By Ivor Campbell – Wherever two or more MedTech start-up founders gather, the conversation follows the same depressingly familiar pattern. In the breakout areas and coffee bars of conferences and symposiums around the world, these identical stories unfold among our brightest scientific minds.

By Leigh Poland – At first glance, the April 1, 2026, ICD 10 update from CMS and NCHS looks deceptively quiet. ICD 10 CM adds no new diagnosis codes, retires none, and leaves the Official Coding Guidelines untouched. It reads like a maintenance cycle, but that surface-level stability masks a more meaningful shift.

Remote monitoring makes evidence-based practice more dynamic. It brings nursing judgment closer to the patient’s daily reality. It also raises the bar for education, protocols, and technology design. The strongest programs treat devices as tools, while keeping the nurse-patient relationship as the core operating system. When that balance holds, connected care expands the reach of nursing science and improves how early interventions land.

By Freddie Sanchez – The recent Canvas data breach sent shockwaves through education, but it’s a situation all too familiar for those of us in healthcare. For years, our industry has consistently been a top target for bad actors, and that trend is unlikely to change anytime soon.