Lab-Grown Oesophagus Restores Pigs’ Ability to Swallow
Scientists at University College London have engineered bio‑grown oesophageal segments using patient‑derived stem cells and implanted them into minipigs, restoring normal swallowing. The grafts were seeded onto decellularized scaffolds, covered with a biodegradable mesh, and integrated functional muscle, nerves, and blood vessels over a six‑month period. Five of eight pigs survived the full study, demonstrating durable tissue function despite initial scar formation. The work offers a potential minimally invasive alternative to current surgical repairs for long‑gap oesophageal atresia and cancer‑related damage.
OpenClaw Enables Continuous Self‑Prompting AI for Healthcare
Some experts do not think OpenClaw is relevant to AI in healthcare. They are wrong. OpenClaw represents us phase shifting in the way we relate to AI systems again. We are moving past promting a chatbot to ask a question so...
Inside One VC’s Litmus Test for Investable Healthcare AI Startups
Katie Jacobs Stanton, former Yahoo, Google and Twitter executive, transitioned into healthcare investing after a stint as CMO at Color Genomics. In 2019 she founded Moxxie Ventures, focusing on early‑stage AI‑driven health companies such as Dandelion Health, Pharos Health, Luminai...
How PreSeed Is Tackling the Sperm Donor Shortage
PreSeed Fertility launched a recruitment and matching platform to address the stark gap between the over 100,000 U.S. families searching for sperm donors and the roughly 1,500 donors currently registered. The service pairs families with a concierge specialist and provides...
Why EHR Implementations Fail Without Operational Leadership
Electronic health record (EHR) implementations are often treated as pure technology projects, yet they represent enterprise‑wide operational transformations. In multi‑clinic health systems, divergent intake, documentation, and billing processes create hidden complexities that surface after go‑live when operational leadership is absent....
FDA Clears 2 New MR-Guided Breast Biopsy Tools
The FDA has cleared Mammotome’s Mammotome Prima MR Dual Vacuum‑Assisted Breast Biopsy System and its HydroMARK Plus MR biopsy site marker, marking the first in‑room MR‑guided biopsy solution. The system positions the vacuum‑assisted device beside the patient in the scanner, reduces...
How Lifepoint Health Is Addressing Incidental Findings at Enterprise Scale
Lifepoint Health partnered with AI‑driven Eon to launch the Eon Breast platform, extending incidental‑finding management across its 80‑hospital network. The solution consolidates screening and incidental alerts, enabling early detection of breast and other cancers and has been deployed in 53...
FDA-Approved Surgical Aortic Valve Implanted for First Time in US
Corcym’s next‑generation Perceval Plus LANCELOT surgical aortic valve received FDA approval in May 2025. In September 2025, a CHI Health team performed the first U.S. implantation, and the patient fully recovered. The valve adds laser‑cut leaflets, thread holes, and a zero‑pressure fixation...
Critical Access Hospital Builds Epic Hub for Rural Providers
Aspen Valley Health, a Colorado critical access hospital, has become an Epic host for other rural providers through Epic’s Community Connect program. After abandoning a large‑system partnership in 2017, the hospital implemented Epic independently and now ranks near the top...
Could Data From 100 Million Species Help Cure Disease? One Startup Is Betting on It
Basecamp Research announced the launch of its Trillion Gene Atlas, a project to collect and model genomic data from over 100 million species, expanding known genetic diversity a hundred‑fold. Backed by $85 million in venture funding, the initiative partners with Anthropic, Ultima...
Perplexity Debuts Consumer Health AI Agent in US
More news on the health front. And oh boy, be careful... -> Perplexity launches Perplexity Health agent in US "Perplexity is preparing to enter the consumer health AI space with Perplexity Health, a dedicated section within its app that would...
Where AI Can Make the Biggest Impact in Healthcare
Intel’s latest discussion highlights AI‑powered care navigation as a solution to fragmented patient journeys, especially for complex diagnoses. The conversation, featuring Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack and Intel’s Alex Flores, underscores how legacy IT systems and data silos impede...
Canaccord Slashes Neuronetics Target to $3 as New CEO Takes Helm
Canaccord lowered its price target for Neuronetics (NASDAQ:STIM) to $3 from $7, maintaining a Buy rating as the stock trades around $1.18, down 75% year‑to‑date. The downgrade coincides with the appointment of Dan Reuvers as CEO and a mixed fourth‑quarter...
Perplexity and b.well Connected Health Partner for AI-Powered Medical Records Search
Perplexity AI has partnered with b.well Connected Health to let users securely link their electronic health records to the search engine. b.well’s extensive FHIR‑based network spans over 2.4 million providers and 350+ health plans, providing cleaned, standardized data through its 13‑step...
Large Specialty Practice Uses Agentic AI to Strengthen Patient Engagement
Dermatology Partners, a large physician‑owned dermatology group, deployed EliseAI's agentic voice AI to handle its 2,000‑4,000 daily inbound calls. The system integrates with AdvancedMD and Modernizing Medicine EHR, allowing the AI to schedule appointments and capture simple clinical tasks. Early...
How Biometrics and QR Codes Will 'Kill the Clipboard'
CMS is piloting a new patient‑centric data exchange model that uses biometric authentication to unlock electronic health records and QR codes to transmit them securely. Amy Gleason, administrator at U.S. DOGE Service and CMS strategic advisor, outlined how the approach...
Building the Military Health System’s AI Ecosystem
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has launched a five‑year data strategy to create a secure, interoperable AI ecosystem for the Military Health System. Partnering with Red Hat, DHA is building cloud‑native infrastructure, data lakes, and governance frameworks that can safely scale...
Direct Nervous System Link Promises More Natural Leg Prostheses
Researchers at Chalmers University decoded leg movement intentions directly from peripheral nerves of above‑knee amputees using ultrathin neural implants and a spiking neural network AI. The system accurately identified knee, ankle and toe motions and provided bidirectional sensory feedback through...
A Neuroadaptive VR System for the Treatment of Arachnophobia
Researchers at Graz University of Technology unveiled VRSpi, a neuroadaptive virtual‑reality system that reads EEG and heart‑rate signals to automatically adjust spider exposure intensity. The prototype uses frontal alpha asymmetry to gauge real‑time anxiety, ensuring stimuli are neither too weak...
Building Agent Studio: How Medable Is Using Agentic AI to Accelerate Clinical Trials
Medable has launched Agent Studio, a no-code/low-code platform that lets pharmaceutical companies configure and deploy AI agents across the clinical trial lifecycle. The platform currently powers two agents—a document‑classification ETMF agent that processes over 80,000 records a year, and a...
A New Front Line: How AI And Other Innovations Are Transforming The Fight Against TB
AI-powered handheld X‑ray devices and molecular diagnostics are rapidly reshaping tuberculosis detection in low‑resource settings. The Global Fund now backs AI‑driven screening in more than 22 countries, while Indonesia has moved treatment initiation to over 460 primary health centers, reducing...
Nia Therapeutics’ Smart Neurostimulation System Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to Treat Memory Loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Breakthrough Device Designation to Nia Therapeutics’ Smart Neurostimulation System (SNS) for treating episodic memory loss in adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The fully implantable, closed‑loop system records neural activity from...
Navigating the Cybersecurity Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering clinical workflows, from diagnostic algorithms to administrative tools, but its adoption creates a new attack surface for cybercriminals. Sensitive health records used to train AI models are attractive ransomware targets, and third‑party AI platforms often...
Morning Workouts Tied to Lower Cardiometabolic Risk in Fitbit Study of 14,000
Researchers analyzing Fitbit heart‑rate data from 14,489 participants in the All of Us study found that people who regularly exercised between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. had significantly lower odds of cardiometabolic diseases. Morning exercisers were 31% less likely to have coronary...
UK-First AI Case-Finding Pathway Launched to Improve Early Detection of Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
A new NHS‑first AI‑enabled case‑finding pathway has launched in North East Essex to detect oesophageal and gastric cancers earlier. The programme, built on the C the Signs platform, analyses routine electronic health records and patient‑reported data to flag high‑risk individuals....
Apple's Home Hardware Lead Brian Lynch Joins Oura as Senior VP of Engineering
Apple senior director Brian Lynch, who has overseen the company's home‑device hardware since 2022, has accepted a senior vice‑president role at Oura Health Oy. The move adds to a wave of senior departures from Apple’s home‑hardware group and underscores Oura’s...
Mave Health Nets $2.1 Mn To Launch Its Mental Health-Focused Wearables
Mave Health, a 2023 health‑tech startup, secured $2.1 million in seed funding led by Blume Ventures to commercialize its mental‑health wearable headset. The device uses low‑intensity transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to improve focus, mood and stress regulation, and is now...
A Liquid Biopsy Blood Test May Improve Children's Survival of Cancer in Africa
Researchers from Oxford and Tanzania have validated a liquid‑biopsy blood test that identifies EBV‑positive Burkitt lymphoma with 98% accuracy. The assay cut the diagnostic timeline by an average of 40 days, allowing most patients to start therapy within a week of...
Using ChatGPT and AI in Physical Therapy
In episode 383 of #AskMikeReinold, physical therapists discuss how AI—especially ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and niche tools like OpenEvidence—is being woven into daily practice. They highlight OpenEvidence’s ability to surface PubMed‑linked research with minimal hallucinations, while ChatGPT and Gemini assist with treatment...
How Health Systems Reduce Administrative Waste Without Sacrificing Care
Health systems are tackling the pervasive problem of administrative waste by focusing on four key strategies: strengthening payment oversight with payment‑integrity technology to catch billing errors early; aligning new digital tools with actual clinical workflows to avoid added complexity; fostering...
Root Canal Treatment with Modern Technology: Why It’s Faster and Safer
Modern dental technologies are reshaping root canal treatment, making it faster, safer, and more predictable. Three‑dimensional CBCT imaging delivers precise diagnoses, while dental microscopes reveal hidden canals with unprecedented clarity. Nickel‑titanium rotary instruments and ultrasonic irrigation streamline cleaning and disinfection,...
Philips-Nvidia Team-Up Strives to Create a ‘Self-Driving MRI’ Machine
Philips and Nvidia have unveiled an AI‑driven preview that generates a synthetic MRI image before the scan begins, using Philips' MR foundation model combined with Nvidia's NV‑Segment, NV‑Generate, and NV‑Reason tools. The preview ingests patient data and protocol settings to...
FDA Pushes Back Its Review of New PET Imaging Agent From Lantheus
The U.S. FDA has extended its review of Lanteus’ PET imaging agent LNTH‑2501 by three months, moving the PDUFA target date to June 29. LNTH‑2501, a Ga‑68 edotreotide kit for detecting neuroendocrine tumors in adults and children, remains unapproved and...
How Digital Narratives Shape Mental Health Outcomes
Digital narratives on platforms like TikTok and Reddit are reshaping mental‑health outcomes by spreading misinformation and disinformation. A scoping review by the Royal College of Psychiatrists found that over half of top TikTok mental‑health videos contain misleading content, which erodes...
Will Users Trust Fitbit With Sensitive Medical Data?
How many people will trust Fitbit enough to upload their medical records to it? Google just unveiled that if they do so, its AI health coach would review the records to generate responses and recommendations. It might be a pivotal point in...
Parallel Raises $20M to Scale AI Solutions for Hospital Administration
Paris‑based Parallel has closed a $20 million Series A round led by Index Ventures, following a $3.5 million seed less than a year ago. The startup’s AI agents sit on top of legacy hospital systems to automate administrative workflows, starting with medical coding...
TRIMEDX-AIQ Adds Supply Chain Automation, Advanced Predictive Failure Intelligence
TRIMEDX unveiled an upgraded AI‑native platform, TRIMEDX‑AIQ, that adds automated parts ordering, purchase‑order automation, and predictive failure forecasting to its clinical supply chain suite. Leveraging a dataset of over 6.1 million device records spanning 25 years, the system anticipates equipment degradation and...
Hospital Opens New $3M Interventional Radiology Suite, the First in Its Region
Rapids Regional Medical Center in Alexandria inaugurated a $3 million interventional radiology (IR) suite, the first of its kind in central Louisiana. The state‑of‑the‑art facility supports image‑guided procedures such as biopsies, embolizations, ablations and on‑table CT‑guided radiation therapy. Hospital leadership highlighted...
Clinical AI Efficiency Will Expand, Not Shrink, Healthcare Demand
Jevons' paradox applied to clinical AI — In 1865, William Stanley Jevons noticed that the more efficient steam engines became, the more coal England burned — not less. He observed that increased efficiency does not necessarily suppress demand. In some...
AI Fits Primary Care Now, Brain Surgery Later
health is pretty broad -- so when we turn it over to AI depends on the use case, starting where is the risk low and AI-knowledge high. Primary care is no-brainer for AI, today. Brain surgery is a full-brainer, so later.
Microsoft Dragon Copilot Gets AI Upgrades
Microsoft showcased its Dragon Copilot at HIMSS 2026, positioning it as a unified AI‑driven hub for clinical workflows. The platform now integrates trusted medical content from Wolters Kluwer and Elsevier, adds partner‑powered AI apps through the Microsoft Marketplace, and offers...
AI Won’t Replace Radiologists—Just Redefine Their Role
AI replacing radiologists? @ShafiAhmed5 and I go at. A provocatively playful discussion... https://t.co/3MejjtUgSa #AI #radiology #medicine #digitalhealth https://t.co/GMj9HigoAI
Philips Predicts Autonomous, Self‑driving MRI Is Imminent
Philips said it sees a near future where autonomous or “self-driving MRI” potentially becomes reality. https://t.co/LEH8CIIDgj
Agilisium Deploys ₹50 Crore to Reskill 1,000+ Staff as Forward Deployment Experts
Agilisium announced a ₹50 crore ($5.5 million) investment to reskill its global staff of more than 1,000 professionals into Forward Deployment Experts (FDX). The new model embeds AI specialists inside life‑science companies, aiming to solve the talent bottleneck that stalls AI projects.
97 Submissions Analyzed: Imaging Interop RFI Findings
My Regulations dot gov comment analysis of 97 submissions on the Imaging Interop RFI is up and ready at https://t.co/fsO7u7hidD Quick summary article here...
HTI‑5 Cuts 34 Criteria, HTI‑4 Deadlines Stay
HTI-5 may eliminate 34 certification criteria… But HTI-4 deadlines aren’t going anywhere. Are you ready for RTPB + ePA by 2028? Read the breakdown 🔗 https://t.co/NlwfwlKDwU @DrFirst #HTI5 #HITSM
Singapore: Digital and AI Powering Smart Healthcare Innovation
Singapore is accelerating digital and AI‑driven healthcare innovation to address its rapidly ageing population and rising chronic disease burden. The government pledged SG$37 billion under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan to fund high‑impact research, digital platforms, and AI adoption. Events...
Connected Data Powers Adaptive, Evidence‑based Oncology Care
Unlocking the full potential of cancer care starts with connected data. Proud of how Oracle is helping to bring adaptive, evidence-based oncology insights directly to the point of care.
AI Poised to Transform UK NHS Digital Future
I've spent a lot of time thinking about UK healthcare (incl. chairing a 2016 NHS task force on digital transformation). Great to speak to top UK health policy journalist Alastair McLellan @HSJEditor for @HSJnews podcast on healthcare AI & "A...
De-Risking Medical Device Development with VA Technology Transfer
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leverages its century‑old research engine through a technology‑transfer program that offers patent licenses and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) to medical‑device companies. By tapping VA‑originated inventions—from the first cardiac pacemaker to modern...