Partnering Beats In‑House Development for Medication Management
More EHR vendors are realizing: Medication management isn’t a side feature—it’s a specialty. Why partnering can unlock more innovation than building it all in-house: https://t.co/SfXzUvDcRb @DrFirst #medicationmanagement #HITSM
AWS Introduces AI‑Powered Amazon Connect Health for Admin Automation
AWS launches Amazon Connect Health: to automate administrative tasks like scheduling and documentation with AI... https://t.co/DDCqpspUyd
Buyers Judge Healthcare AI by Friction, Not Novelty
Most healthcare AI founders think they’re selling innovation. They’re not. They’re being screened for friction. Implementation drag. IT burden. Workflow disruption. Hidden costs. Governance risk. That’s how buyers actually evaluate healthcare AI. We’re building around that reality inside WomenInGenAI’s AI in Healthcare space. Reply “healthcare” and I’ll send the link.
Healthspan Horizons: Federated AI Platform Makes Longevity Measurable
Healthspan Horizons just launched out of the Buck Institute's Price Lab. It's a federated, privacy-preserving research platform aimed at making healthspan measurable and actionable through AI and systems science. The Flagship White Paper is worth a read👨⚕️ https://t.co/OoxuurRJNE | @BuckInstitute
Epic Partnerships Shrink, Garden Plot Expansion Leads 2026
@HeyEpic's Workshop category is down to 3 vendors, as @PressGaney just got moved to Toolbox, and the rest are likely to follow. So what does it actually look like to partner with Epic in 2026? I mapped it out (from...
Lancet Study Validates Digital Stethoscopes for Primary Care
In early 2026, The Lancet published the TRICORDER study, a pragmatic, real-world evaluation involving 205 primary care practices and about 1.5 million patients, proving that digital stethoscopes have a place in care. For clinicians seeking practice-ready digital transformation, this device could...
Simple Patient Videos Build Trust, Fill Empty Slots
🧵 One doctor had empty OPD slots. Meet one of my mentee, Dr. Swatendra. He also had doubts. No idea about video making. But he just started. Simple videos. Answering common patient questions. Started with just 1 Video... then 2, then 3... kept on going. Slowly...
Don't Bet on One AI Vendor: Claude Beats ChatGPT, Gemini
The AI tool I called “best in class” just got dethroned - in three months. So when health systems go all-in on one AI vendor, is that a BIG mistake? I was loyal to ChatGPT. Then I became Gemini-pilled. Recently my...
Glass 4.0 AI Tops NOHARM, Beats Human Physicians
Today, @DrJessePines, writing in @Forbes, covered the NOHARM benchmark — one of the most rigorous evaluations of clinical AI to date. 100 real medical cases across 10 specialties, 12,747 specialist annotations on beneficial and harmful medical actions, and 31 AI systems rigorously...
AI Accelerates Rare Disease Diagnosis, Saving Lives
What good things is AI doing? Here's 10 things my AI agents found here on X that are examples of good things AI has done for humans. +++++ 1. "ChatGPT saved my life" — grocery store conversation about an ultra-rare diagnosis "Doctors...
Clean Indoor Air: Simple Filter, Major Health Benefits
Air filtration at home and work is an easy health win. In my house and office, each room has an air filter and monitor. I try to maintain pristine air quality 24/7. Air pollutants PM2.5, PM10 and poisonous gases like...
Omada Launches Flexible GLP‑1 Care for Employers
When it comes to GLP‑1s, many employers feel stuck between “do nothing” and “all‑in coverage.” That’s not a great set of choices, especially when they want to find a way to say yes. I’m excited that @OmadaHealth is adding a...
Fragmented Workflows Turn Liability as AI Defies Hierarchy
Ambient scribe → codes → claims → payments. AI doesn’t respect org charts. NextGen explains why fragmented workflows are becoming a liability. 👀 🔗 https://t.co/557h8ofHZ0 @NextGen #AmbulatoryEHR #HITSM
Wrist Temperature Validated as Sleep Marker in Actigraphy
Wrist temperature as a sleep marker in actigraphy: Chronobiology International: Vol 43, No 2 https://t.co/HElT9CO7XS
Self‑amplifying RNA Could Protect Future Heart‑attack Patients
Will we give a shot of protective, self-amplifying RNA in patients with a heart attack in the future? @ScienceMagazine an intriguing innovation https://t.co/FcJme1ElyU https://t.co/lABFRkR3qg
Medicare Chief Outlines Flat MA Rates, AI Integration
For Second Opinion, we had a long sit-down with Medicare chief Chris Klomp. We covered: -- MA rates staying flat -- Steps to thwart info blocking -- Bringing AI into healthcare outside of the fee schedule -- The ACCESS model & more https://t.co/dZEzyUtWbz https://t.co/PGO80SlZ9T
MEDITECH Showcases AI-Driven Interoperability for Universal Care
Tech equity means every clinician, every patient, every setting. See how MEDITECH is bringing AI + interoperability to rural & urban care at #HIMSS26 👉 https://t.co/fz78ijGID8 📍 Booth #5031 @MEDITECH #HIMSS26 #HITSM
Agentic AI Will Transform Care Models, Hospitals Must Act
Agentic AI will automate tasks today — and redesign care models tomorrow. Hospitals & plans can’t afford to ignore this shift. Read the article 🔗 https://t.co/iAzZysMNQp And continue the conversation with NTT DATA at #HIMSS26 🙌 @NTT_DATA_NA #AgenticAI #HITSM
AI Generalist Excels Across Diverse Medical Imaging Modalities
Can an AI model be a generalist to work and perform well for all types of medical images? Just published, our MedVersa paper @NEJM_AI Led by @pranavrajpurkar Free access https://t.co/5llNf94hAF https://t.co/Bf01zUZ1sk
Explore Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Athletic Performance
NEW webinar on Continuous Glucose Monitoring in sport. Register for the webinar and learn about this fascinating technology. https://t.co/w7k7zUSoOY https://t.co/JqfK90gkGN
Choose the Right Futures Wheel or Scenario Method
Do a futures wheel or scenario analysis exercise with your team the next time you are thinking about the future. In this paper, we describe how to do that and which method to choose. It's available in JMIR: https://t.co/BUP5MVqnks https://t.co/0UofN0ZGIM
New Optical Tactile Sensor Tracks Head Motion in Radiotherapy
Developing an optical tactile sensor for tracking head motion during radiotherapy: an interview with Bhoomika Gandhi https://t.co/RvtMbgrSUf
AI Will Redefine Doctor-Patient Dynamics, Says Henry Blodget
I loved my interview with legendary business analyst & founder of "Business Insider", Henry Blodget (@hblodget), on his podcast, "Solutions." Lots of smart questions about AI and healthcare, and how it'll change what it means to be a doctor and...
Cell‑free DNA Test Predicts Liver Disease and Mortality
We've used a blood test—cell free DNA—for detecting cancer or prenatal fetal abnormalities. It turns out it can be used to detect liver diseases and all-cause mortality from other conditions @ScienceTM https://t.co/IJxPMq7hGU
Uniform Consent Language Needed for Scalable Health Data Interoperability
When every state regulates consent differently, scale breaks. Mariann Yeager shares why model language and technical standards are critical for nationwide interoperability. 👇 https://t.co/Aa3zjJYTw4 @sequoiaproject #patientadvocates #HITSM https://t.co/I3cN0lmdLk
AI Predicts 5‑year Health Risks From Routine CT Scans
When your "normal" abdominal CT tells you about the 5-year future risks that can't be seen by radiologists, but can by AI (Merlin) https://t.co/DemC983uKz https://t.co/9jqZyVTD3p
Evo 2 Open‑Source Tool Predicts Non‑Coding Pathogenicity
It got me at "across all domains of life" Predicting pathogenicity of non-coding regions, produces sequences at genome scale, and much more Evo 2, open-source, @Nature today @arcinstitute @pdhsu @BrianHie https://t.co/9CZWmPFhjd
Batch Effects Misclassified 162 Patients, Causing Unnecessary Chemo
Batch effects once caused 162 patients to be misclassified. 28 of them received incorrect or unnecessary chemotherapy. The culprit? Contaminated RNA extraction that introduced technical artifacts into the data. https://t.co/WBBFKgvzVC
CognomIQ Launches Semantic Data OS for Healthcare AI
Healthcare AI ≠ just LLMs. CognomIQ unveils a semantic data operating system at ViVE 2026. One platform. End-to-end. From #ViVE2026 👇 https://t.co/HatKWPoOWo
Future Cancer Blood Tests May Accurately Screen High‑Risk Groups
Cancer blood tests for screening? Not the way they've been studied to date (age 50+) A new feature @Nature “I’m confident we’re going to see more accurate tests going forward. In high-risk groups, such as those with a genetic predisposition,...
Muse Athena Promises Brain‑Synced Sleep and Mental Fitness
When, almost a decade ago, I first used the Muse headband to meditate, I liked the idea, and I had no doubt that the device could deliver what the company said it could, but I had a mixed experience meditating...
AI Flags Alzheimer’s Risk Two Years Before Diagnosis
Earlier diagnosis can change the trajectory of Alzheimer’s. Yet thousands of people in the UK still live with dementia for years before receiving a formal diagnosis. The signals are often already present in clinical records, they are simply fragmented across...
Digital Tourniquets Could Soon Become First‑aid Essentials
Maybe it's not new, but that's the first time I saw a digital tourniquet. It is designed to help anyone quickly stop the bleeding. No training required. Just tighten, press, and save a life. This is the line companies like XMetix...
Device Captures Brain Waves in Human‑Like Mini Brains
New Device Detects Brain Waves in Mini Brains Mimicking Early Human Development by @ShellyFan https://t.co/oMMhx9ux8Q https://t.co/6321RBopxf
AI Hype Masks Real Health‑tech Hiring: Program Management Dominates
AI dominates health-tech headlines. It barely appears in NHS job adverts. Meanwhile, programme management and digital transformation make up over half of actual hiring and get little attention. Headlines create excitement. Hiring data creates careers.
Small Language Models Offer Efficient, Transparent Healthcare AI
Small language models (SLMs) are gaining attention in the generative AI field. SLMs are trained on relatively small amounts of data and have a relatively small number of parameters. SLM can be more practical than large language models as they are...
Align Boards, Embrace Simplicity: Surviving Three Health Pivots
This week on Lifers, I interviewed @othman about how he navigated @color through three massive pivots—from cancer genetics to national COVID infrastructure and now a virtual cancer clinic. Timestamps: (00:00) Preview (00:58) Intro (01:03) Lessons from Figma and betting on the tortoise over the...
LLM Medical Research Overwhelmingly Lacks Real Clinical Data
A new systematic review of LLMs in medicine @NatureMedicine @ekoermann https://t.co/npvDeqUvel “Despite thousands [4,609] of publications since late 2022, only a small fraction use real clinical data and just 19 randomized trials exist.”
Pebble Smartwatch Sleep Tracking Revealed Health Tech’s Future
What was the first health sensor you ever used that proved to you how health management would change with such technologies? My core experience was when the Pebble smartwatch (that came out after a successful crowdfunding campaign) measured my sleep and...
MRI Offers Low Yield for Isolated Dizziness without Neuro Signs
What is the diagnostic yield of MRI in adult emergency patients with dizziness or vertigo? While MRI is efficient for detecting central causes of dizziness, its yield is low in cases of isolated dizziness without neurological signs. 👇 https://t.co/170qBbHrq7
AI‑Discovered Gal‑3 Blocker Cuts Inflammation, Boosts Memory in Mice
Alzheimer’s research is increasingly looking beyond plaques and tangles to the brain’s immune response. A study published in Elsevier's Pharmacological Research journal used AI to screen 1.6M compounds for a Galectin-3 (Gal-3) blocker that could cross the brain barrier. In Alzheimer’s-like...
Mixed Reality Revolutionizes Anatomy Learning, Yet Remains Costly
I remember what it was like to study the heart from textbooks and medical atlases. This video demonstrates how different the experience could be with mixed reality. It could lead to a new level of understanding of anatomy and pathology. The...
ChatGPT: Doctor’s Smart Assistant, Not a Diagnosis Tool
How to use ChatGPT as a doctor (properly) Not for diagnosis. Not to replace your brain. Use it to: • Simplify complex topics for patients • Draft patient education handouts • Create clinic SOPs • Generate content ideas • Structure research summaries • Prepare presentations • Improve communication clarity Think of...
Cross‑check AI Answers and Heed Red‑flag Symptoms
@PBS: Five things to consider before asking a chatbot for health advice (by @AP_FDAwriter). Among them: ask two different AIs and see if they agree; don't stay home if you have red flag symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath....
Clinicians Discuss Real-World AI Applications on Zoom
I’ll be joining a Zoom discussion hosted by Roon on March 5, 1:30-2:30 ET. We'll discuss how clinicians are using AI in actual practice and the implications. I'll be joined by 3 eminent colleagues: Mandy Cohen, Sara Murray, & Spencer...
AI Agents Transform Revenue Cycle, Clinical & Payer Ops
Revenue cycle. Clinical workflows. Payer ops. AI agents that reason across your ecosystem — not just search it. Join the Anshar AI Pre-HIMSS VIP Reveal TOMORROW at 12PM EST. Save your spot 👇 https://t.co/RbBBgSRT3Y #AnsharAI #HIMSS26
U of T Startups Raise $10B, Disrupt Global Industries
From AI to quantum chemistry to health tech, startups from my alma mater are scaling globally – raising over US$10B since 2020 and reshaping industries. I’m excited to spotlight six founders from the University of Toronto ecosystem building game-changing companies:...
P‑tau 217 Blood Test Outperforms Total P‑tau 217 For
The breakthrough blood test p-tau 217 for risk and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is more accurate than total p-tau 217, in a head-to-head comparison using PET imaging https://t.co/faILpVr9Ua https://t.co/lzUgFnFUP5
Set Up Your Clinic on Glass in Minutes
Onboarding your team or clinic to a new AI tool is so important, but often difficult. At Glass, we've made it incredibly easy — you can now get your whole clinic set up in a few minutes.
AI Computes Freely, Humans Bear the Cost of Errors
🚨Computation Without Consequence 👉A clinical study reveals the divide between AI computation and human judgment. 📌AI handles patterns with ease. 📌Humans feel the weight of being wrong. 📌That’s where the divide becomes clear and important. https://t.co/tjfOTsWnCC #AI #medicine #digitalhealth