Issue №105 · 2026-08-27

Daily Briefing · 2026-08-27

Physicians

Patients’ Perspectives on Applications of AI and Personalized Medicine in Life-Threatening Heart Disease: Euro

Background: The growing integration of personalized risk prediction (PRP) and AI substantially reshapes diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making in health care. At the same time, its responsible adoption depends not on

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Pharmacy

Clinical Specialty Expansion of AI-Enabled and Machine Learning–Enabled Medical Devices Authorized by the US F

Background: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized AI-enabled and machine learning (ML)–enabled medical devices since 1995 and maintains a public registry of these authorizations. Prior analyses report

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Physicians

QVH introduces AI tool to support chest X-ray reporting

Queen Victoria Hospital has introduced an AI tool to support chest X-ray reporting and prioritise examinations for clinical review.

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Physicians

Before you pay for AI visibility for your practice, audit these five sources

Five sources account for much of the information ChatGPT uses to describe a physician, and practices can audit all five and act on most of them without hiring a specialized AI-visibility vendor.

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Physicians

Americans want transparency when AI is used in their healthcare

About seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say it’s extremely or very important that a doctor or other healthcare provider tells them if they’re using AI in their healthcare.

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Physicians

AI could transform healthcare — but this doctor says this is one thing it should never do

Imamu "Mu" Tomlinson, MD, CEO of Vituity, provided some fascinating insights into AI becoming more intertwined in the healthcare industry.

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Dentistry

Annie Introduces AI Digital Coworker for Dentistry

Utah-based dental startup Annie launches its Digital Coworker for dental teams: An AI coworker that they can hand repetitive, time-consuming work off to, freeing up time to focus on patients and the work that needs a hum

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Dentistry

Robot outperforms static guide at tooth transplant preparation

An autonomous robot prepared tooth transplant sockets more precisely than a conventional static guide-assisted approach, with the greatest improvements seen in complex double-rooted anatomy. Researchers at the Fourth Mil

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Physician Assistant

Explore PA Practice Laws with AAPA’s New Interactive Maps

To make researching the status of PA practice modernizations across states and U.S. territories more efficient for PAs and all stakeholders, AAPA has developed a series of interactive PA practice maps that are now availa

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Nursing

Artificial intelligence in nursing education: Pearls or perils?

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has become prominent in nursing education. The various uses of AI in the academic setting provide opportunities for nursing students to develop critical thinking skills, cl

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Nursing

Sutter Health is rolling ambient AI out to nursing floors

Sutter Health's Silicon Valley division has moved ambient AI from primary care clinics to specialty and inpatient nursing settings, divisional president Kevin Cook says.

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Nursing

The Importance of Artificial Intelligence in Nursing: A Fundamentals of Care Perspective

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

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Digital Health

GPT-4o–Powered Preanesthetic AI: Development and Validation Study

Background: Accurate preanesthetic assessment is essential for perioperative risk stratification, but conventional tools such as the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification and postoper

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Digital Health

Payers say AI doesn't deny care. The truth is more complex.

Payers say AI is not clicking the deny button on prior authorizations and provider claims, but the technology does play a key role in deciding which requests need further review.

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Digital Health

Measuring ROI For Healthcare AI May Require A New Approach

While the last two years have seen significant progress and uptick in AI implementation, many organizations are contemplating the transition from small, limited pilots to large-sc ...

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Digital Health

AI tool predicts health risks in people with learning disabilities

Researchers in Leicester and Loughborough have developed an AI tool to identify future health risks in people with learning disabilities.

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Digital Health

Before You Sign That AI Contract: 7 Questions Every Healthcare CFO Should Ask

Here’s how finance leaders can evaluate AI investments in revenue cycle management before committing budget, and the risk exposure most vendor pitches leave out. The post Before You Sign That AI Contract: 7 Questions Eve

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Health OS

Why Oura’s Sleep-Tracking Lawsuit Is Really About Trust

A new class action lawsuit accuses Oura of overstating its smart ring’s sleep tracking accuracy, arguing the device relies on AI-generated estimates rather than the clinical measurements needed for true sleep staging. Th

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Health OS

STAT+: FDA promises new AI guidance, and what happened at Epic’s UGM

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: FDA's plans for regulating generative AI-powered devices, and updates from EPIC's UGM.

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Health OS

AI scribe Suki rolls out AI-driven clinical dictation tool

The tool—dubbed Suki Dictation—is natively built inside Epic and Meditech electronic health records (EHRs) and can be deployed either independently or alongside Suki for Clinicians.

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Health OS

FDA approves Abbott’s Libre Duo 10 Day dual glucose-ketone monitor

Abbott has received FDA authorisation for its Libre Duo 10 Day system, described as the world’s first device to monitor both glucose and ketone levels for people with diabetes. The post FDA approves Abbott’s Libre Duo 10

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