Early Detection of Keratoconus Enhanced by Light Polarization and AI
Researchers at Seoul National University have unveiled a portable eye‑screening system that combines polarization‑sensitive imaging with a deep‑learning algorithm to spot keratoconus at its earliest stages. The device captures subtle birefringence patterns in the cornea, which the AI model classifies with 96% accuracy across a multi‑center clinical trial of over 10,000 eyes. Early detection enables interventions such as corneal cross‑linking before significant vision loss occurs. The technology, funded by the Korean Health Ministry, is slated for regulatory review later this year.
Best Red Light Therapy Devices of 2026, Tested and FDA-Cleared
Red‑light therapy’s market is booming, growing from $421 million in 2024 to $444 million in 2025 and projected to reach $658 million by 2032. CNET tested five FDA‑cleared devices across facial, eye, hair‑growth, neck and full‑body categories, highlighting Shark CryoGlow’s combined LED‑cryotherapy mask,...
Singapore: AI to Strengthen Community-Based Ageing Support
Singapore has launched NANA, an AI‑powered voice assistant that conducts regular check‑in calls with seniors and alerts care staff to potential issues. The tool, developed by Lions Befrienders, can converse in local languages and generate concise summaries after each interaction....
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AI Is Already Reading Your Dental X-Rays and You Probably Have No Idea [PODCAST]
In a KevinMD podcast, Dr. Sowjanya Gunukula explained that artificial intelligence is already being used in dental practices to analyze radiographs and provide predictive risk assessments. AI software automatically color‑codes cavities and bone loss on X‑rays, acting as a tireless second...
Innovative Nanoparticle Technique Advances Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers have unveiled a novel nanoparticle‑based imaging agent that markedly improves early detection of pancreatic cancer. In pre‑clinical trials the probe identified tumors as small as 2 mm, delivering a 30% sensitivity boost over conventional CT scans. The technology earned FDA...
Oura Unveils Menopause Insights, Birth Control Tools, US Open Partnership
Oura introduced two new hormonal health features for its Ring: a birth‑control support tool embedded in the Cycle Insights suite and a Menopause Insights module that uses a proprietary questionnaire and biometric data to assess symptoms. The company also sealed...
Validated Quality Signals Will Drive Digital Health Adoption
The Digital Medicine Society’s DiMe Seal and the CARIN Code of Conduct are being adopted by CMS to highlight high‑quality digital health apps for Medicare beneficiaries. By attaching these validated quality signals to apps, CMS can surface trustworthy solutions amid...
DiMe and CARIN Alliance Helping Apps Get Into the Medicare App Library
DiMe (Digital Medicine Society) and the CARIN Alliance are collaborating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to define security and trust standards for apps seeking inclusion in the Medicare app library. The partnership aims to create a...
Stroke Prevention Devices for TAVR Fail to Make an Impact
A new meta‑analysis of eight randomized trials involving more than 11,000 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients found that cerebral embolic protection devices (CEPDs) did not significantly lower overall, disabling, or non‑disabling stroke rates. Roughly half of the participants received...
E-Scopics Announces New FDA Clearance for Hepatoscope® With Expanded Capabilities in Managing Liver Disease Complications, Advanced Elastography Imaging Features, and...
E‑Scopics announced FDA clearance for enhancements to its Hepatoscope® platform, adding a dedicated spleen exam workflow and upgraded 2D transient elastography (2DTE) that complies with IEC 63412‑1. The device now runs on macOS laptops with Apple M3 chips and integrates HL7 FHIR R4...
San Francisco Dental Implant Center Unveils New Educational Series on Smile Improvement
San Francisco Dental Implant Center announced the launch of a new educational blog series that explains how modern dental implants can improve smiles and reduce social anxiety. The content, authored by oral surgeon Dr. Alex Rabinovich, highlights titanium implant technology,...
Execs Map Path From AI Pilots to Enterprise Value, Targeting $1 B+ Gains
Chief executives at Willis Towers Watson, iRhythm and Scotts Miracle‑Grove outlined how early‑stage AI pilots are being turned into enterprise‑wide platforms. They highlighted 40 AI use cases, 85% pilot accuracy and $0.5 million in cost savings, while warning that regulatory and...
Nutex Health Q1 Profit Jumps 120% to $46.8M on Rising Demand for Digital Health Services
Nutex Health, Inc. posted a first‑quarter profit of $46.81 million, more than double the $21.22 million earned a year earlier, while revenue rose 2.2% to $216.49 million. The results underscore accelerating demand for the company’s biotech‑adjacent digital health platform.
Techcyte Raises $15M to Expand AI Diagnostics Platform
Techcyte closed a $15 million funding round led by Van Tuyl Companies to scale its AI‑powered Fusion platform. The round brings strategic partners such as Zoetis and the Mayo Clinic, granting access to a 17 million‑slide dataset. Fusion integrates anatomic and clinical pathology,...
RFK Jr. Wants Stakeholders To Show Real-Time Prices Ahead Of Final Regulation
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging health‑care providers and health‑IT firms to deploy Real‑Time Pharmacy Benefit Technology (RTPBT) immediately, rather than waiting for formal rulemaking. RTPBT enables patients to see the exact out‑of‑pocket cost of prescription drugs at...
Noninvasive Proton Beam Therapy Safe for VT Ablation: Early Series
A first‑in‑human feasibility study at Mayo Clinic showed that noninvasive proton‑beam radioablation can be delivered safely to patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT). Seven high‑risk patients underwent meticulous imaging‑guided planning and received a single proton dose, with no acute cardiac...
It’s Time to Take Genetic Testing Off the Pedestal
Genomic testing, once a specialist‑only tool, is now technologically mature and affordable, yet it remains underused in routine care. Advances in sequencing speed, AI‑driven interpretation, and large data sets have removed most technical barriers. Patients are increasingly seeking molecular insights,...
Registration Opens for Virtual CMS Event on Interoperability
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opened registration for a virtual event focused on health‑care interoperability, inviting over 1,000 hospital and health‑system leaders. The event will showcase a new CMS‑FDA collaborative pathway designed to accelerate market entry for...
AI, Gene Therapies Drive Market Trends in Eye Care
In 2026 the ophthalmology market is being reshaped by gene‑therapy breakthroughs and the emergence of agentic AI, according to Boston Consulting Group’s Long Sha. Gene‑based treatments are moving beyond rare retinal disorders into chronic conditions such as wet age‑related macular...
AI Is Forcing Even Insurance’s Most Cautious Players to Move Fast
AI is reshaping the insurance and healthcare sectors at a speed unprecedented for an industry built on caution. Jake Sloan, Appian’s VP of global insurance, highlighted that insurers can now move from pilot projects to full production in weeks, not...
Battery-Free Skin-Conformal Wearable System Can Measure Electrocardiogram Signals
A research team led by Prof. Jerald Yoo at Seoul National University unveiled SkinECG, a skin‑conformal wearable that records electrocardiogram signals without a battery. The device uses an Orthogonal Energy Harvesting Network to wirelessly deliver power harvested from multiple on‑body...
Faster and Easier Ways to Diagnose Mpox: New Approaches Improve Detection
A review in *Trends in Biotechnology* outlines new point‑of‑care (POC) diagnostic platforms for Mpox, highlighting isothermal amplification, CRISPR‑based assays, biosensors and AI‑enhanced lesion imaging. The authors argue these tools can approach PCR sensitivity while eliminating the need for complex labs....
Smart Shoe Reveals Hidden Injury Causes, Not Just Pace
OK, so here's a piece of tech I've been really enjoying-- Most running apps shows you pace and heart rate. This shoe shows you why you keep getting injured. The data it collects is kind of insane.
TMDX’s OCS Tech Drives Rapid Adoption, Pressures Valuation
$TMDX reports Tuesday after the close This is the only company on earth that keeps a donor heart, lung, or liver beating outside the body Not a metaphor... the organ stays warm and oxygenated e2e The number to watch on Tuesday isn't rev,...
CMS Bets on Tech as US Healthcare Hits ‘Inflection Point’
CMS deputy administrator Chris Klomp told the Chamber of Commerce that the U.S. health system is at an inflection point and urged private‑sector innovators to bring commercial tech solutions to Medicare. He highlighted two new CMS initiatives: the ACCESS Model,...
Rewrite Enterprise Software: Software Factory Delivers Critical Care Success
A good example of why it’s time to rewrite all of your enterprise software. This specific company is a public, multi billion dollar revenue company who manages critical care for millions of patients. Lots of regulations, lots of safety and...
OTC Hearing Aids Offer Affordable, Game‑changing Solution
More hearing aids? Yes, because lots of folks have mild hearing loss, and OTC solutions are affordable and, honestly, game changing. This time I'm looking at the new Techmi FacePro OTC Hearing Aids in this demo and review: https://t.co/W0GUOshnHY #hearing...
Maine Health System Lays Off 38 IT Staff After EHR Upgrades
Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston is cutting 38 IT positions as it retires legacy systems and rolls out a new Epic MyChart portal for patient scheduling. The layoffs follow Prime Healthcare Foundation’s February acquisition, which has already begun modernizing the...
Employers Can Bridge GLP‑1 Coverage Gaps with Integrated Care
GLP‑1s are changing lives. Coverage realities have not caught up. GLP‑1 Flex Care at @OmadaHealth gives employers a way to pair cash‑pay GLP‑1 access with clinical evaluation, medical oversight, and behavior change on one platform — so support does not disappear...
OracleHealth Backs Standardized Prior Authorizations to Cut Costs
The @OracleHealth team proudly supports efforts to establish a more consistent, standardized approach to prior authorization. With this initiative, we can help reduce complexity, lower administrative costs, and better meet patient needs. https://t.co/XI1SKbNmQU
Trice Imaging Accelerates Growth in Women’s Health Sector
Trice Imaging unveiled a suite of upgrades to its FDA‑cleared Tricefy platform, adding dynamic reports synced with growth charts, expanded patient history capture, and a revamped Single Sign‑On security module. The company announced new market‑access partnerships with ModMed’s synapSYS and...
Questioning High Drug Prices and Transparency of New Tech
Oh okay. Just like TrumpRx, which charges patients more for many common drugs. Let’s see some data on how well this technology works and how transparent it really is.
Clean Data Drives Success in Healthcare M&A
1 in 5 healthcare orgs went through M&A between 2015 and 2020. But success depends on more than cost-cutting—it depends on clean, accessible data. See how Harmony Healthcare IT can help: https://t.co/qJlZ72g01S @HarmonyHIT #ViVE2026 #HITSM
Spring Health Joins TIME100, Spotlighting Digital Mental‑Health Influence
Spring Health, the AI‑native mental‑health platform, was named to TIME's 2026 TIME100 Most Influential Companies and listed among the publication's 10 Most Influential Wellness Companies. The honor highlights the company's decade‑long push for continuity of care across employers, insurers and...
Embodied AI Enables Fully Autonomous Surgical Procedures
excited about this. embodied AI unlocks the ability to perform surgery completely autonomously. @r_mcguire @dylanmcguir3 are absolute maniacs. proud to be backing them early. the future of surgery is bright.
Proper Hospitality Launches Longevity‑Focused Retreats as $48 Billion Market Grows
Proper Hospitality introduced a longevity‑centered wellness program at its Santa Monica Proper Hotel, partnering with Hundred Health to offer on‑arrival blood draws that assess more than 160 biomarkers. The move reflects a broader surge in luxury longevity‑clinic tourism, a market...
One Mississippi Health System's Journey to a System-Wide Epic EHR
South Central Regional Medical Center launched a system‑wide Epic electronic health record across five sites, tackling fragmented legacy systems and data silos. The "Race to Epic" framework aligned clinicians, administrators, and IT staff around clear milestones, shared accountability, and intensive...
Nanit Study Finds Sleep‑Tracking Apps May Harm Infant Sleep, Fueling Orthosomnia Concerns
Nanit analyzed data from more than 100,000 families and concluded that excessive reliance on sleep‑tracking apps correlates with poorer sleep outcomes for babies aged 0‑8 months. Dr. Natalie Barnett, Nanit’s VP of Clinical Research, cautioned that parental obsession—termed orthosomnia—can stress...
High‑Intensity Exercise Cuts Sleep Disruptions in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
Researchers at Texas A&M University discovered that high‑intensity exercise dramatically lowers sleep disruptions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, with each extra second of vigorous activity trimming sleep disturbances by nearly a fifth of a second. The finding, based...
IRhythm Q1 Revenue Jumps 25.7% to $199.4M as Wearable ECG Demand Holds Strong
iRhythm posted $199.4 million in first‑quarter revenue, up 25.7% year‑over‑year, as demand for its wearable ECG platform stays robust. The company narrowed its GAAP net loss to $13.9 million but flagged ongoing regulatory scrutiny, including an FDA warning letter and a pending...
Accountable Care Leaders Spotlight Next Phase of AI at NAACOS 2026 Spring Meeting
At the NAACOS Spring 2026 meeting in Baltimore, leaders highlighted the transition of AI from pilot projects to operational tools across accountable care organizations. CMS announced a voluntary health‑tech ecosystem that standardizes identity‑verified data exchange and links patient‑facing AI apps...
Pharmacy Deliveries Take Flight: Can Drones Solve America’s Pharmacy Access Gap?
Drone delivery of medications is moving from pilot testing to early operational use across the United States. Federal Aviation Administration Part 135 certification now permits beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight flights, enabling compensated, temperature‑controlled shipments to remote patients and health‑system hubs. Studies estimate between 15.8 million...
The Cyborgs Commeth - EP 69 Connor Glass
In this episode, host Ashley Vance talks with Connor Glass, co‑founder and CEO of Phantom Neuro, about the company’s sub‑dermal neural interface that lets amputees control prosthetic limbs using muscle‑derived electrical signals—offering a less invasive alternative to brain‑computer interfaces like...
How BJC HealthCare Got Better at Advanced Care Planning Discussions
BJC HealthCare, a 14‑hospital system, built a machine‑learning algorithm to flag patients at high risk of dying within 30 days and trigger opt‑out advanced care planning (ACP) conversations. By standardizing provider training and embedding the workflow across inpatient, ICU, primary‑care...
Physics-Guided Network Eliminates Honeycomb Artifacts in Fiber Endoscopy
Researchers have unveiled SGARNet, a physics‑guided neural network that eliminates honeycomb artifacts in lensless multi‑core fiber endoscopy. By analyzing the hexagonal core lattice’s frequency signatures, the system embeds a SpectralGate module that selectively filters artifact‑related spectral peaks while preserving image...
Q&A: AI Platform Targets Clinical Chart Insights Beyond LLM Limits
Dyania Health’s Synapsis AI platform tackles clinical chart review by answering precise, context‑driven questions rather than producing generic summaries. The system was built on roughly 25,000 physician‑annotated hours and is designed to surface nuanced signals for care decisions, trial eligibility, and...
CAQH Index Finds $20 Billion in Cost Savings Opportunities
The 2025 CAQH Index, which surveys 600 provider organizations covering 63% of insured lives, estimates over $20 billion in cost‑saving opportunities if automation of medical and dental workflows is expanded. Electronic prior‑authorization adoption rose to 40%, while other electronic processes remained...
From Resistance Training to Robotic Surgery, New ASBrS Research Points Toward More Personalized Breast Cancer Care
Four studies presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons meeting highlight a shift toward less invasive, patient‑centered breast cancer care. A three‑month supervised resistance‑training program boosted strength and body composition across lumpectomy, mastectomy and axillary‑dissection patients. Data showed that...
AI Access Gaps Persist: Lower‑SES Americans Less Aware, Use Less
A study of >10,000 Americans documents AI inequalities, lack of awareness and usage among lower SES https://t.co/1s8EMg933Y https://t.co/6BA6p7g2zW
How Expert Radiology Scaled a National Teleradiology Practice
Expert Radiology Management Services, founded in 2020, has built a national subspecialty teleradiology network that now spans all 50 states, 350+ imaging facilities, and a 26‑physician team. By adopting RamSoft’s PowerServer with PowerReader, the practice achieved sub‑6‑second study loading and...