Technology

On 8 June, iRhythm Technologies detected unauthorised access to business applications hosted by a third party. Within two days the company had told US securities regulators what it knew, including that a threat actor was demanding payment in return for silence. Few organisations manage that pace of candour while an investigation is still under way, and fewer still keep their clinical operations running throughout. The facts are uncomfortable. Data was downloaded between 3 and

A patient leaves a consulting room with a prescription and a small sense of relief. Twenty minutes later, at the pharmacy counter, the relief goes. The price is higher than expected, the insurer's share is smaller than hoped, and the medicine goes back on the shelf. In the United States this happens often enough to count as a pattern, with more than four in ten adults saying cost has led them to take medicines other than as prescribed. Epic, the electronic health record suppl

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has asked suppliers to come forward to discuss a digital clinical triage service for musculoskeletal conditions.

The DTC Health programme, overseen by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, is backing medical devices and AI-based diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

State regulatory sandbox permits AI software to prescribe acne treatments without immediate doctor oversight, alongside new digital health initiatives for physical therapy and prescription refills

Docquity's expansion into Japan shows how point-of-care AI turns physician questions into a strategic asset, and why the NHS has yet to decide who should hold that knowledge.

DYAD's $10 million raise and its move into secondary and mental health care show where the NHS's AI ambitions will be settled: in the routine handling of patient letters

Heidi's $340 million raise and Asia-Pacific push show what a scaled clinical AI supplier looks like. Britain's health service has yet to decide how it will deal with one.