Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

👇 News

🦷 Orthodontic tech firm 32Co has announced it will launch two new AI features to support dentists. 32Coach is an orthodontic AI education tool and clinical coach, while AI-Powered Proposals supports dentists to generate patient-friendly notes. The two proprietary tools have been built in-house, to address the rising patient demands which is outpacing dentist availability.

📈 OpenHealth has raised a $3 million seed round, supporting it to build the infrastructure needed to turn fragmented lab results into AI-ready data so healthcare providers can track health trends, spot patterns and gain data-driven insights. The round was backed by GoHub Ventures, xdeck ventures, Edenbase and Exceptional Ventures, with renewed support from YZR Capital, Octopus Ventures and calm/Storm Ventures, bringing total funding to $4.3m.

🤝 Everon Group, provider of digital health and care solutions, and Howz, specialists in behavioural monitoring and care analytics, have announced a strategic partnership. The two companies will deliver a platform and reporting suite for housing providers, care homes, local authorities and healthcare services to support them in making faster, better-informed decisions.

🚀 The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) has opened applications for the 2026/27 cohorts of both the US and Middle East Accelerators. The scheme supports UK HealthTech companies to grow and scale in international healthcare markets. Applications close 8 November 2025 for the ABHI US Accelerator and the ABHI Middle East Accelerator.

🦴 Naitive has announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its AI-enabled opportunistic bone health assessment tool OsteoSight. The tool uses standard X-rays to identify cases at risk of low bone mineral density, and fits into existing orthopaedic workflows.

❓Did you know?

Research from Access PaySuite has found that NHS trusts could be missing AI opportunities – in spite of decision makers viewing increased AI adoption as critical to service delivery in the next five years.

Its Censuswide survey revealed that 62% of NHS decision makers see AI as being very important or critical to healthcare delivery in the next three to five years. The key drivers of adoption are user engagement (45%) and wider digital transformation strategies (41%).

However, when looking at the figures for how many trusts have already adopted AI in a significant way, it found just 6% have made significant investments, with just over half (52%) having made some kind of AI investment.

The survey also highlighted that the NHS is trailing behind both the rest of the public sector – where 58% have invested in AI – and the private section – where 83% are investing in the technology, with 45% having a comprehensive strategy already in place.

Giulio Montemagno, managing director of Access PaySuite, said: “This snapshot reveals the opportunity for the NHS to make significant leaps in AI adoption over the coming years. It’s clear that there is great interest across the public sector about the potential for AI to have a transformative impact on service delivery.”

📖 What we’re reading

Imprivata’s report on shared-use mobile devices takes a closer look at the use of mobile devices in healthcare settings and how their use can be maximised for results, while at the same time minimising risks.

‘The 2025 Imprivata State of Shared Mobile Devices in Healthcare Report’, published 16 September 2025, says that 98% of UK health professionals anticipate the use of shared mobile devices to increase in the next two years.

The report found an average saving of £522,000 annually for UK healthcare facilities who used shared-use mobile devices, instead of personal devices for clinical staff. Despite this, and other clinical and IT benefits identified in the report, 47% of organisations have yet to fully implement a policy for the management of such devices, leaving significant gaps in strategy that could pose a risk.

“Without a comprehensive and consistent shared mobile management strategy, privacy risks become a major concern. In fact, 55% of healthcare leaders are not confident that patient data is fully secure on shared devices”, the report reads.

Key security and data privacy risks include staff sharing log-in credentials, devices left signing in and personal devices used as a workaround.

🚨Upcoming events

8 October 2025, Online – Rewired 2026 conference and programme update