3 Pillars Shaping the Future of Pharmacy
Penn Medicine is redesigning its pharmacy model around three pillars: patient‑centric access, clinical integration, and technology‑enabled care. The health system is moving services from fixed locations to home‑based and digital touchpoints, aiming to cut barriers like prior‑authorization delays and improve medication adherence. Pharmacists are being embedded across inpatient, ambulatory and specialty settings, while technicians take on automation and coordination tasks. An AI‑driven platform now streamlines prior authorizations, freeing staff to focus on direct patient care and cost‑saving initiatives.
Tandem Recalls Mobi Insulin Pumps over Software Malfunction
Tandem Diabetes Care issued a Class I recall for its Mobi insulin pump after a software defect was found to falsely detect motor failure, stopping insulin delivery and cutting communication with continuous glucose monitors and the mobile app. The FDA’s enforcement...
Affordable Telemedicine Solutions Ease Staffing and Budget Strains
Staffing shortages + tight budgets = tough decisions. Telemedicine can help—if you choose the right platform. We break down budget-friendly options hospitals are actually using. 👇 https://t.co/rCm5j8wrKg @telespecialists @VSee @TeladocHealth @TeleMed2u @EagleTelemed #HITSM
MAHA Institute Names Chief Data Strategist Focused On Interoperability Issues
The MAHA Institute, a policy hub backing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Agenda," has appointed health‑technology executive Jaime Bland as its chief data strategist. Bland’s mandate centers on improving patient access to medical records and establishing...
Conavi Medical Secures FDA Clearance for Hybrid IVUS‑OCT Imaging System
Conavi Medical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its next‑generation hybrid intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The device delivers simultaneous, co‑registered imaging and advanced lesion‑stent analysis, positioning it as a potential game‑changer...
Dell Couple Gifts $750 Million to Build AI‑Native Hospital at UT Austin
Michael and Susan Dell have pledged $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin to fund a new AI‑native hospital and research campus slated to open in 2030. The gift, the largest private donation to a U.S. medical‑research institution, aims...
How to Choose the Best Video Systems for Health Care
Video systems are reshaping health‑care delivery by enabling real‑time telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and specialist collaboration across distributed teams. Selecting the right platform requires balancing HIPAA‑level security, seamless EHR integration, high‑definition video quality, and scalable architecture. Leading vendors such as...
Full Coverage: HIMSS26 European Health Conference & Exhibition
At HIMSS26, European health leaders emphasized that validation—not ambition—is the primary driver of digital health investment, as recent NHS maturity assessments demonstrate. Emerging clinical informatics roles such as CNIOs and digital midwives are bridging technology and bedside care, while Italy’s...
AI in Rural and Critical Access Healthcare: Closing the Technology Gap
Rural and critical access hospitals lag behind larger systems in adopting generative and agentic AI because half operate at a deficit and have thin IT staff. Experts recommend starting with narrow, revenue‑cycle problems such as claim‑denial processing, where AI can...
Re: Palantir: NHS Pilot’s “Success” Is Questioned as Second Figure at Major Trust Is Linked to the Tech Giant
Palantir Technologies' NHS pilot has come under fire after a Westminster Hall debate where health minister Dr Zubir Ahmed reiterated the company's claim that more than 100,000 additional patients were helped to undergo procedures. A retired GP, Nick Mann, wrote...
The AI Therapy Crisis: Why the AMA Is Urging Congress to Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
The American Medical Association has written to the Congressional AI and Digital Health Caucuses urging lawmakers to impose strict regulations on mental‑health chatbots. While acknowledging AI’s potential to broaden access to care, the AMA warns that unregulated bots can encourage...
CDRH Director Tarver Previews AI Guidance at AAMI Event
At the AAMI neXus conference, FDA CDRH Director Michelle Tarver announced that final guidance on AI lifecycle management will be issued later this year, building on the draft released in January 2025. The guidance will codify requirements for representative training...
Sutter Health Wins AMA Joy in Medicine Bronze, Launches Physician Wellness Initiatives
Sutter Health has been awarded the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine Bronze recognition and is rolling out initiatives, including AI tools, to lessen physicians’ administrative burden. The move underscores a growing emphasis on systemic well‑being for doctors and patients...
Optimizing Clinical Workflows with Rapid Diagnostic Integration
Rapid diagnostic tools are reshaping clinical workflows by delivering test results within the same patient visit, eliminating days‑long delays. Integrated point‑of‑care platforms streamline data flow, reduce paperwork, and enable clinicians to make immediate treatment decisions. The market for these solutions...
Omada Adds Continuous Support to GLP‑1 Prescriptions
Too many GLP-1 patients get only a script, and not a strategy. @OmadaHealth is changing that by pairing GLP-1 prescribing with continuous, between-visit support from day one through discontinuation. Learn more: https://t.co/crIf2pMtCK https://t.co/N9Rrxq1RFD
Quest Analytics Appoints Mike Cavan as Chief Commercial Officer to Drive Revenue Growth
Quest Analytics announced the appointment of Mike Cavan as Chief Commercial Officer, tasking him with overseeing sales and marketing and aligning go‑to‑market strategy with customer outcomes. Cavan brings more than three decades of healthcare technology experience, including senior SaaS roles...
Graphium Health Unveils Capture AI to Automate Patient Data Capture
Graphium Health introduced Capture AI, a generative‑AI platform that automates patient data capture and processing, promising to eliminate costly system integrations for hospitals and health networks. The launch targets a long‑standing bottleneck in digital health workflows.
Cardiologist Makes ‘Magic,’ Performs First Procedure in US with New-Look Ablation Catheter
Stereotaxis' Magic Magnetic Interventional Ablation Catheter received FDA clearance in January 2026 and was used for the first U.S. procedure this month at Oregon Health & Science University. Electrophysiologist Dr. Nathan McConkey employed the robotically navigated, magnet‑guided catheter to treat...
Understanding CGM: What It Measures and Its Accuracy in Sports
There are many questions around the use of CGM in sport. What does CGM measure? How accurate is it? What can it tell us? etc. In this blog, Professor Michael Riddell and I provide an overview of CGM. Read here: https://t.co/shkcDJqVnW...
We Need More Radioactive Drugs. Can We Make Them From Nuclear Waste?
A new wave of radiopharmaceutical cancer treatments is driving unprecedented demand for radioisotopes, prompting companies to extract them from legacy nuclear waste. Researchers at the UK National Nuclear Laboratory are refining radioactive lead from stored waste, while firms like Belgium’s...
Secure, Connected Health Systems Need APIs, Identity, Testing
APIs, identity, patient matching, data sharing trends, and bold ideas like routine EHR downtime testing—so many smart points in one place. Thinking about how to build more trustworthy, secure, and connected systems? ⬇️ 🔗 https://t.co/rzpgNz6fqO @DirectTrustorg #Interop #HITSM
4 Practical Steps to Trust Diagnostic Results
Laboratories can secure trustworthy diagnostic data by addressing pre‑analytical variability through four practical steps: mapping failure points, standardizing sample preparation, reducing particulate‑related instrument issues, and documenting quality controls. The article highlights that 46‑68% of lab errors arise before analysis, jeopardizing...
Phoenix Children's Boosts Post-Cardiac Arrest Health with Dashboard
Phoenix Children’s Hospital built a real‑time clinical dashboard that flags pediatric patients admitted after cardiac arrest and tracks six evidence‑based care priorities. Each morning the system emails a concise alert showing temperature, blood pressure, EEG, ECHO and other metrics, allowing...
Personalized CRISPR Poised to Become Standard Care
How individualized CRISPR genome editing can go from rare, expensive use to broader accessibility and a standard of care by @UrnovFyodor and Sadik Kassim @Nature https://t.co/ddc5ASPPAK https://t.co/GOFneIyuai
Intuitive Surgical Lifts 2026 Outlook for Da Vinci Robot Procedure Growth
Intuitive Surgical reported a strong first quarter, posting $2.77 billion in revenue, a 23% year‑over‑year increase, and $822 million net income. Da Vinci robot placements rose to 431, driving a 16% rise in procedures and prompting the company to lift its 2026 outlook...
Neuromodulation and Nerve Ablation for Chronic Pain with NeuroOne CEO Dave Rosa — Episode 252
NeuroOne Medical Technologies, led by veteran CEO Dave Rosa, is advancing minimally invasive electrodes that combine nerve ablation, neuromodulation, and direct drug delivery for conditions like epilepsy and chronic pain. Rosa, who has spent three decades at firms such as...
Curve Biosciences Announces Key AI and Clinical Advancements of Whole-Body Intelligence for Chronic Diseases
Curve Biosciences announced two major milestones: its genomic AI foundation model will be presented at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and its Whole‑Body Blood Test demonstrated strong performance in a real‑world liver cirrhosis monitoring study. The study enrolled...
VR Therapy Shows Promise for IBS Treatment
Most people think of VR as gaming. In clinic, we’re using it to help patients manage IBS—alongside meds and diet. We’re looking forward to presenting results from our first IBS randomized controlled trial at #DDW26 in Chicago Non-drug therapies are having a moment. @DDWMeeting...
Real-Time Enrollment: Covered California Scales Google Cloud AI to Transform CalHEERS
Covered California is expanding its partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to revamp CalHEERS, the state’s health insurance eligibility platform, using Google Cloud’s Document AI. The AI automates verification of 25 document types, cutting manual processing by 40% and...
Smartwatches Detect Incomplete Recovery Days After Patients Feel Better, Study Finds
A study of 4,795 smartwatch users tracked heart rate and HRV to define "digital recovery" after COVID‑19, influenza and strep infections. While patients reported feeling better within days, moderate‑to‑severe COVID cases required more than 60 additional days for physiological metrics...
Synthetic Smart Proteins that Function as Biological Switches
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology have used artificial‑intelligence design to create synthetic proteins that function as programmable biological switches. The engineered proteins combine receptor and reporter domains, enabling them to detect small molecules, peptides or nucleic acids and generate...
Rules-Based Systems Provide Clinical Accuracy Guardrails
Medicomp Systems CEO David Lareau argues that deterministic, rules‑based AI models act as safety nets for large language models (LLMs) used in clinical documentation. While LLMs generate rich, probabilistic text, they can also produce inconsistent or erroneous statements. Rules‑based systems...
Fitbit Redesigns Sleep Score with Detailed Metrics, Actionable Tips
Fitbit has launched a public preview of a redesigned Sleep Score that breaks the rating down into six specific metrics, including total sleep duration, time to sound sleep, and restlessness. The new view offers transparent, data‑driven insights and actionable tips,...
5 Clinic Tech Upgrades That Improve Workflow
Healthcare clinics can boost outpatient efficiency by making targeted hardware upgrades rather than overhauling entire IT systems. Mounting dedicated tablets at check‑in consolidates registration, signatures, and payments, while adjustable kiosks improve digital intake capture and privacy. Standardizing staff devices—often through...
Wearable Noise Is Exploding — Trust Is the Filter
Consumer wearables have evolved from simple fitness accessories into continuous health monitors, flooding the system with unprecedented physiological data. Clinicians, however, are hesitant to rely on these streams because provenance, validation, and accountability remain unclear. Without clinical‑grade validation, wearables stay...
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Is First in Region to Offer Sedation-Free Evaluation of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in Children
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has become the first South Florida facility to offer sedation‑free transnasal endoscopy (TNE) for pediatric patients, using EvoEndo’s single‑use system. The TNE procedure evaluates the upper gastrointestinal tract without the need for anesthesia, IV lines, or prolonged...
Trust, Technology and the Future of Interoperability: Solving Problems That Impact Real Lives
Healthcare interoperability remains a critical bottleneck, with missing data causing delays, medication errors, and higher readmission rates. Research shows a 79% jump in 7‑day readmissions when discharge summaries aren’t shared promptly. The 2025 CMS Interoperability Pledge, built on TEFCA and...
Readers Write: Two Curves, One Hospital Server Room: Why On-Prem AI in Healthcare Is Inevitable
The article argues that on‑prem artificial intelligence will become a standard component of hospital IT infrastructures. It cites regulatory pressure, patient‑data privacy, and the need for sub‑second response times as primary drivers. While hardware costs are falling thanks to commodity...
Emma the Joke-Telling Robot Cracks up the Care Home: Paula Hornickel’s Best Photograph
In July 2025 a German care home in Albershausen piloted Emma, a toddler‑sized social robot with googly eyes and a knitted red hat. The robot tells jokes, remembers conversations and recognizes faces, quickly engaging residents who are often isolated. Developed...
Northwestern Longevity Clinic Launches Gait‑Based ‘Circuit Breaker’ Study to Gauge Biological Age
Northwestern University's Longevity Clinic has begun the ‘Circuit Breaker’ study, employing gait analysis to estimate participants’ biological age. The initiative seeks to compare age metrics across U.S. and Japanese cohorts while focusing on historically underserved groups.
Deep‑Learning Model Cuts Coronary Plaque Analysis to 11 Seconds, Predicts Cardiac Events
Researchers at Nanjing Medical University unveiled PlaqueSegNet, a deep‑learning model that reduces coronary plaque analysis from 19 minutes to under 11 seconds per patient and predicts major adverse cardiac events. The study, covering 2,013 CCTA scans from 17 Chinese hospitals,...
Perpetuals (NASDAQ: PDC) Extends BayesShield AI Into Healthcare to Address the Root Cause of Diagnostic Errors
Perpetuals (NASDAQ: PDC) is launching BayesShield Clinical, extending its BayesShield AI from finance to healthcare to pinpoint physicians with the strongest diagnostic performance. The tool tackles the U.S. problem of roughly 795,000 deaths or permanent disabilities each year from diagnostic...
Amazon Launches GLP‑1 Weight‑Loss Program, Targeting $25‑Per‑Month Market
Amazon introduced a GLP‑1 weight‑loss service through its One Medical unit, combining virtual and in‑person care with pharmacy fulfillment, pricing drugs such as Wegovy at $25 per month for insured patients, marking a strategic push into healthcare that could boost...
Medical AI Lacks Proof of Patient Care Benefits
On the lack of compelling evidence that medical AI is improving patient care, and what to do about it, a @NatureMedicine editorial https://t.co/kQiN6L2ai7 https://t.co/zhae0bFZ8R
Virus‑Bursting Nanostructured Surfaces Ready After Decade of Research
Scientists have unveiled a virus‑bursting nanomaterial that mimics insect wings, physically rupturing viral particles on contact. The breakthrough, published in Advanced Science after ten years of work, promises an eco‑friendly alternative to chemical disinfectants for healthcare and public‑transport settings.
Lumeris Launches Native Audio for Tom Platform to Address US Primary Care Physician Shortage
Lumeris has launched Native Audio for its Tom primary‑care‑as‑a‑service platform, embedding Google Cloud’s Gemini native‑audio models to enable real‑time speech‑to‑speech interactions. The feature aims to alleviate the U.S. primary‑care crisis, where roughly 100 million adults lack a regular provider and a...
Founders Everywhere: Akash Magoon
Adonis, an AI‑powered revenue‑cycle platform for U.S. hospitals, announced a $40 million Series C round led by Quadrille Capital. The company aims to automate claim submission, denials and appeals, boosting net collection rates into the upper 90s and halving payment cycles. Founder...
Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care
Eleos launched an agentic AI suite at NatCon 2026, adding Clinical Insights, Revenue Cycle Management, and Compliance tools for community‑based care. The platform embeds a HIPAA‑compliant AI co‑pilot into existing workflows, addressing a "shadow IT" crisis where 57% of providers...
Video Wednesday
On April 22, 2026 the blog posted a short video showcasing the da Vinci SP surgical robot. The clip demonstrates the platform’s single‑port design, 3‑D high‑definition imaging, and articulated instruments that operate through a single incision. The da Vinci SP,...
AI Is Spitting Out More Potential Drugs than Ever. This Start-Up Wants to Figure Out Which Ones Matter.
10x Science, a biotech AI startup founded by former Stanford researchers, announced a $4.8 million seed round led by Initialized Capital. The company’s platform combines deterministic chemistry algorithms with AI agents to automatically interpret mass‑spectrometry data, turning raw spectra into actionable...