Digital Health & AI

Berlin – September 17, 2026 -- Aignostics has opened early access to PathoSearch, a visual search engine that retrieves diagnosed reference pathology cases from a single screenshot of an H&E slide, targeting the rare and complex cases that make up as much as 20% of a pathologist's caseload.

Database already spans 310,000 slides across 300 diagnostic entities

PathoSearch currently references more than 310,000 whole slide images drawn from over 35,000 cases, covering 300-plus diagnostic entities and 27-plus organs. The system is on track to exceed one million whole slide images by general availability. Coverage follows the WHO Classification of Tumours, focusing on malignant tumours across five organ groups -- thoracic, digestive, soft tissue and bone, female genital, and urinary and male genital -- with full coverage of all WHO-classified malignancies planned.

Miami – – September 17, 2026 -- Armor Health, a correctional healthcare provider that has served local detention facilities across the United States for more than 22 years, used the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to reaffirm its operational commitment to law enforcement and corrections partners nationwide.

Armor Health ties its correctional healthcare mission to the legacy of first responders

The Miami-based company said its daily work delivering medical and mental health services inside correctional facilities is directly connected to the public safety community honored on the anniversary. Armor Health emphasized its role as a partner to sheriffs, wardens and corrections leaders who oversee incarcerated populations requiring consistent healthcare access.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- UrgentIQ has secured a $15 million Series A growth investment from Five Elms Capital to expand its AI-native electronic medical record platform for urgent care centers.

Five Elms Capital backs UrgentIQ's push beyond EMR into full clinical-financial platform

The funding will accelerate UrgentIQ's roadmap into a unified system covering AI-powered documentation, automated coding, revenue cycle management, insurance verification, and checkout. Founder and CEO Nat Gibbs built the platform specifically for urgent care workflows, distinguishing it from legacy EMRs adapted from hospital or primary care settings.

Sheridan, Wyo. – September 16, 2026 -- The global AI in virtual medical assistant market is set to expand from $2.6 billion in 2026 to $12.3 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 36.5%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

EHR-integrated systems dominate the market with 42-48% share

EHR/EMR-integrated systems led the market by offering type in 2025, accounting for an estimated 42-48% of global revenue, as healthcare providers favor solutions embedded directly into existing clinical workflows over standalone applications.

Delray Beach, Fla. – – September 16, 2026 -- The global Revenue Cycle Management market is projected to reach USD 132.06 billion by 2031, up from USD 73.61 billion in 2026, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 12.4%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

North America controls 40% of the RCM market as denial rates push AI adoption

North America held a 40.0% share of the global RCM market in 2025, driven by a fragmented US payer landscape and rising claim denial rates that are pushing hospital networks toward AI-assisted coding and predictive denial analytics. Small and medium-sized enterprises are the fastest-growing enterprise segment, expanding at a 13.0% CAGR, while on-premises deployment still commands 56.4% of the market despite the shift toward cloud platforms.

Toronto – September 16, 2026 -- A new viewpoint paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research argues that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs fail long-term without paired digital behavioral coaching, citing high patient dropout and rapid weight regain as persistent industry problems. The paper, authored by Noom CEO Geoff Cook, introduces a "habit window hypothesis" and calls for a formal research agenda to test whether digital health apps can extend the durability of pharmacological weight loss.

Tustin, Calif. – September 16, 2026 -- Healthcare Success has partnered with Inlets.ai to help hospitals and multi-location health systems monitor and improve how they appear when patients search using AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI.

Patient discovery shifts from search engines to AI chat platforms before hospital websites are ever visited

Patients increasingly research providers, treatments, and hospitals through AI platforms before reaching a healthcare organization's website, according to the companies. This shift creates a new challenge for health systems: understanding what AI tools are telling prospective patients about their physicians, locations, service lines, and brands.

Hong Kong – September 16, 2026 -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 777) has agreed to fund a new "NetDragon Professorship in Medical Technology" at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), targeting research at the intersection of engineering and medicine.

NetDragon commits funding to back a distinguished HKUST engineering scholar

The professorship will be conferred on a scholar from HKUST's School of Engineering in recognition of research contributions, with the goal of accelerating breakthroughs in precision medicine and digital health. The signing ceremony took place on the HKUST campus, witnessed by HKUST President Prof. Nancy Ip and NetDragon Chairman and Executive Director Dr. Liu Dejian. The agreement was formally signed by Prof. Charles Ng, HKUST's Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, and Dr. Simon Leung, NetDragon's Vice Chairman and Executive Director.

Linköping – September 16, 2026 -- Sectra has signed a contract extension to expand its Sectra One enterprise imaging solution from the Capital Region in Denmark to cover the whole of the newly formed Region Østdanmark, created by the merger of the Capital Region and Region Zealand.

Merged Danish region unifies imaging systems across eastern Denmark

Hospitals joining from Region Zealand will move onto the same cloud-delivered platform already running in the Capital Region, giving clinicians access to a patient's prior images regardless of which hospital performed the exam. The system will be used across all of the region's hospitals for reviewing and storing images in radiology, breast imaging, nuclear medicine and clinical physiology.

Cincinnati – September 16, 2026 -- Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) has launched Anatool, a digital clinical support tool designed to standardize anaphylaxis recognition and treatment at the point of care for emergency physicians, paramedics, nurses and allergists.

Tool translates international consensus report into bedside guidance

Developed with Tim Dribin, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's, Anatool is built on recommendations from a landmark international consensus report on anaphylaxis published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dribin co-chaired that report with Hugh Sampson, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Antonella Muraro, PhD, of the University of Padua.