Opinion
By Todd Patriacca, chief financial officer, Andrew Chang, chief commercial officer and Mikhail Boukhny, senior vice president, R&D, BVI The global medical device industry is entering a period of accelerated transformation, and ophthalmology sits at the center of that shift. As populations age, digital ecosystems expand, and expectations for personalised care rise, 2026 is shaping [...]
By Christoph Lippuner, co-founder and CEO at Semble The UK healthcare system continues to face significant pressures. A new report by the Public Accounts Committee has revealed that the NHS is still working towards its goal of reducing patient waiting times, even with substantial investment in recent years. Simultaneously, AI use, by both clinicians and [...]
Google's AI Overviews can surface misleading health advice, risking patient harm, an investigation by The Guardian investigation has revealed. The AI-generated summaries sit at the top of search results and are meant to offer quick answers to users’ questions. In one example described as "really dangerous" by experts, the AI wrongly told people with pancreatic [...]
Digital health has moved from pilot programmes into day-to-day weight management across the UK. The shift matters because obesity treatment now sits at the intersection of regulation, clinical capacity, and long-term risk management. Decisions around digital integration affect safety, oversight, and system strain, not convenience. Health systems now face a structural choice. Either digital tools [...]
Today’s health management pivots on fundamental shifts toward preventative, predictive, and proactive healthcare models. In this healthcare landscape, tech plays an integral role in enhancing control over a subject’s care. For one, wearable digital self-monitoring tools like smartwatches and fitness trackers make health data more accessible, thereby improving healthcare outcomes. In this article, let’s discuss [...]
Entertainment and finance might seem like they don’t belong in the same sentence. However, they’re quickly becoming inseparable in today’s world. Think about how easy it is to make in-app transactions. For instance, this type of embedded finance makes it easy to buy a concert ticket, send a tip to your favourite streamer, or make [...]
By Wolfgang Hackl, CEO, OncoGenomX Inc., Allschwil, Switzerland Digital health tools are becoming an integral part of childhood and adolescence. From ADHD trackers and mental-health apps to diabetes sensors, sleep monitors, fitness wearables, neurodevelopmental screeners, and educational wellbeing platforms, children and teenagers interact with more digital health technology than any generation before them. Much of [...]
By EatMoreFruit Communications Most healthcare campaigns targeting clinicians start with the product and work backwards. The most effective ones start by mapping where knowledge gaps, clinical objections, and real-world barriers exist. Here's how we approached building an insight-led strategy for a wound dressing when the data didn't exist in tidy reports. Marketing directors in medical [...]
OpenAI is reportedly exploring a move into consumer health tools, including a personal health assistant or health data aggregator. Sources close to the company told Business Insider that the AI giant is weighing several opportunities as it pushes into healthcare, a sector where tech giants including Google, Amazon and Microsoft have struggled to gain traction. [...]
By EatMoreFruit Communications The way parents discover, evaluate, and trust infant nutrition information is evolving faster than ever. Traditional Google search once served primarily as a link-finder, delivering ranked webpages based on SEO keywords. Today, AI-driven search tools such as Google’s AI Overviews to Perplexity, ChatGPT, and other large language model (LLM) powered assistants, now [...]
