Surgeons Discuss Toric IOL Planning, Focusing on Incisions
In the latest CEDARS/ASPENS debate, leading ophthalmologists examined toric IOL planning with a focus on incision management. They highlighted how modern femtosecond lasers enable 2.4 mm temporal incisions that produce negligible surgically induced astigmatism (SIA), typically under 0.25 D. The discussion emphasized the dominance of the Barrett toric calculator, Zeiss IOLMaster 700, and integrated platforms like Veracity for accurate posterior corneal astigmatism assessment. Advanced lenses such as the Light Adjustable Lens and Apthera small‑aperture lens were presented as solutions for residual refractive errors, especially in post‑refractive or irregular astigmatism cases.
Viz.ai and NRHA Collaborate to Deploy AI in Rural Hospitals
Viz.ai has teamed up with the National Rural Health Association to launch a Rural Hospital & Clinic Partnership Program aimed at narrowing the AI adoption gap in U.S. rural hospitals. Rural facilities are 25% less likely to adopt new technologies...
Pa. City Approves $2.8M 5-Year Ambulance Contract Following Hospital Closure
Chester, Pennsylvania approved a five‑year, $2.8 million contract with nonprofit VMSC Emergency Medical Services to provide ambulance coverage after the bankruptcy‑induced closure of Crozer Heath Hospital. In its first year, VMSC handled 8,324 calls, cut average response times from over 12...
Teleflex Hires Jason Weidman as CEO
Teleflex announced that Jason Weidman, a two‑decade Medtronic veteran who most recently led its coronary and renal denervation business, will become president and CEO on June 8. The appointment comes as Teleflex moves to divest its acute‑care, interventional urology and OEM...
Consumer Health Data’s Regulatory Patchwork Is Growing. Relief Isn’t Coming.
The U.S. health‑data privacy regime is fracturing as HIPAA enforcement wanes and states race to fill the gap with their own laws. Consumer‑facing apps, wearables and AI tools are collecting sensitive information that falls outside traditional covered‑entity rules, creating a...
Aster DM Healthcare Q4 Revenue Jumps 18% YoY to Rs 1,182 Crore
Aster DM Healthcare reported Q4 revenue of Rs 1,182 crore (≈$142 million), an 18% year‑on‑year increase, while operating EBITDA rose 31% to Rs 253 crore (≈$30.5 million) and margins expanded to 21.7%. On a pro‑forma basis that includes Quality Care India Ltd, revenue reached Rs 2,361 crore (≈$285 million)...
Repurpose, Don’t Replace: Three Ways Digital Agents Are Improving Phone Access
Healthcare providers are grappling with long hold times and high call abandonment, with 60% of patients hanging up after a minute. AI‑enabled digital agents are being deployed to handle routine administrative calls, freeing staff for complex, empathetic interactions. Early adopters...
Healthcare AI Governance: Implementing NIST Trustworthy AI and OWASP Security Guardrails
The article outlines how healthcare providers can operationalize AI governance by adopting NIST’s Trustworthy AI characteristics and OWASP’s security guardrails. It advises treating AI risk like any enterprise risk, appointing accountable executives, and building a cross‑functional oversight committee. A balanced...
Hospice Scammer Receives 2-Year Prison Sentence
Alex Alexsanian, 48, received a 27‑month federal prison term for orchestrating a $14 million Medicare fraud scheme involving bogus hospice and diagnostic imaging services. He also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and was ordered to forfeit $3 million. The...
Musculoskeletal Disorders Are Draining Employer Health Budgets — The Workplace Itself May Be the Cause
Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders now represent one of the largest cost drivers for employers, affecting roughly half of workers with company‑provided health plans. Up to $90 billion in avoidable expenses stem from surgeries—many of which are unnecessary—and recurring pain after treatment. The...
Pregnancy Complications Linked to Stress, Heart Risk
Researchers analyzing the nuMoM2b‑HHS cohort found that women who experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes and sustained moderate‑to‑high psychosocial stress showed higher diastolic blood pressure up to seven years after delivery. The study followed more than 3,300 first‑time mothers, identifying three stress‑trajectory...
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re Reading About a Supreme Court Hearing on ‘Skinny Labels,’ AstraZeneca U.K. Expansion, and More
AstraZeneca announced a $400 million investment to complete the Rosalind Franklin building in Cambridge and launch a new digital‑focused laboratory in Macclesfield, reviving UK R&D expansion after the US‑UK trade deal lifted NHS cost‑effectiveness thresholds. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court heard...
GLP-1 Microdosing May Provide More ‘Tailored Approach to Care’
At the 2026 AACE conference, clinical pharmacist Anne M. Komé highlighted off‑label microdosing of GLP‑1 receptor agonists as a strategy to improve tolerability and lower costs for patients. She explained that fractional dosing of drugs such as Saxenda, Victoza, Ozempic...
Roon AI-Native Physician Network Launches to Replace MedTwitter with High-Trust Knowledge Exchange
Roon, an AI‑native digital community founded by former Pinterest executive Vikram Bhaskaran and neurosurgeon Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna, has launched a dedicated platform for verified physicians to exchange clinical expertise. The network, positioned as a high‑trust replacement for the waning “MedTwitter,”...
Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit to Go Ahead
The Northern Ireland health minister announced that a permanent mother‑and‑baby mental‑health unit will be built on the Belfast City Hospital site, with a design team appointed immediately. The unit, slated to open no later than the 2028/29 fiscal year, will...
Cuba Is Running Out of Time. We Need Fuel Now to Save Lives | Francisco Pichón
Cuba is facing a deepening energy crisis that has already forced hospitals to postpone tens of thousands of surgeries and disrupted prenatal, dialysis and cancer care. The shortage of fuel hampers water pumping, food services, ambulance operations and the movement...
Phoenix IVBM Spotlights Oncology Innovation, Access Barriers, and Partnerships
The Institute for Value‑Based Medicine gathered oncology leaders in Phoenix on March 19, 2026 to examine how cutting‑edge therapies move from academic centers to community practices. Panels showed that private‑practice ownership can speed drug adoption, while payer denials and pathology...
WellSky and AutoMynd Launch First Ambient AI Documentation for Personal Care Agencies
WellSky, in partnership with AutoMynd, is launching WellSky Ambient Documentation for Personal Care, an AI‑driven tool embedded in its EHR platform. The solution records spoken client intake data in real time, automatically populating ADL, IADL and preference fields. Early adopters...
Cigna To Exit Obamacare In 2027, Affecting Coverage For 369,000
Cigna announced it will exit the individual Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) market by the end of 2027, affecting roughly 369,000 members across 11 states. The move was disclosed alongside a first‑quarter net income of $1.7 billion, while enrollment in its ACA...
HTN Now: Sharing Best Practices From Success in Health Tech for NHS Trusts
Health tech leaders from the NHS and Restore Information Management gathered to discuss best practices in digital transformation. They highlighted successes such as moving 500,000 patient records to digital platforms, deploying ambient voice technology that added 1,200 notes in a...
BeOne Receives the US FDA Priority Review to Tevimbra Combination for 1L Treatment of HER2+ GEA Cancers
The U.S. FDA granted priority review to BeOne Medicines’ Tevimbra‑Ziihera‑chemotherapy regimen for first‑line treatment of unresectable HER2‑positive gastric, gastro‑esophageal junction and esophageal adenocarcinomas. The decision follows the Phase III HERIZON‑GEA‑01 trial, which enrolled 914 patients and compared the new combos against...
Canada First in G7 to Approve Generic Ozempic
Health Canada has granted approval for the first generic version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, making Canada the first G7 nation to do so. The generic injection, submitted by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, is indicated for once‑weekly treatment of adult...
Federal Zero Trust Advisory Skips Healthcare — But Reads as a Hospital Medical Device Cybersecurity Roadmap
Federal agencies released a 28‑page zero‑trust advisory for operational technology that omits any reference to hospitals, patients, or medical devices. The guidance outlines four OT constraints—availability, legacy infrastructure, minimal logging, and cross‑functional workflows—that map directly onto the challenges of managing...
Specialty Drugs Now Consume over Half of Total Drug Spend
Specialty drugs now represent more than half of total prescription spending, despite treating a relatively small patient pool. A 2024 Pharmaceutical Strategies Group survey shows 43% of employers and health‑plan leaders cite managing specialty drug costs as their top priority,...
RAAS Inhibitors Show Benefits in Pediatric CKD Vs. CCBs
A new comparative‑effectiveness study of 2,762 children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) found that renin‑angiotensin‑aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors significantly outperformed calcium‑channel blockers (CCBs) in preventing progression to dialysis or transplant. Over a two‑year follow‑up, RAAS users had a 42% lower...
Why More People Are Turning to a Career in Speech Language Pathology
Speech-language pathology is emerging as a high‑growth healthcare career, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasting a 15% increase and about 13,300 new openings each year through 2034. The field’s broad scope—from helping children develop speech to assisting adults...
NDMA: A Cancer-Causing Contaminant in Meds and Meat
The FDA has identified the probable carcinogen N‑nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in several high‑volume drugs—including valsartan, Zantac (ranitidine) and certain metformin formulations—prompting recalls and market withdrawals. NDMA exposure limits are set at 96 nanograms per day, yet a half‑chicken breast cooked by...
Trump Administration Move to Reclassify Cannabis Sparks Confusion
The Trump administration issued an order that partially reschedules cannabis, moving products sold under state medical licenses and prospective FDA‑approved cannabis drugs from Schedule I to Schedule III. The change does not affect existing FDA‑approved cannabis pharmaceuticals and leaves the broader recreational...
Unmet Needs and Efficacy Benchmarks in Nail Psoriasis
Nail psoriasis remains a difficult-to-treat manifestation, with topical agents offering little benefit and systemic options historically limited by toxicity. A phase 3b trial of tildrakizumab specifically enrolled patients with nail involvement and achieved the primary endpoint of mNAPSI 75 at week 28, with...
Symptom Progression Slowed in Lewy Body Dementia with Zervimesine
Cognition Therapeutics reported that the oral, brain‑penetrant small‑molecule zervimesine slowed symptom progression in a phase 2 SHIMMER trial of 130 adults with mild‑to‑moderate dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Over six months, patients receiving 100 mg or 300 mg daily showed 52‑86% slower decline...
Laguna Biotherapeutics Reports the US FDA IND Clearance for LGNA-100 to Treat High-Risk Pediatric Leukemias
Laguna Biotherapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted IND clearance for its lead candidate LGNA-100, allowing the company to begin a Phase‑I single ascending dose trial. The study will evaluate safety, tolerability and mechanism of action...
Child Care Is Buckling
President Trump told Easter guests the federal government cannot fund day‑care, Medicaid or Medicare, arguing states should shoulder the cost. The comment comes as child‑care providers across Indiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina and other states report hundreds of closures, cutting more...
Belgian Retailers Are Calling for a Ban on Tobacco Sales
Belgian trade federation Comeos and small‑business group Unizo are urging the government to impose a blanket ban on tobacco sales to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, mirroring the United Kingdom’s recent age‑based prohibition. The push follows a Constitutional Court...
A Time for Metamorphosis
Anthony Guerra, founder of healthsystemCIO, recounts an 18‑month journey embedding AI into his personal and team workflows, highlighting the painstaking disassembly and reassembly required. He stresses that while individual workflow tweaks are hard, scaling AI across inter‑departmental processes in healthcare...
'Two Lives Hang in the Balance': Risky Surgery in the Womb Saved Baby From Deadly Disorder at Just 25 Weeks...
Doctors at Orlando Health performed the first ex‑utero intrapartum treatment (ExIT) at 25 weeks to rescue a fetus with congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS). The team created a tracheal catheter, drained fluid‑filled lungs, and returned the baby to the...
Hepatitis Vaccine Uptake Declining, Liver Disease Could Increase
U.S. hepatitis B birth‑dose vaccination rates have fallen sharply, from 83.5% in 2023 to 73.2% in 2025, after the CDC narrowed its universal recommendation to risk‑based infants—a change temporarily halted by a federal court. The decline coincides with growing vaccine...
FDA Advises Users of Trividia Glucometer to Switch to Alternatives
The FDA has issued a safety communication urging all users of Trividia Health’s True Metrix glucometer to switch to alternative blood‑glucose testing methods. The recommendation follows an error‑code flaw that displays the same E‑5 code for dangerously high glucose levels...
Merck Beats Quarterly Sales Expectations as Keytruda Fuels Growth
Merck reported first‑quarter sales of $8 billion, driven by a 12% increase in Keytruda revenue, surpassing analyst estimates of $7.6 billion. The company posted a loss after taking a $3.62‑per‑share charge related to its acquisition of antiviral developer Cidara Therapeutics. Shares jumped...
Trump’s Beautiful Bill Puts 446 Hospitals At Risk Of Closing. Here’s The Full List
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, 2025, slashing Medicaid and CHIP funding and imposing new work‑requirement rules. A March 2026 Public Citizen analysis flagged 446 hospitals—representing 69,000 beds, 6.6 million patients and roughly 275,000...
Huahui Health and BeOne Medicines Partner for HH160 in a ~$2.02B Deal
Huahui Health and BeOne Medicines have signed a global exclusive option, license and collaboration agreement for HH160, a novel trispecific antibody targeting oncology immunotherapy. Huahui will receive $20 million upfront, $100 million when BeOne exercises its option, and up to $1.9 billion in...
Real World Applicability of Ivermectin vs Permethrin Trial for Scabies
A recent cluster‑randomised trial found oral ivermectin more effective than 5% permethrin cream for treating classic scabies under controlled conditions. The study, however, enrolled participants from well‑resourced health centres and excluded severe dermatological cases, raising questions about its relevance to...
To Catch Colorectal Cancer Early, Advocates Push to Make 'Poop Talk' OK
Colorectal cancer rates are climbing among adults under 50, making it the leading cause of cancer death in that age group. Early‑stage disease is highly preventable through colonoscopies or fecal‑based tests, yet many younger adults avoid screening because of stigma...
EU’s Joint Clinical Assessment System Still Finding Its Footing
The European Union’s Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) system, launched in January 2025, saw its first activation with Ipsen’s Ojemda approval, initiating a 30‑day countdown for a centralized clinical report. Designed to replace duplicated health‑technology assessments across member states, the JCA currently...
Nordic 2026 Survey: Epic Managed Services Transition From Staffing Support to Strategic IT Operating Model
Nordic Global’s 2026 survey shows 61% of healthcare IT leaders now treat Application Managed Services (AMS) as a core component of their IT strategy rather than a supplemental safety net. The study highlights a stark urban‑rural split: 70% of urban...
UK Researchers Develop Tool to Identify People Most at Risk of Obesity-Related Diseases
UK researchers have created Obscore, an AI‑driven risk score that predicts a 10‑year likelihood of 18 obesity‑related diseases using 20 health, lifestyle and demographic factors. Tested on nearly 200,000 UK Biobank participants and two external cohorts, the tool shows that...
Minimal Comfort Feeding Is a New, Controversial Approach in Late Dementia
The article examines "minimal comfort feeding," a controversial approach that provides only enough nutrition to prevent dehydration in patients with late‑stage dementia, illustrated by Linda Lawson’s experience. It contrasts this method with traditional force‑feeding, highlighting the conflict between preserving life...
The Impact of Skilled Professionals on Modern Healthcare
Skilled healthcare professionals—from clinicians to data analysts and care coordinators—are increasingly essential to delivering quality care in a technology‑driven environment. The COVID‑19 pandemic highlighted how roles such as respiratory therapists, epidemiologists, and supply‑chain experts are as critical as physicians for...
How To Create Resilient Health Organizations Through Skilled Management
Resilient health organizations rely on skilled management that blends foresight with adaptability. Formal education, such as a bachelor’s in healthcare leadership, equips leaders with operational, ethical, and decision‑making tools before crises hit. Daily practices—structured communication, performance monitoring, and contingency planning—embed...
A Stitch in Time: Early Intervention for Young People – Promising but Patchy Evidence
Two recent NIHR Policy Research Unit reviews examined complex early‑intervention programmes for mental health in people aged 11‑25. The umbrella review of 21 systematic reviews found strongest evidence for psychosis and eating disorders, while noting gaps for depression, anxiety and...
How a Spinal Cord Injury Can Change the Victim’s Life
A spinal cord injury dramatically reshapes a victim’s physical abilities, daily routines, and emotional wellbeing, often triggering long‑term medical care and financial strain. Injuries typically stem from car crashes, falls, or severe trauma and can result in partial or complete...