging Startup Braid Health Launches Radiologist 2nd Opinion Service Charging $199 per Read
San Francisco‑based Braid Health has launched an online radiology second‑opinion service priced at $199 per read. The platform lets patients upload MRI, CT, ultrasound or X‑ray DICOM files for a board‑certified radiologist to re‑interpret, delivering written reports within days. Braid, which...
Wheel and b.well Connected Health to Launch AI-First Virtual Care Infrastructure
Wheel and b.well Connected Health announced a strategic partnership to deliver an AI‑first virtual‑care infrastructure that merges b.well’s consumer health data platform with Wheel’s Horizon clinical delivery network. The joint solution tackles the industry’s "action gap" by turning longitudinal health...
Reimagining Medical Devices in the AI Era: The 3 Structural Shifts Driving Venture-Scale Growth
Aegis Ventures released a whitepaper that spotlights three AI‑driven structural shifts reshaping the medical‑device sector. Historically, medtech has captured only 2‑3% of U.S. healthcare venture capital despite a $200 billion annual market, reflecting long development cycles and limited exit paths. The...
Why Clinician-Led AI Strategies Are Gaining Momentum in Healthcare
Presbyterian Healthcare Services has placed a practicing nurse practitioner, Lori Walker, as its chief medical information officer to lead its AI transformation, emphasizing a clinician‑led strategy. Walker’s frontline experience lets her evaluate AI tools against real workflow constraints, fostering trust...