Daily Briefing · 2026-06-28

Physicians

AI Smart Glasses Show Promise, Limitations as Aid for Patients With Low Vision

• (MedPage Today) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) smart eyeglasses as a potential aid for people with low vision produced mixed results in a small pilot case series. Using verbal prompts to guide the eyeglasses, study part

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Physicians

Eli Lilly taps AI to bring personal memories to life during its European radio show road trip

• Eli Lilly is having a Total Recall moment, using cutting-edge technology to bring real, undocumented memories to life as it looks to boost awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Dentistry

Meet the Miniature Robot That Could Transform Crown Preparation

• Researchers have developed a prototype intraoral robot designed to prepare teeth for crowns with exceptional accuracy, potentially reducing treatment time and the number of patient visits. The post Meet the Miniature Rob

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Pharmacy

Epicrispr gene silencer is 1st drug to boost muscle in form of muscular dystrophy, biotech says

• Epicrispr Biotechnologies has used its gene silencing tech to boost muscle mass in three patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a clinical first for the debilitating disease with no approved treatments.

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Pharmacy

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies COO Maja Herold Pedersen on AI, autonomy and the path from quality to operations

• The CDMO FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is in the midst of a growth upswing, with about $7 billion in expansion projects underway across the United States and Europe. The centerpiece is its $3.2 billion Holly Springs, North Ca

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Physician Assistant

Block on ED’s Definition of “Professional Degree” Is the First, Not Final, Legal Victory

• While AAPA and PAEA forge ahead in the next chapter of this legal fight, pre-PAs and others in the PA community may have questions about what “preliminary relief” means for students this fall and the status of our case.

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Digital Health

Selecting, Scaling, and Measuring the Value of Ambient AI in a Nonacademic Health System: Multiphase Pilot Stu

• Background: Most US health systems operate on a local or regional scale and face substantial financial and staffing pressures, which are intensified by challenges related to physician satisfaction and difficulties in rec

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Digital Health

Why Generative AI Isn’t Enough: The Case for Causal Reasoning in Medicine

• AI built on transparent, causal reasoning, systems that ground every output in validated biological mechanisms, show the pathway behind each recommendation, and cite their sources is what makes the difference between a t

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Nursing

Documentation Tools Aren’t Just for Doctors: Inside Reid Health’s Deployment of Abridge’s Nurse Tech

• Rural health system Reid Health is using Abridge’s AI-powered documentation tech to reduce burnout among nurses. It appears to be working — after-shift charting is down by up to 45 minutes, and the RN vacancy rate has be

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Digital Health

Enriching Psychiatric Evaluations with AI – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 67

• We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Iris Shtein, Co-Founder and CEO at Mentaily. Due to limited resources and social misconceptions, o

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Health OS

HHS details takeaways from sweeping AI request for information

• The healthcare sector wants the HHS to coordinate its AI strategy across agencies, provide implementation and governance support, and offer help in evaluating AI tools, leaders said Thursday.

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