Rockville, Md. – October 27, 2026 -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is committing $7.5 million over three years to a sepsis quality improvement partnership with the Indian Health Service (IHS), covering IHS emergency care facilities.

Dusseldorf – October 27, 2026 -- Germany's industrial health economy generated about EUR 101.5 billion in gross value added in 2025, but slow certification and thin growth capital are keeping innovations out of clinical practice, according to a new paper from the Innovationsrat Deutschland.

PLEASANTON, Calif. – October 27, 2026 -- Altamont Software has made CaptureWare Video, its enterprise medical video capture solution, available on iPhone and iPad. Providers can now record medical video and still images at the bedside, in the clinic and at other point-of-care locations without a desktop computer.

CHICAGO – October 27, 2026 -- 5th Century Partners (5CP) has sold Radon Medical Imaging to Leonard Green & Partners after Radon more than tripled revenue and grew from five states to 26 during the four-year hold. The parties did not disclose financial terms.

Carlsbad – October 27, 2026 -- ImpediMed has appointed Nicole L. Stout, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA, as Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, effective November 1, 2026, to speed adoption of its SOZO Digital Health Platform in cancer survivorship care.

Stout will lead clinical strategy, research, medical affairs and key opinion leader engagement. Her mandate is to expand use of the platform across care settings.

San Diego – October 27, 2026 -- SEKISUI Diagnostics has launched the OSOM COVID-19/Flu A&B Combo Test, a 510(k)-cleared rapid test that detects and differentiates SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B from a single anterior nasal swab in professional healthcare settings.

CHANDLER – October 27, 2026 -- Upstream Rehabilitation, the largest dedicated outpatient physical therapy provider in the United States, has renewed its enterprise agreement with EMR vendor Raintree, covering more than 1,200 clinics across 28 states.

Plano, Texas – October 27, 2026 -- Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) will bring in John Henderson, who has led the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH) since 2018, as Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations in January 2027.

Nashville – October 27, 2026 -- RevSpring's conversational AI agent Let's Talk lifted patient payment rates by 36% in initial customer deployments while cutting transfers to live agents by 27%, the healthcare payments provider said as it added phone-based payment plan setup to the product.

Portland – October 27, 2026 -- Postpartum Support International (PSI) has launched a legal justice program backed by $120,000 in new funding, led by a $100,000 "Decriminalizing Mental Illness" grant from the Sozosei Foundation, the philanthropic arm of healthcare company Otsuka. Two $10,000 gifts from private donors complete the funding.