Frisco, Texas – October 27, 2026 -- HITRUST has launched IRIDX, an information risk ratings company whose comparative review showed median analyst review time falling 89%, from 5.3 hours to 35 minutes, and median time from evidence submission to completed risk determination falling 99.8%, from 14 days to 35 minutes.

ORLANDO – October 27, 2026 -- GigaOm has named iboss a Leader in its Radar for Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), placing the vendor in the Enduring Innovators quadrant for unified policies and visibility with AI insights.

Leesburg, Va. – October 27, 2026 -- Omnilert has introduced a dual-AI gun detection platform that pairs its primary firearm detection neural network with a secondary Contextual AI, letting customers configure how each detection is evaluated and handled.

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.

St. Louis – October 27, 2026 -- Forty-four percent of U.S. consumers who use AI tools for customer service say the AI has contradicted a company representative or its policies, according to a new survey of 1,000 consumers from support automation vendor Capacity.

The Agentic Consumer Report finds that 55% of respondents have used an AI tool, such as an agent or large language model, to help with a service request. Consumers are equally likely to trust the AI or the company representative when the two give conflicting information.

Chicago – October 27, 2026 -- Meat snack brand Chomps has signed a national partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), committing funds to health and wellness programming that could reach more than 4 million young people a year across 5,500 Clubs.

SALT LAKE CITY – October 27, 2026 -- Thorne converted 80% of its paper batch records to electronic batch records (EBR) in 2026 using MasterControl Manufacturing Excellence (Mx), earning the Manufacturing Excellence Award at MasterControl's 2026 Masters Summit. The October event named four winners of the Masters of Excellence Awards, which recognize MasterControl customers in quality management, manufacturing, asset excellence and innovation.