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TriFetch has announced a US$1.9 million pre-seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from angels from Google, Hipprocratic, Mercor, MIT to scale its automation platform for the front, mid, and back office of specialty care. TriFetch is building an end-to-end automation layer for independent specialty clinics, covering patient calls and scheduling, referral processing, [...]
AI companies are being urged to help strengthen UK cyber defence as ministers warn automated threats are rising fast. The call was made at CYBERUK, where security minister Dan Jarvis told industry leaders and experts that stronger AI-powered defences are needed to protect critical networks. Jarvis described the effort as a "generational endeavour" aimed at [...]
By G2 Speech With ambient speech shouldering the burden of documentations in many healthcare settings, more clinicians are able to step out from behind the screen and back into patient conversations. But, like any emerging technology, it’s surrounded by misconceptions. Let’s break down some of the most common myths, and the reality behind them. Myth [...]
G2 Speech has announced that it has been successfully recognised as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England AVT (Ambient Voice Technology) Registry. This milestone reflects the company's commitment to delivering trusted, compliant and high-quality ambient voice solutions that support clinicians and improve patient care across the NHS. The AVT Registry is designed to streamline [...]
AcuityMD has raised US$80m to add advanced AI capabilities to its MedTech AI platform and support adoption of medical technology. The funding brings the company's total capital raised to more than US$160m and values the business at US$955m. AcuityMD said MedTech companies face pressure not only to launch innovations successfully, but also to capture and [...]
Gig work apps are pushing to loosen healthcare rules as they expand gig work in the sector, a new report warns. The report looks at how artificial intelligence is being used to staff hospitals and other healthcare facilities, warning that wider use of the technology is coming at the expense of workers' rights, protections and [...]
AI chatbots are recommending alternatives to chemotherapy for cancer treatment, potentially putting lives at risk, a study has found. A team from the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center tested widely used bots including xAI's Grok, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Meta's AI and High-Flyer's DeepSeek. Almost half of the answers on cancer [...]
Article produced in association with Jeen Health Non-invasive prenatal testing has been part of UK antenatal care since the early 2010s, but the technology underneath it has changed considerably. Two developments in particular are reshaping the field in 2026: advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) that widen what the test can detect, and the addition of [...]
Researchers have developed an AI neck sensor that uses light to read muscle movements and turn silent speech into an audible voice. The researchers said the technology could help patients who have lost their voices because of vocal cord disease or laryngeal surgery, which is surgery on the voice box. They also suggested it could [...]
Coral has announced a US$12.5 million investment led by Lightspeed and Z47. The company was founded by Ajay Shrihari and Aniket Mohanty. Instead of asking providers to rebuild their infrastructure, Coral connects to existing EHR systems, fax lines, and payer portals and automates end-to-end administrative workflows for specialty healthcare providers, including DME suppliers, infusion centers, [...]
