ECRI Spins Off Supply Tech Company
ECRI has spun off its healthcare spend and recall management unit into a new independent company called Staritas. Staritas will deliver data‑driven supply chain intelligence, leveraging AI and real‑time analytics used by nearly 90% of top U.S. hospitals and providers in more than 70 countries. The platform can uncover up to $13 billion in annual savings for health systems. ECRI says the separation lets it double down on patient safety and clinical guidance.
Amazon One Medical Launches Nationwide GLP-1 Management Program Integrated with Primary Care
Amazon One Medical has launched a nationwide GLP‑1 obesity management program that embeds weight‑loss drugs within a full primary‑care model. The service, linked to Amazon Pharmacy, offers insurance‑backed pricing as low as $25 a month and cash‑pay options starting at...
New Patient Chatbot Tackles AI's Failing Triage Accuracy
Japanese startup Ubie launched Ubie Consult, a free AI‑driven chatbot that guides patients on whether to self‑manage or seek professional care. Built on a large language model trained with peer‑reviewed medical literature and clinical guidelines, the tool flags high‑risk symptoms like...
Creating Smart Hospital Rooms with Computer Vision
Artisight is deploying computer‑vision technology to turn hospital rooms into smart, sensor‑rich environments. The system continuously watches patient movement and vital signs, instantly alerting nurses to falls, wandering or medication mismatches. Early pilots show a 30% faster response to critical...
How Computer Vision Fits Into a Smart Hospital Room
Artisight’s Chief Nursing Officer Karie Ryan outlined the company’s ambient intelligence platform that fuses audio, video, sensor data and computer‑vision algorithms into a single smart hospital room. The solution continuously monitors patients and staff, automatically detecting safety risks such as...
Google's 'Fitbit Air' Will Reportedly Compete with Whoop for 24/7 Health Tracking
Google is preparing to launch a new fitness tracker dubbed Fitbit Air, a screen‑less, thin band designed to compete directly with Whoop’s 24/7 health monitoring devices. The device is expected to retail for about $100 and arrive on May 16,...
Robotic Cataract Surgery Opens Path for Millions
this is so exciting to see a robot just performed the first complete cataract surgery on a human patient, with no surgeon's hands on the tools and no general anesthesia cataract surgery is where the eye's clouded lens gets swapped for an...
Randomization Inside a Medicare Payment Model, It's Really Cool
The CMS Innovation Center’s ACCESS Model launches a ten‑year, national test of outcome‑aligned payments for technology‑enabled chronic care, offering fixed payments of $90 to $420 per beneficiary across four disease tracks. A distinctive feature is the 90:10 randomization of eligible...
AI Could Turn $30B Healthcare Data Into Value
We spent $30 billion digitizing American healthcare. It got used for billing. New Lifers episode with @Farzad_MD, physician, former National Coordinator for Health IT, and CEO of @AledadeACO, on what went wrong, and why AI might finally fix the incentives, with...
Alesi Surgical Raises £7M to Clear the Air in Operating Theatres with Next-Gen Smoke Management Tech
Alesi Surgical announced a £7 million ($9 million) funding round led by IW Capital to accelerate its Ultravision smoke‑management platform. The technology uses electrostatic precipitation to clear surgical smoke up to 225‑times faster than conventional suction, already deployed in over 50,000 minimally...
Dayton Children’s Whitlock Says TEFCA Trust Model Needs Stronger Guardrails to Stop Data Misuse
In this episode, Dayton Children’s CIO J.D. Whitlock discusses the challenges of TEFCA’s trust model, highlighting how inadequate guardrails have allowed patient data to be misused for non‑clinical purposes, exemplified by the Health Gorilla lawsuit. He explains the complex governance...
Med-Tech Tourism Startup CureMeAbroad Raises Pre-Seed Round
CureMeAbroad, an AI‑first medical‑tourism discovery platform, closed a $600 K pre‑seed round backed by five angel investors. The funding will accelerate development of its AI cost estimator, clinical‑matching models, and a multilingual patient‑intelligence layer. The startup already hosts a directory of...
Eli Lilly to Acquire Kelonia Therapeutics in $7 B Cash Deal
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire Cambridge‑based Kelonia Therapeutics for up to $7 billion in cash, including an undisclosed upfront payment. The deal adds Kelonia’s in‑vivo gene‑delivery platform and its lead candidate KLN‑1010 to Lilly’s oncology portfolio, and sent Lilly’s shares up 2.5%...
EClinicalWorks CEO Charts AI‑Driven Overhaul of EHR Workflows
eClinicalWorks CEO Dr. Rahul Patel announced a comprehensive AI strategy that will embed real‑time intelligence into its electronic health record platform, promising faster decision‑making while safeguarding reliability and patient safety. The plan targets ambulatory practices nationwide and positions the company...
Chinese Researchers Propose Saliva Test to Detect Stomach Cancer Early
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine have pinpointed 20 bacterial species that appear in both the mouths and stomachs of gastric‑cancer patients. Their study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, proposes a non‑invasive saliva test that could identify...
Where Utah’s Experiment with AI Doctors Is Headed Next
Utah has launched a regulatory sandbox that lets AI-driven health platforms prescribe medications under physician oversight, a move that bypasses typical federal restrictions. The state allocated roughly $5 million to attract startups such as Babylon Health and AIMD for pilot programs...
NIPT in 2026: How AI and Next-Gen Sequencing Are Changing Prenatal Screening
Non‑invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in the UK is being reshaped by next‑generation sequencing and artificial‑intelligence algorithms. AI‑driven analysis lifts the positive predictive value for trisomies to roughly 88%, while proprietary enrichment steps like Focus Plus increase fetal DNA fractions 3.6‑fold, slashing...
ConcertAI Launches Cadence Suite to Accelerate Patient Access to Life-Changing Therapies
ConcertAI has launched Cadence Suite, an AI-native platform for pharma commercial and field teams to proactively identify and resolve patient access barriers. The suite unifies specialty pharmacy, claims, and social determinants of health data into a single view, enabling real‑time...
From Access to Engagement: Reimagining the Consumer Experience in Behavioral Health
Behavioral health providers have expanded access through telehealth, portals, and peer services, yet consumer engagement remains weak. Recent surveys of providers and patients reveal that cumbersome intake processes and limited post‑visit interaction cause drop‑off during the critical early weeks of...
Transforming Crisis Response: Direct EMS Radio Access for Peer Support Teams in Marion County
Marion County, Florida, has embedded peer support specialists directly into the EMS radio system, allowing real‑time dispatch alongside fire and ambulance crews. The change lets behavioral‑health professionals engage individuals at the moment of overdose or crisis, rather than after hospital...
EMI Filter for High-Field MRI Systems and Sensitive Imaging Processes From EMIS
EMIS has launched the MF420-2CF-M MRI filter, a specialized EMI/RFI filter for high‑field MRI suites. The filter delivers attenuation up to 10 GHz, protecting power and data lines entering shielded rooms. Its design features threaded conduit connections, a discharge bleeder resistor,...
Please Don’t Trust Your Chatbot for Medical Advice
Recent peer‑reviewed studies across BMJ, JAMA Network Open, and Nature Medicine reveal that popular AI chatbots—including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI—frequently generate inaccurate, hallucinated, or overconfident medical advice. The BMJ audit found nearly half of responses were highly problematic, while...
MyChart’s 250 Deep Links Reveal Limits of Data‑Only Portals
Everyone has strong opinions about MyChart. I decided to stop speculating and take a look under the hood. The MyChart APK declares roughly 250 deep links covering everything from geofenced appointment check-in to payer-to-payer data exchange to bedside tablet pairing. The...
AI Misses Primary Diagnosis Over 80% of Time
AI fails at primary patient diagnosis more than 80% of the time, study finds 🔗https://t.co/EauFgd4tJC 🌐 #DHPSP #DigitalHealth https://t.co/VjsiqaFfkS
Medicare: CMS’s Use of Data Analytics to Identify and Prevent Fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is leveraging data analytics to detect and stop Medicare fraud, focusing on anomalous billing patterns and spikes. Using these tools, CMS suspended payments and revoked enrollment for 15 providers tied to a...
Regulatory Hurdles, Not Tech, Slow Biotech Breakthroughs
"We need 6 'AlphaFold' moments to compress the drug delivery timeline from 10yrs to a few months" -Demis Yes and the FDA will still take 10yrs to approve it. Safetyism has throttled biotech unnecessarily and the only way to accelerate is to...
PSMA PET and the Evolving Imaging Landscape in Prostate Cancer
In the 2026 prostate cancer guidelines, PSMA‑PET is elevated to an indispensable imaging tool, expanding beyond initial staging of unfavorable intermediate‑risk and higher‑risk disease to cover biochemical recurrence, including second recurrences. The modality now informs decisions on oligometastatic identification for...
MyChart Unpacked
The author performed a static inspection of Epic’s MyChart Android application package, uncovering roughly 250 custom deep‑link URLs that route users directly to specific screens. By decompiling the APK, the analysis reveals a richer feature set than the typical web‑based...
Work Stress or Late-Night Overthinking? 10 AI-Powered Apps to Boost Mental Health
AI‑powered mental‑health apps are emerging as affordable, 24/7 alternatives to traditional therapy, especially for younger users facing stigma and cost barriers. The article highlights ten platforms, from culturally tuned Indian apps like Wysa to research‑backed tools such as Woebot, each...
Dr-Julian to Provide Online Mental Health Platform for North East and North Cumbria
Dr-Julian has secured funding from the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board to launch a 24/7 online mental health platform. The initiative is part of the region’s £19 million (≈$24 million) WorkWell programme aimed at reducing unemployment caused by...
Study Finds Digital Pacifiers Paired with Off‑Screen Routines Cut Child Stress
Researchers S. Andic and F. Başbuğ published a study in Pediatric Research showing that digital pacifiers, when paired with short off‑screen routines, significantly reduce physiological stress markers in children and caregivers. The hybrid approach outperformed either digital or analog methods...
Avricore Health Achieves Milestones and Outlines UK Expansion Roadmap for HealthTab™ Platform
Avricore Health announced that its HealthTab point‑of‑care platform screened over 3,500 patients in community pharmacies across North East and North Central London, completing 2,295 HbA1c tests at 57 locations in a single month. The company unveiled "The Path Forward" roadmap,...
Oracle Health Gains CMS Aligned Network Status and Launches QR‑Based Patient Intake
Oracle Health secured CMS Aligned Network status and unveiled a QR‑code patient intake solution powered by CLEAR1, targeting the elimination of paper check‑in. The move aligns with CMS’s “Kill the Clipboard” push and is already live at AtlantiCare, signaling a...
Google’s Fitbit Air Screens Out the Watch, Aims at $99 Entry‑level Market
Google has previewed a new screen‑less Fitbit Air fitness band priced around $99, slated for a mid‑May launch. The device drops a display in favor of continuous background tracking and ties into a rebranded Google Health platform, signaling a strategic...
M42 Study Leverages 500,000 Genomes to Spot Vision‑Loss Risks in UAE
M42 announced that analysis of more than 500,000 Emirati genomes uncovered around 100 genetic drivers of inherited eye disease. The partnership with Abu Dhabi's Department of Health demonstrates how massive genomic datasets and AI can shift eye care from treatment...
Turn Off Your Sleep Tracker
The essay critiques the wellness boom around sleep trackers, highlighting how they can foster orthosomnia—anxiety over achieving perfect sleep—and often provide inaccurate data. It argues for viewing personality as fluid traits rather than fixed types, which eases self‑criticism and improves...
New Blood Test Aims to Spot Liver Scarring Before It Paves the Way to Cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed a blood test that analyzes cell‑free DNA fragments with a machine‑learning model to identify early‑stage liver fibrosis, a reversible precursor to cirrhosis and liver cancer. In a study of 423 participants, the assay detected...
Wearables May Render Lab HR Max Tests Obsolete
In the age of wearables and digital platforms, are one-off lab test based HR max determinations a thing of the past? https://t.co/1xTqyugldW
AI Could Help NHS Clinicians Diagnose Childhood Sleep Apnoea, Study Finds
Seluna, a Glasgow‑based health‑tech firm, piloted its cloud‑based AI autoscoring software on 500 retrospective paediatric sleep studies from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The algorithm flagged severe sleep apnoea with 100% accuracy, while mild and moderate cases were identified with...
Continuous AI Biometric Identification: Why Manual Patient Verification Is Not Enough!
Patient misidentification remains a pervasive safety and cost issue in U.S. healthcare, with up to 12% of electronic health records duplicated and clinicians reporting frequent errors. Traditional wristband and verbal checks are prone to human error, prompting a shift toward...
AI Restores Voice by Reading Neck Muscle Movements
Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology have created an AI‑driven neck sensor that reads microscopic muscle and skin movements to convert silent speech into audible voice. The device combines a miniature camera with silicone markers in a multiaxial...
How Motor Architecture Shapes Surgical Hand Tool Performance
Portescap’s new white paper highlights motor architecture as a pivotal early‑stage decision for surgical hand‑tool design. It breaks down four core architectures—slotted, slotless, brushless DC and core‑less brushed—showing how each influences torque density, vibration, speed range and thermal management. The...
Philippe Pouletty, Carvolix
Physician‑entrepreneur Philippe Pouletty, founder of Carvolix, is launching AI‑driven tools for cardiology, including a decision‑support system and a robot that places transcatheter heart valves. The company also plans a robotic device to remove brain clots. Pouletty previously founded Abivax, a...
Investors Sound Off on BCI Hype, Regulatory Risk, and the AI Gold Rush
At the 2026 Bioelectronic Medicine Forum, investors highlighted regulatory uncertainty, reimbursement clarity, and the need for translational funding as critical hurdles for brain‑computer interface (BCI) startups. Panelists warned that founders who market their technology as a platform before validating a...
AI Companions Developed for Lonely Students in Australia
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have built two prototype AI companions, Tom and Mia, to help university students cope with loneliness. The chatbots, designed in English and Mandarin, were co‑created with Chinese student input and incorporate safeguards...
Skin-Conforming Electrodes Improve Comfort in Long-Term Heart Monitoring
Researchers at NC State and UNC have created a skin‑conforming, gel‑free polymer electrode for ECG monitoring. The device incorporates a conductive polymer and surfactant into a POMaC elastomer, delivering adhesive, comfortable wear while matching the signal quality of commercial patches....
Conavi Medical Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Hybrid IVUS‑OCT Imaging System
Conavi Medical announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its next‑generation hybrid intravascular ultrasound‑optical coherence tomography system, positioning the company for a U.S. commercial rollout in the second half of 2026. The clearance opens a pathway into a global intravascular imaging market...
Hippocratic AI Debuts AI Front Door and Nurse Co-Pilot Voice Assistants for Hospitals
Hippocratic AI introduced AI Front Door, a unified voice‑based patient interface, and Nurse Co-Pilot, an inpatient nurse assistant, both built on its Polaris safety architecture. Early pilots at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and collaborations with Cleveland Clinic and OhioHealth signal a...
Wearable Platform Pioneers Predictive Healthcare Coaching
Setting up the future of predictive healthcare with @indiranegi She is building a wearable platform to set up fitness coaching of the future. Sign up at https://t.co/Rejf83rr0M An interesting hour talking about wearable sensors and more. https://t.co/MlgOrrhZ5L
Cleveland Clinic Partners with Luminai to Automate Operations Across 23 Hospitals
Cleveland Clinic has entered a strategic partnership with AI startup Luminai to deploy its three‑layer automation platform across the system’s 23 hospitals, serving over 15 million patients. The move targets the $1 trillion administrative burden that slows care and inflates costs, beginning...