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Digital health coffee time briefing. * 9 April 2026 Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be "in the know". Care technology company Teton has launched Samwise, an AI agent that gives care home staff and hospital ward teams direct conversational access to operational data. Teton's platform uses sensors to monitor resident and patient activity, sleep, movement, and respiration and supports dashboards and summary reports by answering questions such as "which residents had disrupted sleep this week?" Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, part of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has expanded its cardiac catheterisation lab provision with the installation of Canon Medical's specialist angiography X-ray system, the Alphenix Core+. The specialist imaging system supports pacemaker implantation, one of the most common types of heart surgery. North Kent Mind, an independent mental health charity providing support to people in Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley, and Medway, has launched an early intervention emotional wellbeing and mental health service. The Medway Therapeutic Alliance was launched in response to a rise in the mental health needs of children in the region and increasing numbers of families seeking support. Heartfelt Technologies is working with Patients Know Best to automate and accelerate clinical trial recruitment. The companies claim a digital-first approach over a concentrated four-week window overcame typical recruitment bottlenecks by informing and enabling eligible patients to rapidly connect with research opportunities. Noveva Software Group is supporting Velindre Cancer Service's new centre with its CCube Cloud EDMS platform. The platform will enable the digitisation, storage, and secure retrieval of clinical documentation to reduce Velindre University NHS Trust's reliance on paper-based records, as well as integrate with Welsh national healthcare infrastructure. Researchers at Lund University have developed an AI model showing that it is possible to detect several neurodegenerative diseases from a single blood sample. A team led by researchers Jacob Vogel and Lijun An has developed an AI model capable of detecting multiple diseases at once. The model is based on protein measurements from more than 17,000 patients and control participants. Did you know that? Research from Noble Live-In Care, part of UK care provider CCH Group, reveals that a lack of forward planning is leaving the UK's health and social care system constantly reacting to crises instead of preparing for future demand. Without effective forecasting, hospitals and social care services are often reacting to crises rather than anticipating needs, according to an analysis of data. This leaves patients waiting longer for the right support, Researchers claim the financial cost of not planning is already significant. Delayed hospital discharges, often caused by gaps in social care capacity, are costing taxpayers more than £23 million in a single month, with NHS bed days averaging around £562 each. Across the UK, pressure on services continues to build. Hospital bed occupancy regularly exceeds safe levels, while delays in discharging patients, often due to a lack of available care in the community, remain a persistent challenge. What we're reading A study claims multilingual, voice-enabled chatbots could enhance patient education in eye care. Transforming patient education on retinal detachment: A multilingual voice-enabled retrieval-augmented generation chatbot, outlines how patients can access retinal detachment advice through personalised, real-time, clinically grounded conversations. A research team led by University of East London's Dr Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini and Dr Fatima Kalabi from Queen's Hospital in London, in collaboration with Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and Inselspital University Hospital of Bern in Switzerland, has developed a multilingual voice-enabled AI chatbot designed to help people understand retinal detachment - a sight-threatening condition that often requires urgent surgery. The system allows patients to ask questions in natural language and receive answers drawn from trusted medical sources. The study was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.

Teton.ai appoints Katie Grant as U.S. President as U.S. Operations expand. January 27, 2026 Company News As Teton.ai continues to scale its work with senior living and healthcare providers across the United States, the company has appointed Katie Grant as President, U.S. Grant brings more than 20 years of experience spanning nursing, senior living operations, and healthcare technology. She has led enterprise customer growth for large, multi-state operators and most recently served as Teton's Vice President of Customer Growth. "I began my career in nursing and spent years working alongside senior living operators in complex, high-stakes environments," said Grant. "Having seen firsthand how Teton's technology can meaningfully support care teams and strengthen operations, this role is focused on how we continue to show up in the U.S. market and deliver better outcomes for residents." Teton.ai builds human-centered AI that helps care teams anticipate risk and reduce falls and safety incidents through earlier intervention. As the technology becomes more embedded in care environments, the U.S. President role provides clear ownership across customer growth and operational execution, ensuring innovation translates into measurable improvements for caregivers and residents. "From the moment Katie stepped into the VP of Customer Growth role, she stood out for her ability to drive real outcomes through trust-based, eye-level work on complex topics. She quickly demonstrated her impact with customers and earned the confidence to take on a broader mandate", said Mikkel Wad Thorsen, CEO of Teton.ai. "Appointing her as U.S. President reflects both her leadership and deep senior living expertise as she leads our commercial growth and ensures Teton's capabilities translate into meaningful results for operators, teams, and residents." To support this next phase of growth, Teton.ai has also added senior leaders across people and brand, including Kristian Zakarias, formerly Global VP of People & Enablement at Templafy, and Chris Domenick, formerly Head of Brand Strategy at MasterClass.

Teton.ai announced raising 17 million euros in a Series A round.