Issue №099 · 2026-08-21

Daily Briefing · 2026-08-21

Physicians

The Continuity Trap in Data Science Health Research

Secondary use is now the ordinary condition of data science health research rather than an exception to it. Electronic health records collected for clinical care become prediction tools and inputs for generative AI; imag

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Physicians

Ultragenyx, after FDA speed bump, lands 1st gene therapy nod with green light in glycogen storage disease

If at first you don’t succeed in gene therapy, then try, try again, is the lesson Ultragenyx likely took home this week, pocketing its first FDA nod in the class a little over a year after a separate program stalled on m

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Physicians

How healthcare organizations can defend against rising ransomware and AI-driven phishing attacks

IC3 and Verizon data show 642 ransomware and data breach incidents hit healthcare in 2025, as AI-fueled phishing and a pending HIPAA Security Rule overhaul raise the stakes for providers.

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Physicians

Robotic Phlebotomist Stand-In Gets FDA's Blessing

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA authorized the first robotic device that can independently draw patients' blood without a hands-on operator, the agency announced on Wednesday. The Aletta device uses near-infrared light and Do

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Physicians

FDA approves Ultragenyx's gene therapy Genglycos for glycogen storage disorder

Ultragenyx has secured its first approved gene therapy, with the FDA clearing its asset for an ultra-rare disease that can cause life-threatening blood sugar crashes. The FDA on Wednesday granted accelerated ...

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Physicians

AI Models for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Post-AKI Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Machine learning (ML) models are increasingly used to predict acute kidney injury (AKI), but validation quality and clinical readiness remain uncertain. Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aim

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Physicians

9 fixes for the AI your staff is already using

Staff are pasting patient information into chatbots no one approved. Nine steps to pull that use into the open, and into compliance.

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Physicians

Readability of AI-Generated Patient Visit Summaries in Orthopedic Surgery: Retrospective Analysis

Background: Patient visit summaries (PVS) are patient-facing documents intended to reinforce communication and promote patient education after clinical encounters. Despite national recommendations that patient education

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Physicians

Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation Occurrence With Handheld Mobile Electrocardiogram: Deep Learning Model Devel

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke and heart failure. To improve prevention, recent studies have used deep learning models to identify at-risk individu

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Physicians

Clinical Laboratory Terminology Standardization for Semantic Interoperability Using a Large Language Model–Bas

Background: Semantic interoperability, the ability of disparate health information systems to exchange and consistently interpret clinical data, is a cornerstone of modern digital health, underpinning cross-institutional

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Physicians

The Reliability of Human Evaluation of Large Language Models in Health Care Settings: Scoping Review

Background: Integration of large language models (LLMs) into health care has accelerated rapidly, yet reliability concerns pose potential risks to patient safety. Although human evaluation has been widely used as an impo

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Physicians

The Robot Stayed Late, but the Patient Left Early

This VCU, Duke and Northeastern Ohio team compared robotic assist surgery to “free-hand” surgery in unicompartmental knee surgery. Who won?

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Physicians

When patients ask AI about you, what wrong answer are they getting?

Here’s how AI hallucinations are creating a patient safety problem no one is talking about.

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Physicians

How AI and Resilience Support Can Help Manage Suicide Risk in the Military

(MedPage Today) -- Reports of harsh living conditions and deployment strain aboard aircraft carriers like the USS Abraham Lincoln have brought renewed attention to military mental health. Addressing these challenges, psy

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Dentistry

Planet DDS Expands AI-Powered Dental Software

Enterprise wins, five new suites, and a growing bench of AI agents signal where dental software is headed Planet DDS recently shared mid-year results that reflect the market’s growing confidence in its approach. Year-ove

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Pharmacy

FDA grants accelerated approval to Ultragenyx’s Genglycos gene therapy

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has received accelerated approval from the FDA for its gene therapy, Genglycos, to treat GSDIa.

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Pharmacy

FDA Authorizes First-Of-Its-Kind Robotic Blood Draw Device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized the Aletta, the first standalone robotic device that can draw blood from a patient’s arm without hands-on operator intervention.

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Pharmacy

STAT+: FDA approves Ultragenyx gene therapy

Regeneron wins ultra-rare disease drug approval, a validating win for mRNA research, and more biotech news from The Readout

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Pharmacy

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Regeneron rare disease drug, an Ultragenyx gene therapy, and more

A Regeneron drug for an ultra-rare disease that causes bone to grow where it shouldn't won U.S. regulatory approval, capping a three-decade effort

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Pharmacy

Ultragenyx Gene Therapy Becomes First FDA-Approved Treatment for Ultra-Rare Disease

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical’s Genglycos received accelerated FDA approval for glycogen storage disease type Ia, an inherited enzyme deficiency. It’s also the first approved gene therapy for Ultragenyx, which specializes in

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Digital Health

AMA, DiMe launch AI framework for physicians amid rapid tech progress

The new framework outlines physicians' responsibilities in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of maintaining patient trust, clinical judgment and safe implementation.

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Digital Health

Agentic AI in Healthcare Operations: A Build-vs-Buy Framework for Health-System CIOs

The following is a guest article by Chandresh Patel from Bacancy Technology Agentic AI is no longer just a concept for healthcare. Many health systems are already exploring how AI agents in healthcare can automate admini

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Digital Health

Machine Learning–Based Risk Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Corona

Background: Despite advances in understanding and treating non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), patients continue to experience high rates of adverse outcomes, particularly those with non–ST-segment eleva

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Digital Health

Why I’m among the one in 10 clinicians avoiding AI

Consultant paediatrician and chief clinical information officer Martin Farrier explains why he's breaking up with AI

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Digital Health

Study explores AI in healthcare

Artificial intelligence is becoming a part of everyday life, from our phones to our workplaces and increasingly, our health care. A recent study has found many Americans are ...

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Digital Health

How AI can give healthcare teams more time to care

Artificial intelligence can take on time-consuming data work, helping healthcare providers work faster and reduce costs while keeping clinicians and other experts in control of critical decisions.

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Digital Health

Millions of Americans are Asking AI for Medical Help, Bad Data is Standing in the Way

The following is a guest article by Matthew Blosl, CEO at DexCare, a Leading Patient Navigation Platform for Health Systems It’s 10 p.m. A patient in rural America logs onto her hospital’s web portal and sees test result

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Digital Health

Epic's AI push overlaps with health tech startups

VERONA, WI — Epic showed off its continued expansion of AI for clinicians and patients at its annual Users Group Meeting on Tuesday, putting pressure on startups across the health tech industry. Dressed in a ...

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Pharmacy

AI in Pharmacovigilance: Why Governance Will Define Success

As adoption accelerates, organizations must ensure that the use of AI strengthens and not weakens accountability and patient safety. The post AI in Pharmacovigilance: Why Governance Will Define Success appeared first on

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Digital Health

Patients struggle to communicate with AI GP receptionist

Local residents in Rotherham have raised concerns that a new AI GP receptionist is having difficulty understanding Yorkshire accents.

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Digital Health

Louisiana Requires Verbal Disclosure Before AI-Assisted Recording of Patient Encounters

As healthcare providers’ adoption of ambient documentation technologies continues to accelerate, so does attention from state regulators. These ...

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Digital Health

AI note-taking tool frees up doctors at St. Bernards Healthcare

Doctors at St. Bernards Healthcare are using artificial intelligence to help build patient charts during exams.

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Digital Health

Faster, Safer Patient Care Starts With Better Team Chat

In every corner of health care—as with other industries—software tools are adding AI capabilities. AI has now come to HIPAA-compliant chat, as explained in this video by Jackie Frey, Product Expert – Healthcare at Zenzap

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Digital Health

The Real AI Revolution In Home Care Is Leadership: Why AI Should Make Healthcare More Human, Not Less

AI can recognize the signal. It cannot have the conversation. It cannot hear hesitation in someone’s voice or ask the follow-up question that changes someone’s perspective. Leadership still belongs to ...

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Digital Health

AI In Healthcare: Leadership Tips For A Smarter, More Human Future

Leaders should understand how to combine human judgment with AI. The following tips are practical lessons I believe each healthcare leader should consider.

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Digital Health

Ambience Healthcare Sets a New Standard for AI Partnerships in Healthcare

Ambience Healthcare, the AI transformation partner to the country's leading health systems, today introduced The Ambience Standard, a new partnership model for AI in healthcare. Under the model, ...

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Health OS

A robot could eventually conduct your blood draw at the doctor's office

The FDA has approved a first-of-its-kind automated blood draw device for outpatient settings.

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Health OS

Oracle Health builds out clinical AI agent with coding, chart review tools

New capabilities for the clinical AI agent include automated coding, dictation and chart review.

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Health OS

Humana taps physician executive as new chief medical officer

Dr. Shantanu Nundy is joining the Kentucky-based insurer from health navigation firm Accolade. But he’s had a varied career — advising the FDA on AI, teaching, working for the World Bank, practicing medicine

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Health OS

Curitics Health Unveils Next-Generation AI Platform to Transform Clinical Workflows

Curitics Health today announced the expansion of its AI-powered healthcare platform with the introduction of the Curitics Point of Care Solution, Ambient Listening, AI Care Management capabilities, ...

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Health OS

Enlil Unveils Governed AI Foundation to Ready Medical Device Makers for AI-Assisted Regulatory Review

The FDA is already reviewing with AI. Most device makers’ evidence wasn’t built for that. Enlil’s four-layer architecture grounds AI in a unified system of record, so every AI-assisted answer and agent action traces back

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Health OS

R1 drills down on AI prior authorizations with Humata buy

The revenue cycle company wants to automate claims processing, and RI is banking that Humata’s track record of streamlining medical preapprovals should help further that goal.

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