Dallas – October 06, 2026 -- Hospitals with greater digital investment showed stronger patient experience in 11 of 12 technology measures, according to new research from AMN Healthcare covering more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals. Of 96 statistical tests run across the dataset, 32 produced significant results, and 30 of those favored hospitals with higher digital intensity.

Olympia, Wash. – October 06, 2026 -- Trualta has expanded its contract with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to deliver no-cost caregiver training to hundreds of additional rural families over the next year, as part of the state's Rural Health Transformation initiative.

Hallandale Beach, Fla. – October 06, 2026 -- NextPlat Corp (NASDAQ: NXPL) has completed its acquisition of an independent pharmacy in a rural community near Pensacola, Florida, for total cash consideration of $1,485,439.

Acquired pharmacy generated $5.6 million in sales last year

The Pharmacy posted approximately $5.6 million in sales for the year ended December 31, 2025. It was profitable, maintained positive working capital, and operated with a debt-free balance sheet at the time of purchase.

Notre Dame, Ind. – October 06, 2026 -- Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are building an AI system called Voice4PIMD to translate the facial expressions, gestures, eye gaze, and vocalizations of nonverbal individuals into text or audio alerts caregivers can act on.

Cary, N.C. – October 06, 2026 -- SAS has been named to Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech 2026 list in the Applied AI category for digital twin technology deployed by Sterilcentral, Denmark's largest medical sterilization provider, to manage instrument flow across seven hospitals supporting roughly 1,000 surgeries daily in the Danish capital region.

St. Louis – – October 06, 2026 -- Americans pay 422% more than patients in other countries for brand-name prescription drugs, according to RAND Corporation data, a gap that prescription-access firm SHARx is now targeting through an athlete-led awareness campaign called Rising Tides.

Fountain Valley, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- Sunshine Retirement Living has closed the sale of Park View Estates, a 150-unit assisted living and memory care community in Fountain Valley, California, with the transaction completed on October 1, 2026.

Los Angeles – – October 05, 2026 -- Vision To Learn has provided 300,000 children in California with free glasses, a milestone marked today at 24th Street Elementary School alongside the launch of a new initiative to outfit every child in Los Angeles Unified's Community Schools.

Minneapolis – October 05, 2026 -- Blue Zones has appointed Brett McClung as Chief Executive Officer and President, tapping a healthcare executive with more than two decades of experience to lead the longevity research company's next growth phase.

Austin – October 05, 2026 -- Function Health has appointed Taj Alavi as its first Chief Marketing Officer, tasking the former Instagram, Uber and Spotify executive with scaling consumer adoption of its preventive health testing platform.