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Posted: 21 june 2025

Advance in creating organoids could aid research, lead to treatment

Stanford Medicine researchers developed a way to create the first heart and liver organoids that generate their own blood vessels, possibly paving the way for organoid-based regenerative therapies. Read more here.

Intermountain makes strategic investment in Layer Health to improve chart review

Intermountain Health is deploying Layer Health’s artificial intelligence for clinical data abstraction to improve its quality reporting and clinical registry submissions in stroke, surgery and cardiovascular disease. Read more here.

World first: brain implant lets man speak with expression — and sing

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural activity into words almost instantly. The device conveys changes of intonation when he asks questions, emphasizes the words…

The rise of precision medicine

Precision medicine stands at the forefront of a transformative era in healthcare. As technological advancements in AI, genomics, and data analytics converge, the market for precision medicine is poised for exponential growth. Read more here.

Measuring what matters: a blueprint for scaling virtual care in the NHS

Medway NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest and most innovative NHS trusts in the South-East of England, has taken a bold step forward in its virtual care journey by transitioning to a new digital platform – part of its…

Digital health sector reacts to ‘record’ investment in NHS

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that the government is investing up to £10bn to bring the NHS “into the digital age” as part of the latest spending review. Read more here.

Workers in UK need to embrace AI or risk being left behind, minister says

Peter Kyle calls on employees and businesses to act now to get to grips with technology amid forecasts of job losses. Breakthroughs such as the emergence of ChatGPT have sparked an investment boom in the technology, but also led to forecasts that…

Ellipsis Health secures $45M, launches AI care manager

The company will use the funds to increase the adoption of its new offering, Sage, across healthcare providers, payers and care management organizations. Ellipsis Health, a company using AI voice agent technology, announced it has raised $45 million in a new…

Beyond Ozempic: New weight loss drug rivals surgery

Combining elements of four hormones into a single drug, researchers hope to address not only obesity, but associated conditions like type 2 diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Read more here.

Zero Suicide Model Implementation and Suicide Attempt Rates in Outpatient Mental Health Care

Is implementation of the Zero Suicide model in outpatient mental health care associated with reductions in suicide attempts? Suicide is a major public health concern, and as most individuals have contact with health care practitioners before suicide, health systems are…

Northwestern enhancing radiology productivity with AI

A generative artificial intelligence system developed in-house at Northwestern Medicine is boosting productivity by identifying life-threatening conditions in milliseconds. The AI system was deployed in real time across the 11-hospital Northwestern Medicine network, where nearly 24,000 radiology reports were analyzed over a…

New 'ChatEHR' tool enables clinical conversation at Stanford

The technology, homegrown at Stanford Medicine, allows users of its electronic health record to do voice-based queries, helping make chart reviews and other routine tasks more efficient. Read more here.

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