health tech

In the space of a few weeks, three of the world’s largest technology companies — Microsoft, Amazon and OpenAI (with Anthropic immediately following) — have moved from exploratory pilots to public, consumer-facing health AI products, forcing a sudden reckoning across HealthTech: mainstream...

Microsoft’s consumer Copilot just walked into the most intimate ledger most people keep: their medical record, wearable streams and lab results — and it did so with a single, public preview called Copilot Health that promises to pull those fragments together into plain‑language summaries, trend...

Satya Nadella’s short, pointed message to Microsoft’s gaming teams — “For me, we’re long on gaming. We’ll continue to invest, and we’ll always do so.” — landed like both a reassurance and a challenge: reassurance that the company’s commitment to games remains, and a challenge that words must now...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot push has a new—and arguably personal—ambition: to become the place you hand your medical records and wearable data and ask for an intelligible summary, a second opinion, or a prep sheet for your next doctor’s visit. The company’s Copilot Health preview promises to pull...

HealthEx’s announcement that it will power personal health record integration for Microsoft’s new Copilot Health marks a pivotal moment in consumer‑facing health AI: the company says it will link verified digital identity, TEFCA‑backed individual access services, and FHIR endpoint exchange so...

The responses from Legora and Tandem Health’s founders to the shockwaves sent by Anthropic and OpenAI are less defensive than instructive: rather than seeing Claude, ChatGPT Health and other frontier-model moves as existential threats, these Swedish founders frame them as validation of demand, a...

Microsoft’s Copilot team closed out 2025 with a playful, data-rich year-in-review that doubles as a cultural temperature check: a short Copilot blog post and a deeper MAI research paper together map how millions of people used AI as everything from a health coach in their pocket to a weekday...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot rollout is a major repositioning: a dozen new features that push the assistant from a utility widget to a persistent, multimodal companion that’s more personal, more social, and more capable of acting on your behalf — while Microsoft repeatedly frames the update as...

The NHS’s largest AI productivity trial to date reports headline gains that are impossible to ignore: participants in a Microsoft 365 Copilot pilot saved an average of 43 minutes per staff member per working day, and sponsors modelled that a full rollout could reclaim up to 400,000 staff hours...

A major trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot across NHS organisations has produced headline numbers that are hard to ignore: participants reported saving an average of 43 minutes per day, and the trial sponsors modelled that, if scaled, the technology could reclaim around 400,000 hours of staff time...

I picked up the DT Research 323MD expecting another niche rugged tablet—and left convinced it’s the kind of purpose-built Windows device that makes mainstream Android tablets look uninspired for clinical and industrial work. Background / Overview The DT Research 323MD is a 13.3‑inch...

Apple’s latest wearable cycle leans into health, battery life and incremental hardware polish — and the new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 are already available for preorder with delivery slated to begin on September 19. Background: what just happened and why it...

Apple’s latest move to push health sensors into earbuds — and iOS 26’s Workout Buddy — changes the rules for people who buy wearables primarily to track exercise, and it raises a direct question: do you still need an Apple Watch to close your rings and monitor workouts? Background / Overview...

A transformative wave is sweeping through enterprise technology as NTT DATA unveils its new AI-led Global Business Unit focused on Microsoft Cloud, redefining the strategic landscape for organizations navigating the fast-evolving era of artificial intelligence. Positioned at the intersection of...

The corridors of medical education echo with the tension and excitement of transformation as generative AI technologies, particularly models like OpenAI’s GPT-4, rapidly reshape what it means to teach, learn, and practice medicine. The promise and peril of this disruption reverberate from...

In a rapidly shifting landscape where technology and healthcare converge, the collaboration between dacadoo and Microsoft represents a significant step forward for digital health engagement. Announced in Zurich, Switzerland, this strategic alliance brings together dacadoo’s experience in digital...

Australians are being encouraged to take their fitness journey into the community with the launch of the Active Locals app, the result of an ambitious collaboration between HCF, Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, and global technology consultancy PALO IT. In a technology landscape...

I attempted to retrieve details from the provided Malaysian Reserve article about Octagos being selected as a Cardiac Remote Monitoring Company in the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program, but the content is behind a security layer and not directly accessible. However, based on the headline...

Microsoft Dragon Copilot is rapidly emerging as one of the most impactful technologies in healthcare IT, bringing advanced artificial intelligence and natural language processing capabilities directly into clinical workflows. As hospitals face mounting administrative burdens, rising clinician...

The quiet revolution unfolding within the National Health Service is more radical than any past phase of digital transformation. For decades, NHS staff have crafted ingenious workarounds—tinkering with spreadsheets, building Access databases, and quietly deploying web apps—to meet the evolving...