Horalix Begins AI Echocardiography Pilot at UKC Maribor

NEWS | April 13, 2026 | Maribor, Slovenia

UKC Maribor began piloting Horalix’s AI-assisted echocardiography software on April 13, 2026, bringing the platform into a major Slovenian hospital.

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Since 13 April 2026, UKC Maribor in Slovenia has been piloting Horalix’s Echocardiology_App, an AI-assisted software platform designed to support echocardiography analysis and structured cardiology reporting. The pilot places Horalix inside a major European hospital environment and allows its technology to be evaluated within real clinical workflows under physician supervision.

Horalix begins a cardiology software pilot at UKC Maribor

Horalix has expanded its clinical footprint beyond Bosnia and Herzegovina through a hospital pilot at University Medical Centre Maribor, commonly known as UKC Maribor.

The pilot began on 13 April 2026 and involves Horalix’s Echocardiology_App, the hospital-facing cardiology application within the broader Horalix platform.

The software is being piloted as a workflow-support tool for echocardiography, a form of cardiac ultrasound used to examine the structure and function of the heart.

This milestone represents an important stage in Horalix’s development. Instead of being evaluated only through internal demonstrations or controlled tests, the software is being used within the operational environment of an established European healthcare institution.

What is UKC Maribor?

UKC Maribor is one of Slovenia’s largest public healthcare institutions, providing secondary and tertiary medical care to patients from Maribor and the wider northeastern region of Slovenia.

According to the hospital, UKC Maribor operates approximately:

1,316 hospital beds
270 outpatient clinics
60,000 treated patients annually
More than 390,000 annual outpatient visits
Approximately 3,360 staff members

The hospital also operates a dedicated University Department of Cardiology and Angiology.

For Horalix, a pilot in an institution of this scale is significant because hospital software must perform reliably within real clinical and technical constraints. These include existing imaging systems, physician workflows, data handling requirements, reporting processes, and day-to-day operational demands.

What is being piloted?

The pilot focuses on Horalix’s ability to support the echocardiography workflow after cardiac ultrasound images have been acquired.

Horalix is designed to process echocardiography studies and assist with tasks such as:

Organizing cardiac ultrasound studies
Extracting structured cardiac measurements
Supporting the review of heart chambers and cardiac function
Preparing standardized, report-ready outputs
Reducing repetitive post-acquisition measurement work
Keeping clinicians responsible for review and final approval

The system is intended to support cardiologists rather than replace them.

Horalix does not independently make clinical decisions. Measurements and generated outputs must remain reviewable and verifiable by qualified medical professionals before they are used in a final report or patient-care decision.

Why a hospital pilot matters

A hospital pilot tests more than whether an artificial intelligence model can produce an output.

It helps determine whether the complete software platform can fit into a real clinical environment. This includes evaluating:

Installation and deployment
Compatibility with hospital infrastructure
DICOM image handling
Workflow usability
System reliability
Processing performance
Structured reporting
Physician review and verification
Data-security and privacy requirements
Technical support and software updates

These operational factors are essential for any medical software company seeking to move from a promising prototype to a dependable hospital solution.

The UKC Maribor pilot gives Horalix the opportunity to collect practical feedback from an environment where echocardiography is part of everyday patient care.

Supporting faster and more structured echocardiography workflows

Echocardiography studies can require cardiologists and sonographers to perform numerous manual measurements before preparing a complete clinical report.

Horalix is developing its CardiologyAI platform to reduce this repetitive workload. The system analyzes cardiac ultrasound data, extracts more than 50 relevant measurements, and prepares structured information for clinician review.

The objective is not to automate medical judgment. It is to automate suitable parts of the workflow surrounding that judgment.

For hospitals and cardiology departments, this may support:

Faster report preparation
More consistent documentation
Reduced repetitive measurement work
Better-structured clinical information
More time for physician interpretation
Easier review of previous studies

Any performance or workflow benefits observed during the pilot must be assessed carefully and should not be presented as proven clinical outcomes before the evaluation is completed.

A major step in Horalix’s European expansion

The Maribor pilot is a strategically important milestone because it places Horalix inside the Slovenian healthcare system and demonstrates the company’s ability to deploy beyond its home market.

For a Sarajevo-based medical AI company, working with a hospital in Slovenia creates valuable experience in:

Cross-border software deployment
European hospital workflows
Multilingual healthcare environments
Medical data integration
Institutional procurement requirements
Technical support for clinical users
Long-term hospital partnerships

This experience can help Horalix improve its product for other hospitals, cardiology departments, and diagnostic clinics throughout Europe.

What is Horalix Echocardiology_App?

Echocardiology_App is the cardiology-focused software application being piloted at UKC Maribor.

It is designed to support the processing, analysis, review, and reporting of echocardiography studies. It forms part of Horalix’s broader work in AI-assisted clinical workflow software and cardiac ultrasound analysis.

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Is the UKC Maribor pilot a completed clinical validation?

No. A pilot is an evaluation within a real operational environment.

It allows Horalix and participating clinical teams to assess workflow compatibility, usability, reliability, and areas for improvement. Any final claims about clinical performance, efficiency gains, or broader deployment should be based on documented pilot results after the evaluation has been completed.