Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.
Vuzix and Shiny Box Interactive are developing military medical training and remote mentoring software for the Ultralite Pro smart glasses platform.
NYU Langone Health researchers developed an AI model that combines heart rhythm recordings with two blood biomarkers to assess heart transplant rejection. In a test involving 38 recipients, it correctly identified 94 percent of patients without rejection.
An Aon review estimates DarioHealth's digital health platform could reduce total annual healthcare costs by 2.5% to 7.2%. The estimate equals $3.8 million to $10.8 million for a population of 20,000 people.
Fast Company recognized SAS in its 2026 Next Big Things in Tech list for a digital twin that models Sterilcentral's surgical instrument facility in Denmark.
Cigna Healthcare will begin rolling out Health Sense in early 2027, initially supporting customers with oncology and cardiometabolic needs.
Ember AI launched a Strategic Partner Program and a native Oracle Health integration for its healthcare revenue integrity platform. The integration connects directly with electronic health record data to find coding, documentation and reimbursement issues before claims are submitted.
The FDA cleared SwiftSight Body Composition, an AI system that measures muscle, fat distribution, muscle balance, and liver fat from MRI scans.
Former Meta and NBCUniversal CIO Atish Banerjea will advise The Biological Computing Co. on infrastructure for real time inference and biological computing.
AKASA launched an autonomous AI platform that handles inpatient medical coding and clinical documentation tasks without human intervention.
XtalPi has started pharmacology, safety and manufacturing studies for a hair loss drug candidate ahead of a planned Investigational New Drug application.
Signia has launched its MaX hearing aid platform in the US, using four deep neural networks to adjust sound during conversations and in noisy environments.
Quotient Sciences will use machine learning to help Acesion Pharma select oral formulations for its atrial fibrillation drug candidates.
Avimer Bio and CNIO developed computational methods for designing self assembling protein cages and validated the structures with cryo electron microscopy.
SPHERE HEALTH opened early access to a virtual care platform for women managing hormonal and metabolic conditions. Its Rosalyn system uses AI to organize patient records and prepare information for physician review.
MontoHealth is developing AI agents that can complete routine healthcare tasks across existing systems, including scheduling, referrals, prescription refills, billing and insurance requests.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI can provide patients with a better informed second opinion than any physician in the country.
miRoncol Health has launched miCheckup, a blood test that uses an AI algorithm to identify miRNA patterns associated with cancer. The service costs CAD $1,299 and includes an eligible MRI follow up when the test detects a signal.
TransPerfect acquired Synterex, adding clinical and regulatory writing services and the AgileWriter.ai authoring platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Glintt Life won a Silver award for integrating TechSee visual support into its pharmacy service operations.
Codoxo was included in TIME's 2026 list of the World's Top HealthTech Companies. The company provides AI tools that help healthcare payers identify payment risks before claims are submitted.
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