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AI physiotherapist approved to make autonomous decisions
Finn Stevenson, co-founder and chief executive, Flok Health (Credit: Flok Health)
Exclusive: An AI-powered physiotherapy clinic has secured Class IIa Medical Device approval under EU regulations, meaning that it can carry out diagnostic decisions…
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Validity of two subjective skin tone scales and its implications on healthcare model fairness
Skin tone assessments are critical for fairness evaluation in healthcare algorithms (e.g., pulse oximetry) but lack validation. Using prospectively collected facial images from 90 hospitalized adults at the San Francisco VA, three independent annotators…
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Healthcare Leaders Prioritize AI and Payer Integration for Reimbursement Resilience
What You Should Know:
– A new survey conducted by Becker’s Healthcare and Net Health reveals that healthcare leaders are making strategic technology investments to ensure financial resilience amid ongoing regulatory and reimbursement shifts.
– The…
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BadgerNet maternity system to launch at Barts Health in 2026
The Royal London Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust (Credit: Shutterstock.com)
Barts Health NHS Trust will launch the BadgerNet digital maternity solution in 2026, as part of a five-year partnership.
The system will enable…
Using technology to tackle the NHS data conundrum: data rich but insight poor
The NHS is one of the most data-rich health systems in the world – yet frontline staff and decision-makers still struggle to turn this wealth of information into actionable insight.
With every Trust generating enormous…
Funding awarded to further develop Welsh drone network
SLiNK-TECH’s PORTAL Test Vertiport at Snowdonia Aerospace Centre (Credit: SLiNK-TECH)
The Department for Transport and Innovate UK has awarded funding to aerospace innovators to further develop a drone network serving the Welsh Blood Service…
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How IoMT Ecosystems are Solving Medication Non-Adherence
Previn Tiwari, EVP & Business Head, FPT
It’s easy to assume that patients take the medications physicians prescribe. But the reality is that medication non-adherence represents one of healthcare’s most persistent and costly challenges. The…
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ACA Spillovers: A Warning for Employers as Insurers Seek Up to 43% Premium Hikes
What You Should Know:
– The U.S. healthcare market is showing a stark divergence in cost trends between public and private sectors. While Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums are spiking well above the industry’s decade-long…
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Independent Providers Lose $2.2M Annually Due to Referral Backlogs, Tennr Report Finds
What You Should Know:
– Tennr, a company automating the labor-intensive workflows of referral-based care, has released its first Healthcare Provider Benchmark Report. The study uncovers a significant financial challenge: independent healthcare providers lose over…
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