SAGA Diagnostics to Present New Pathlight™ MRD Data for Ovarian and Metastatic Breast Cancer at AACR 2026
SAGA Diagnostics will present two abstracts at AACR 2026 showcasing its Pathlight™ structural‑variant‑based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay. In metastatic breast cancer, the test achieved a 77% detection rate, with ultrasensitive reads predicting therapeutic response and preceding radiologic progression. In high‑grade serous ovarian cancer, baseline detection was 94% and ctDNA clearance after chemotherapy correlated with a 50% reduction in recurrence risk. The data highlight Pathlight’s potential as a real‑time, tumor‑informed MRD biomarker across late‑stage cancers.
Boston Health AI Secures Its US Footprint Through Implementation with Avicenna Clinics
Boston Health AI launched its Clinical Intelligence Companion, Hami, at Avicenna Clinics in Houston after a three‑month live deployment. The AI platform now supports patient intake in English, Spanish, Urdu and Arabic, handling histories, documentation, decision‑making and coding. Early patient...
Tech Bills of the Week: Improving Maternal Health; Expanding Access for Disabled Americans; and More
Congress introduced a suite of bipartisan tech‑focused bills this week, ranging from the Tech to Save Moms Act, which expands telehealth and training for maternal health in underserved areas, to an updated 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that...
My Mountain Mover Expands Into Dental with Virtual Assistants Built for Practice Operations
My Mountain Mover, a leading provider of medical virtual assistants, announced its entry into the dental market with a suite of virtual assistants trained for dental practice operations. The new offering covers reception, scheduling, billing and insurance, and practice‑management‑system simulations,...
Humid Air Makes This 3D-Printed Nanogenerator Work Better, Not Worse
Researchers have created a 3D‑printable hygroscopic polymer that captures water molecules, turning high humidity into a performance boost for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). The amide‑based resin, enhanced with 5 wt % sulfobetaine methacrylate, delivers 45.6 µA, 802 V and a peak power density of 48.4 W m⁻²...
Keep Operations Running During EHR Downtime
Healthcare providers now treat electronic health record (EHR) downtime as a recurring operational reality rather than a rare glitch. As core clinical and administrative workflows migrate to digital platforms, manual fallback procedures no longer sustain the speed or accuracy required....
Nanobody Repairs Misfolded CFTR Inside Cells, Boosting Function in Cystic Fibrosis
Researchers at Charité‑Berlin and the Leibniz FMP have engineered a cell‑penetrating nanobody that binds the F508del mutant CFTR inside lung cells, restoring proper folding and chloride transport. In vitro, the nanobody remained bound for at least 24 hours and rescued channel...
Dubai Unveils ‘Hayat’ Initiative to Educate Public on Obesity with Eli Lilly and True Body USA
Dubai has launched the three‑month “Hayat” initiative, a government‑backed program supported by Eli Lilly and True Body USA, to deliver evidence‑based education on obesity. Led by Shahriar Shahir Barzegar of Elegant Hoopoe, the effort combines pharmaceutical research, body‑composition technology and...
Personalized Bioelectrodes Improve Brain Signal Monitoring and Compatibility
Penn State researchers have created 3D‑printed hydrogel bioelectrodes that are customized to an individual’s brain geometry using MRI‑derived models. The honeycomb‑inspired, stretchable design conforms to cortical gyri and sulci far better than conventional stiff, one‑size‑fits‑all probes, delivering higher‑quality electrical signals....
Sona Nanotech Adds Two Oncologists to Advisory Board for Hyperthermia Therapy
Sona Nanotech announced that Dr. Michael Smylie and Dr. Jonathan Trites have joined its Scientific Advisory Board, a move intended to speed up clinical trials for its Targeted Hyperthermia photothermal cancer platform. The hires bring deep expertise in melanoma immunotherapy...
Hc1® CEO, Bradley Bostic Recognized as a 2026 Notable Leader in Health Care for Driving AI-Powered Health System Transformation
hc1® founder, chairman and CEO Bradley Bostic has been added to Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Health Care 2026. The honor spotlights his work using AI‑driven lab data intelligence to lower costs, eliminate waste, and boost efficiency in large...
Medline to Implement Symbotic AI Robots in Healthcare Initiative
Medline Industries announced a strategic agreement to deploy Symbotic’s AI‑enabled robotics across its distribution network, becoming the first healthcare supplier to adopt the technology. The autonomous system will manage inbound and outbound pallets, storage, and order assembly, targeting faster, more...
GE HealthCare, RadNet Expand AI Mammography Collaboration
GE HealthCare is widening its AI mammography partnership with RadNet subsidiary DeepHealth, adding more artificial‑intelligence tools to its Pristina Via system. The expanded pact introduces features such as cancer detection, automated density assessment, and lesion localization, plus an optional secondary‑review...
New HPV Test Kit for At-Home Use Secures FDA Clearance
The FDA has cleared Waters Corporation’s Onclarity HPV Self-Collection Kit, allowing individuals to collect a vaginal sample at home and send it to a lab for analysis with the BD Onclarity HPV Assay. The kit detects high‑risk HPV strains and...
HIMSSCast: Expanding Behavioral Healthcare in the Tech Age
NeuroFlow’s chief operating officer Robert Capobianco highlighted the company’s behavioral health infrastructure platform as a technology‑driven solution to close the mental‑health access gap. He emphasized that digital tools can identify undiagnosed patients, deliver care beyond traditional settings, and support data‑driven...
AI Needs a Reality Check
AI firms are flooding the healthcare market with bold claims, yet none have delivered an approved treatment. The reality check is stark: a Phase 3 trial costs roughly $2 billion and spans a decade, making quick wins unlikely. Owkin’s CEO Thomas Clozel...
Ransomware Attack Continues to Disrupt Healthcare in London Nearly Two Years Later
In June 2024 a Qilin‑linked ransomware attack on Synnovis crippled blood‑testing services across South East London, forcing hospitals to cancel surgeries and postpone thousands of appointments. More than 18 months later South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) still...
AI Restores Voices Through Microscopic Neck Movements
Researchers at POSTECH have unveiled a soft multiaxial strain‑mapping sensor that reads microscopic neck movements to reconstruct speech in real time. The wearable device pairs a miniature camera with AI algorithms to translate subvocal muscle activity into the user’s own...
UCI Health Names Chief AI Officer
Deepti Pandita, MD, has been appointed chief medical informatics and AI officer at UCI Health in Orange, California. Pandita, who joined the system in 2023 as vice president of clinical informatics and chief medical information officer, will now oversee the...
ARPA‑H’s ‘1 Cure’ Program Bets Smarter Design Can Expand Cancer Care to More People, Faster
ARPA‑H has launched the 1‑Cure program to create a universal radiotherapy platform that, together with smart biomaterials and AI‑driven treatment planning, can treat dozens of cancer types with a single, low‑cost approach. The technology aims to expose tumors to the...
California’s Rural Health Transformation Plan, Focus on Workforce and Telehealth Expansion
California’s Rural Health Transformation Program (CalRHT) has been awarded roughly $233.6 million for fiscal year 2026, part of a $50 billion federal initiative to overhaul rural health care. The state’s three‑pillar plan targets hub‑and‑spoke care networks, workforce development, and a digital‑health overhaul...
AI for Mental Health Monitoring Shows Promise but Faces Bias and Privacy Barriers, Umbrella Review Finds
An umbrella review of 29 systematic studies finds AI tools can detect depression, anxiety and suicidal risk with 78%‑92% diagnostic accuracy, and multimodal systems surpass 89%. The analysis highlights AI’s promise for early detection, real‑time monitoring and expanding care to...
Medicine's Next Leap: Delivering Gene Therapies Exactly Where They're Needed
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have shown that small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can be selected based on their cell of origin to deliver siRNA therapeutics precisely to kidneys and the brain. In mouse models of chronic kidney disease, sEV‑mediated...
Scientists Find Unexpected Immune Pathways for mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Scientists at Washington University demonstrated that mRNA cancer vaccines can elicit potent anti‑tumor T‑cell responses even when the classic cDC1 dendritic cell subset is absent. Using mouse models lacking cDC1, cDC2, or both, they showed that cDC2 cells also prime...
How Patients Are Using AI to Find Healthcare Providers in 2026
Patients are now starting their care journey by asking AI models, not search engines. Recent surveys show roughly one‑quarter of U.S. adults used a health‑focused chatbot in the past 30 days, and 14% skipped a doctor visit after AI advice—about...
UMC El Paso Cuts ED Boarding by Half with Dashboards
University Medical Center of El Paso deployed real‑time TeleTracking dashboards to overhaul patient‑flow management. By embedding daily discharge and length‑of‑stay metrics into leadership and frontline workflows, the hospital shifted from retrospective reporting to proactive decision‑making. The initiative drove inpatient length...
Sheila Busheri Launches Scholarship to Boost Future HealthTech Leaders
Healthcare executive Sheila Busheri announced the Sheila Busheri Scholarship, a new award that will support at least one pre‑med or medical student each cycle. The essay‑driven program, with a Jan. 15, 2027 deadline, seeks to cultivate leaders who will advance medical access...
Apple Watch Sleep Score Drops for Users 65+, Doctors Advise Calm
Apple’s Watch sleep‑tracking algorithm now shows reduced scores for users over 65, driven by higher sleep fragmentation. Health experts say the dip reflects normal age‑related changes, not a device fault, and urge seniors not to panic.
Substrate AI Hires Harness Engineers to Scale AI‑native BPO SaaS for Healthcare Claims
Substrate AI announced new hires for harness engineers to accelerate its AI‑native business process outsourcing (BPO) SaaS platform focused on healthcare revenue cycle management. The company, which already processes over 500,000 claims each month, aims to improve agent precision and...
Commonwealth Growth Strategies for UK and European HealthTech Companies
The Commonwealth Growth Strategy 2026 creates a unified policy framework that pushes digital health infrastructure across the UK, Europe and Commonwealth markets such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the UK, the NHS 10‑Year Health Plan and mandatory value‑based procurement force...
AI Wristband Reads Muscles, Directs Robots Like Hands
MIT engineers built an AI wristband that controls robots by reading your hand muscles. It works by using an ultrasound to capture images of the muscles and tendons in your wrist. An AI algorithm then translates those images into the exact position...
Secure Genuine Champion Buy‑in Before Launching Digital Health
The Digital Health implementation almost blew up in our face as the Department Chief walked out in frustration halfway through our Kick Off meeting. With 20+ stakeholders watching, it couldn't have gone any worse. We had gotten brought into a health...
HIMSS Advocates for Consistent Nationwide AI Regulation
HIMSS is urging the U.S. government to adopt a single set of AI guardrails that ensure safety and trust across the healthcare sector. The organization’s public‑policy principles, outlined by Jonathan French, call for nationwide standards to eliminate a patchwork of...
Human‑scale Data Aims to Close Drug Trial Gap
90% of drugs that enter clinical trials fail. A big part of why: the models they're based on weren't trained on human biology. Mouse data, non-representative cell lines, sparse perturbation coverage. The gap between in silico predictions and what actually happens...
Could Alzheimer’s Begin in the Nerves, Not the Brain?
University of Central Florida researchers used a human‑on‑a‑chip neuromuscular‑junction model to show that familial Alzheimer’s mutations can impair peripheral nerves and muscle connections independent of the brain. The study demonstrates that balance and gait problems in Alzheimer’s may originate in...
How Technology Is Helping Healthcare Teams Spend Less Time on Non-Clinical Tasks
Healthcare providers are increasingly turning to technology to offload non‑clinical tasks that drain clinician time. Remote billing specialists, AI‑driven scribing, automated scheduling and website chatbots are among the tools gaining traction. These solutions promise to reduce documentation errors, cut call...
TRACERx MRD Results Showcase ppmSeq’s Ultra-Sensitive ctDNA Detection at AACR
Ultima Genomics unveiled ultra‑sensitive ctDNA detection using its ppmSeq platform at AACR, presenting six abstracts including a plenary on TRACERx MRD data. A pilot of 50 plasma samples demonstrated analytical sensitivity at low single‑digit parts‑per‑million, while independent studies showed >99.9%...
MeitY Selects 10 AI Startups, Including Health‑tech Firms, for Second IndiaAI Cohort
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced the selection of ten artificial‑intelligence startups – two of them health‑tech focused – for the second cohort of the IndiaAI Global Acceleration Programme. The cohort will undergo a three‑week online prep...
Abbott Beats Q1 Sales, Raises FY26 Outlook After Exact Sciences Deal
Abbott Laboratories reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $11.16 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $1.15, a 6% year‑over‑year rise. The company updated full‑year guidance to 6.5%‑7.5% comparable sales growth and $5.38‑$5.58 adjusted EPS, reflecting the $3 billion sales contribution and $0.20...
Hospices’ Top Questions About AI
Hospice providers are rapidly adopting AI to streamline operations and support clinical decisions, with 36% naming predictive analytics as their top technology investment for 2026. The rollout spans functions from scheduling and documentation to medication management and family communication. However,...
Taiwanese Universities Unveil Green Nanorod Sensor Platform with 0.21 µM Detection Limit
Researchers from National Central University and National Taipei University of Technology have built a green nanorod‑based electrochemical sensor that detects adrenaline at a limit of 0.21 µM. The platform uses coffee‑acid reduction to embed rhenium nanoparticles in hollow ZnMn₂O₄ microspheres, offering...
AssureCare CEO on the AI-Powered Platform Unifying Patient Engagement Across Healthcare
AssureCare has launched Aktivate, an AI‑powered patient engagement platform that unifies data, communication channels, and decision‑making across providers, payors, pharmacies, and care teams. The platform orchestrates outreach, using real‑time insights to deliver the right message at the right time and...
Article Intro - White Paper on Surgical Robot Certification
TÜV SÜD has released a detailed white paper on global market entry for surgical robotics, highlighting how the EU Medical Device Regulation now governs these systems and how the forthcoming AI Act will add another compliance layer. The paper outlines...
Essential AI Visual Guide for Modern Physicians
A visual guide to machine and deep learning subtypes that is from our npj Digital Medicine paper: A short guide for medical professionals in the era of artificial intelligence. In that, we aimed to create a short, visual and digestible repository...
AI and Cheap Sequencing Will Unlock Health Risk Genomics
Our use of genomic data is woefully minimal for establishing health risks but the low cost of sequencing along with improved AI analytics can get this moving forward. Nice example here
New Bioengineered Patch Makes Its Own Oxygen to Heal Wounds and Grow Tissue
Researchers at UC Riverside and Rowan University unveiled a self‑oxygenating tissue patch, the Smart Self‑Oxygenating Tissue (SSOT) system, that creates oxygen on‑demand via low‑voltage electrolysis in a conductive hydrogel called BioGel. The BioGel incorporates a choline‑based ionic liquid, boosting stiffness...
Priority 5G & Satellite Keeps Transplant Teams Connected
Organ recovery can’t wait for congestion to clear. T-Mobile 5G priority access and satellite-enabled connectivity keep transplant coordinators connected. In healthcare and public safety, keeping voice and data connected under load saves lives. @T_Priority Partner https://t.co/ERwgYj7N0x
Share Your Health Data Instantly, No More Paper Forms
pumped for @flexpa. flexpa ensures you never have to fill out another clipboard at a doctor's office again. it's your health data, and now you can share it with any application you want in a few clicks or with just...
‘Bad-Vaxx’ Game Aims to ‘Inoculate’ Kids Against Vaccine ‘Misinformation’
The "Bad Vaxx" video game, launched last year, uses inoculation theory to teach children to resist vaccine misinformation. Researchers published in Scientific Reports claim the game improves players' ability to spot manipulation and reduces sharing of false content. Funding comes...
Epic's AI Suite Crowds Out Third‑Party Tools in Healthcare
My new Substack: Epic, the leading EHR vendor, has released >100 AI tools. Choosing them over third-party tools has become the safe choice for many health systems. I explore why, and the bigger questions: can – and should – something be done about...