Daily Briefing · 2026-08-01

Nursing

Integrating AI-Powered Chatbots Into Patient Education From the Perspectives of Patients, Caregivers, and Nurs

• Background: AI-powered chatbots offer new opportunities to enhance patient education; however, their integration may reshape patterns of information interactions and trust relationships among patients, caregivers, and nu

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Physicians

Cell and gene therapy manufacturers turn to specialist automation partners

• Cell and gene therapy manufacturers are partnering with specialist technology companies to address the challenges associated with scaling complex therapies.

Pharmaceutical Technology ↗

Physicians

What J&J’s Ottava robot brings to the surgical table

• Rocco De Bernardis, global president for Ottava, gets into the details of what makes the new robotic surgery system different from the competition and how the healthcare giant plans to roll it out.

MedTech Dive ↗

Physicians

A Multiagent Large Language Model Framework for Emergency Treatment Recommendation in Acute Ischemic Stroke: D

• Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment selection requires rapid, guideline-concordant integration of clinical, imaging, and laboratory data, including therapeutic windows, contraindications, stroke severity, a

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Physicians

4 ways to protect yourself from malpractice claims tied to AI scribes

• AI scribes have been a great tool for physicians, but they are also creating uncharted legal territory when it comes to malpractice.

Medical Economics ↗

Physicians

The Code Gets You Paid — The Variant Gets You Treated

• The between a code that satisfies a payer and the information a physician needs to treat a person, is what nearly every healthcare AI tool is racing past. As we push these systems toward precision medicine and genomics,

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Dentistry

Preparing dental education for effective AI integration

• AJMAN, UAE: Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping dental education by changing how students learn, educators teach and institutions prepare graduates for modern clinical practice. A narrative review led by researcher

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Pharmacy

Ionis' top scientist Frank Bennett to retire; Recursion selects its first AI chief

• After 37 years, Frank Bennett is retiring from Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Bennett started at Ionis as a founding scientist in 1989 and climbed to the role of CSO. Bennett will retire in February 2027, Ionis

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Pharmacy

Mark Cuban Explained Why AI Is Going to Make Your Healthcare More Expensive

• Mark Cuban offered a scorching rebuttal to tech optimists who claim AI is about to streamline healthcare and bring down drug prices.

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Physician Assistant

PAs Make a Lasting Impact in Remote Communities of the Peruvian Andes

• PAs Joe Ciavarro and Patti Cuartas, along with 18 PA students, traveled thousands of miles to provide care in Cusco, Peru. Over the course of five days, they transformed community spaces into temporary clinics, treating

American Academy of PAs (AAPA) News ↗

Physician Assistant

Your PA Compact Questions Answered: Activation, Adoption, and Application

• There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Your PA Compact Questions Answered: Activation, Adoption, and Application appeared first on AAPA.

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Nursing

Letter to the Editor: From Visible to Implicit Workload: Rethinking AI‐Based Analysis of Emergency Nursing Wor

• Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

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Pharmacy

Regulatory Approaches to Cybersecurity Risk Management for AI-Enabled Medical Device Software in Korea, the Un

• Background: Software-based and AI-enabled medical devices are increasingly networked and updatable, expanding the attack surface and making cybersecurity governance intersect with quality management and postmarket oversi

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Digital Health

GSK pens $110M biological datasets pact with AI biotech Relation

• GSK is boosting its AI chops with a new deal worth up to $110 million with Relation.

FierceBiotech ↗

Digital Health

Elemeno Health Appoints James Matsumura Chief Technology Officer to Guide Next Phase of Frontline Operations P

• Healthcare technology leader brings experience in data, workflow systems and responsible AI as Elemeno Health expands ...

Bing News — Nursing Tech & Devices ↗

Digital Health

Unlocking healthcare potential through AI and data

• Health lags behind other sectors in AI adoption but the technology is already transforming research, work practices and patient outcomes ...

Bing News — Nursing Tech & Devices ↗

Digital Health

Patients wary of governments, companies pushing AI as a rural healthcare solution

• This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health ...

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Digital Health

AI in the exam room: How technology is changing the patient experience

• Artificial intelligence is already part of everyday life, from voice assistants like Siri and Alexa to ChatGPT and the recommendations that pop up on phones for what to buy or watch.

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Digital Health

Table of Experts: WNY healthcare turning the corner with new care models, AI

• Healthcare in Western New York is on the cusp of change if you listen to predictions by industry players. Buffalo Business First Publisher John Tebeau invited local providers and administrators in the ...

Bing News — Nursing Tech & Devices ↗

Health OS

Healthcare AI Needs An Independent Referee

• Today, more than 200 million people use ChatGPT every week for healthcare questions. Almost every physician in the United States has referred to AI for clinical guidance this year. At the start of 2024, none of these too

Healthcare Business Today ↗

Pharmacy

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA panel nixing a Duchenne drug, FTC suing Hims & Hers, and more

• An FDA advisory panel concluded clinical data for a Capricor treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy did not provide “substantial evidence” of efficacy

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Health OS

FTC sues Hims & Hers over alleged privacy violations, deceptive billing practices

• Regulators say the telehealth company illegally shared patient health data with advertisers and misled its customers. Hims & Hers hit back, calling the claims “baseless.”

MedTech Dive ↗

Health OS

AI in medical imaging: the key tenets of an effective governance strategy

• With increasing scrutiny of how AI systems are developed, deployed and monitored over time, well-reasoned governance strategies are becoming essential. The post AI in medical imaging: the key tenets of an effective gover

Medical Device Network ↗

Health OS

That AI wearable you don't like just got worse

• The new Friend pendant features a speaker, updated models and the same off-putting ideas about how humans should use AI.

Engadget - Wearables ↗

Pharmacy

Glaucoma progression tied to systemic comorbidities

• Progression to more severe levels of glaucoma was significantly linked to increased burden of systemic comorbidities, according to a study published in Journal of Glaucoma.“Glaucoma requires early detection and consisten

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Health OS

Waystar boosts 2026 outlook as AI-powered RCM solutions gain traction with providers

• The healthcare payment software maker brought in $319.7 million in second-quarter revenue, up 18% YOY.

Fierce Healthcare ↗

Health OS

Teladoc Health trims 2026 revenue forecast amid challenges with BetterHelp insurance shift

• Teladoc Health trimmed its 2026 revenue outlook as its virtual behavioral health unit, BetterHelp, faces revenue pressure with consumer demand for insurance-covered services outpacing clinical capacity.

Fierce Healthcare ↗

Health OS

Stellarus launches AI-powered health plan customer service representative copilot

• CSR Chat provides health plan representatives with real-time guidance and contextual support during member interactions—and is embedded directly in workflows.

Fierce Healthcare ↗

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