Physicians
76% of Gen Z turn to AI before seeking professional care, Aflac survey finds
- New Aflac survey data land as ChatGPT Health, Claude for Healthcare and Amazon's Health AI reach consumers at scale.
Issue №084 · 2026-08-06
Daily Briefing · 2026-08-06
Physicians
DeepHealth gets FDA nod for AI tool that reads ultrasounds, creates reports
- DeepHealth’s tool automates lesion detection, characterization and reporting from breast ultrasound scans.
Nursing
Digital Gaze and Vicarious Trauma Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Alarm-Monitoring Ecologies: Qualitative
- Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) rely on continuous physiological monitoring and frequent alarms to detect patient deterioration. Although alarm fatigue has been widely discussed as a patient safety and workflow i
Physicians
The Scale for AI Literacy in Health Care Workers: Development and Validation
- Background: AI is increasingly embedded in health care systems; yet, validated instruments for assessing AI literacy among health care workers remain limited. Existing measures are often designed for students or general
Physicians
Cognitive Workload and Mental Burden in Health Care Professionals Interacting With AI: Systematic Review and M
- Background: AI adoption in health care has accelerated rapidly, with ambient documentation tools, diagnostic imaging AI, and clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) entering routine practice. However, the cognitive dem
Physicians
The Trust Gap in Digital Health and AI Starts With Design — Here’s How to Close It
- The gap between what technology can do and how much patients trust it won’t close on its own. Here are some design decisions that build trust — and some that quietly destroy it. The post The Trust Gap in Digital Health a
Physicians
GE HealthCare launches LOGIQ e Xi, e Si compact ultrasound systems
- The 510(k)-cleared, CE-marked laptop systems bring AI-powered imaging and workflow tools to point-of-care settings outside traditional imaging departments
Physicians
Fresh robotic surgery success is just ‘tip of the iceberg’ for Scottish patients
- A leader in Scottish healthcare innovation has hailed fresh success in Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS), calling it ‘a pioneering path to the future’ for the country’s patients. Following a host of robotic breakthroughs de
Physicians
Akido is expanding AI for patient intake and diagnoses across 100 clinics
- A year ago, the concept of an “AI doctor” was brand new. Now there are several startups using artificial intelligence to handle patient intake for medical visits and suggest potential diagnoses and treatment plans — thou
Physicians
Large Language Model–Based Clinical Decision Support for Antibiotic Selection and Dose Recommendation in Hospi
- Background: Pneumonia is a common infectious disease, and antibiotic treatment in hospitalized patients must balance efficacy, safety, and resistance risk. However, antibiotic selection and dose adjustment still rely hea
Physicians
AI photo-based calorie-tracking tools underestimate them by 33%
- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Many individuals use AI-powered calorie-tracking apps as a tool for weight loss, but these apps may underestimate the calories in the meals, according to research presented at the annual NUTRITION
Physicians
Ocular surface evaluation ‘essential component’ of glaucoma care
- A systematic and thorough assessment of the ocular surface is necessary for safe and effective glaucoma interventions, according to results of a narrative review published in Journal of Glaucoma.The review highlighted no
Dentistry
Gargle Launches AI Marketing Visibility Report
- Gargle’s marketing assessment helps dental practices understand their online visibility across AI search, Google Search, website performance, and local marketing. Gargle, a leading dental marketing company, announced the
Pharmacy
QuantHealth Snags $45M to Simulate Clinical Trials Before Patients Ever Enroll
- QuantHealth raised $45 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform, which simulates clinical trials before they run and predicts patient outcomes for pharma companies. The startup is aiming to cut the industry’
Pharmacy
Pathos Picks Up Two Cancer Drugs Poised for Clinical Development With AI Agents
- Pathos AI struck a deal for rights to a bispecific antibody drug conjugate from Alphamab that could become first in a new class of cancer drugs. Separately, the startup began a partnership with AstraZeneca on a protein d
Pharmacy
Phylo and Chugai collaborate to deploy AI platform in drug discovery
- Phylo has collaborated with Chugai Pharmaceutical to implement the Biomni Lab platform within the latter’s drug discovery operations.
Digital Health
Prediction of Blood Transfusion Need and Dose in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Retrospective
- Background: Transfusion thresholds in upper gastrointestinal bleeding are debated; hemoglobin cutoffs of 70‐80 g/L are widely cited yet inconsistently applied. Common risk scores offer limited individualized guidance and
Digital Health
Icon inks Anthropic partnership to deploy Claude into clinical trials
- Contract research organization Icon announced a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic this week to bring Claude’s AI capabilities to clinical trials.
Digital Health
The great ambient scribe convergence
- Last summer, ambient scribing startups — which use AI to listen to conversations between doctors and patients and turn them into clinical notes — took center stage in health tech. Abridge nabbed a $300 million Series ...
Digital Health
Op-Ed: Beyond Automation: A CEO’s take on Ambient AI’s role in healthcare transformation
- Even if you’re not in the healthcare industry, you’ve probably heard about fully autonomous AI in healthcare: systems capable of decision making and taking actions – without human intervention.
Digital Health
Isle of Man health chief urges caution as AI transforms healthcare
- Professor Tim O'Neill, the chief officer of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on the Isle of Man, spoke to Digital Health.
Digital Health
Is physical AI healthcare's next transformational technology?
- Beyond genAI and agentic AI, healthcare leaders are now looking toward physical AI: systems that can perceive, reason and act in the real world. In Part 1 of this series, leaders from Northwell, ...
Digital Health
AI, robotics and next-generation care to take centre stage at Medical Fair Asia 2026
- Medical Fair Asia will return to Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from Sept 9 to 11, bringing together the technologies, expertise and partnerships needed to address some of the most pressing challenges ...
Digital Health
Cleveland Clinic is building a new primary care workforce powered by AI, inboxologists and more
- Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Dr. Surendra Khera on building new primary care roles, 90% ambient AI adoption, an in-basket pilot and more.
Digital Health
Beyond algorithms: Human-centered AI revolutionizing health care leadership
- True transformation does not happen when AI replaces expertise. It happens when AI amplifies it.
Health OS
How to Secure a Medical Device You Can’t Patch
- By Joseph M. Saunders, Founder and CEO, RunSafe Security A medical device cleared today may stay in clinical service for 15 years or more, but the software inside it does not always age well. New vulnerabilities get disc
Pharmacy
UV light still not classified as a workplace hazard in US
- Despite years of research showing that outdoor workers face unsafe sun exposure levels, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations do not classify solar ultraviolet radiation as a workplace hazard, ac