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An £11m digital twins centre will model organs and disease to speed drug discovery and help target medicines more precisely. The Modelling-Informed Medicine Centre, or MiMeC, will build computer models of organs and diseases to better understand how diseases of the lungs, liver and kidneys progress. Digital twins are virtual versions of organs that let [...]
The Health Tech World Awards will recognise the health innovators and innovations helping to transform outcomes across the globe. We will be celebrating some of the best examples of leadership, innovation and impact spanning life sciences, medtech, digital health and beyond. Now in its forth year, the awards will recognise the best examples of leadership, [...]
The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) at HIMSS 2026 carries a sense of urgency that is impossible to ignore. Walk the halls and AI is everywhere. Demonstrations of predictive analytics, clinical decision tools and large language models promise to reshape how health systems operate and how care is delivered. Entire sections of [...]
Amazon has expanded Health AI to its website and app, widening access to the healthcare assistant. The assistant, called Health AI, was previously only available on the app for One Medical, the healthcare company Amazon acquired for US$3.9bn in 2023. Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments [...]
Cera, Europe’s leading digital-first home healthcare provider, has surpassed 300 billion data points—a milestone set to help transform AI-powered care and global healthcare research for ageing populations. Delivering more than 2.5 million patient home visits every month, Cera’s frontline teams capture real-world insights into the health and wellbeing of older people in their own homes. [...]
By Tomaž Gornik, CEO of Better Shared Care Records (SCRs) have undergone significant evolution over the past two decades. What began as relatively simple mechanisms for sharing documents across organisational boundaries is now moving towards intelligent, conversational systems that actively support clinicians, patients, and health systems. This evolution can be understood in four broad stages, [...]
Dr Haus Dermatology has announced the launch of a new consultant-led medical weight management service, expanding its commitment to evidence-based, medically supervised care. The service is led by Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Edson Nogueira, providing specialist expertise in metabolic and hormonal health within a carefully structured clinical pathway. Initial consultations will take place face-to-face at the [...]
The Health Tech World Awards 2026 will recognise the health innovators and innovations helping to transform outcomes across the globe. We are once again celebrating some of the best examples of leadership, innovation and impact spanning life sciences, medtech, digital health and beyond. The AI Innovation award recognises groundbreaking applications of artificial intelligence that are [...]
HIMSS 2026 hums with a familiar energy. Demonstration screens glow with dashboards and predictive models. Crowds gather around booths where engineers translate clinical complexity into algorithms. Artificial intelligence dominates the conversation – almost every conversation. Something important has shifted this year as more than 30,000 gather to discuss health technology, wow. The [...]
Novo Nordisk has dropped its lawsuit against Hims after the companies reached a Wegovy deal to sell branded weight loss medicines through the platform. Early last month, Hims & Hers said it was going to launch a cheaper, off-brand version of the weight loss pill Wegovy, just weeks after Novo Nordisk launched its reformulation of [...]
