Issue №120 · 2026-09-13

Daily Briefing · 2026-09-13

Physicians

Generative AI Use, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Risk, and Physician Burnout and Fulfillment Among Chinese P

  • Background: As generative AI (GenAI) becomes increasingly prevalent, its impact on physician mental health has garnered significant attention; yet, empirical evidence remains limited. Objective: This study aims to invest
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
Physicians

Clinicians’ Attitudes and Perceptions on the Adoption of AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review

  • Background: AI is increasingly being integrated into health care workflows, with growing interest in AI systems for documentation, screening, triage, monitoring, and decision support. Mental health care is particularly c
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
Pharmacy

What Provider Frequently Asked Questions Miss: Evaluating Unmet Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Infor

  • Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the functioning and quality of life of individuals throughout their lifespan. Despite the extensive info
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
Physicians

ARPA-H to award $62.7M for AI in cardiovascular care

  • Companies including Tempus AI and Updoc are tasked with building an agentic AI system for managing heart failure.
MedTech Dive
Physicians

Evaluating Large Language Models in Clinical Audiology (AUDIOLOGYBENCH): Benchmark Development and Validation

  • Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being explored for clinical decision support, but their performance in audiology has not been systematically benchmarked using clinically grounded case materials
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
Physicians

Performance of AI-Based Screening Tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Across Apnea-Hypopnea Index Thresholds: Sy

  • Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent but remains substantially underdiagnosed. Polysomnography (PSG) is the reference standard, but its cost and limited availability constrain large-scale case id
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
Pharmacy

Effects of AI Assistance Timing on Pharmacists’ Trust in Automated Pill Recognition Technology: Within-Partici

  • Background: Image-based pill verification systems demonstrate high model accuracy. However, their effectiveness in pharmacy practice depends on how pharmacists interact with the AI output. The timing of AI advice is one
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Human Factors
Pharmacy

AI as a True Agency Partner

  • Reimagining the Pharma-Agency Relationship There is ample discussion about how AI may be the death of traditional advertising. But few ...
PM360
Pharmacy

Chewy eyes $50M in annual cost savings with AI

  • The pet supplies retailer is deploying AI tools in customer care, pharmacy and vet services to bolster productivity as it sets its sights on agentic capabilities.
CIO Dive - Healthcare IT
Nursing

Ambient AI is moving beyond physicians

  • Ambient AI moving beyond physicians improves nursing documentation efficiency at Mercy, FMOL Health, Northeast Georgia, Mount Sinai and Jefferson Health.
Bing News — Nursing Ambient AI
Digital Health

EVIDENCE-DRIVEN AI – From Trial to Treatment

  • Accelerating the Path to Treatment by Leveraging AI for Unprecedented Automation and Acceleration Time isn’t an abstract KPI in clinical ...
PM360
Digital Health

Public Perceptions and Determinants of Preference for Robotic-Assisted Surgery in the United Arab Emirates: Cr

  • Background: Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is increasingly being integrated into surgical services worldwide. Successful implementation of robotic surgical technologies depends not only on clinical effectiveness but also
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Human Factors
Digital Health

Patient.info launches AI tool to answer health questions

  • Patient.info has launched a medical AI assistant tool that combines conversational technology with its library of health information.
Digital Health News
Digital Health

Restoring the Human Connection with AI-Enhanced EHR Workflows

  • The following is a guest article by Baha Zeidan, CEO at Azalea Health Healthcare has always been a human business. Yet, somewhere along the way, the technology designed to help clinicians began demanding more of their at
Healthcare IT Today
Digital Health

AI+IDEAS – Human-led, AI-powered Healthcare

  • Why healthcare marketing will be built by people and powered by AI For the past few years, the conversation in ...
PM360
Digital Health

HEALTHCARE CHALLENGER BRANDS – Rethinking Differentiation in the Age of AI

  • How deep does your advantage really go? With AI, the promise of generating standout creative may feel limitless—but it’s also ...
PM360
Digital Health

Jacksonville Memorial Hospital enhancing care with new mammography unit

  • Jacksonville Memorial Hospital has installed a new mammography unit with Genius AI Detection, which it said enhances accessible breast health care.
Bing News — Nursing Tech & Devices
Health OS

ARPA-H to invest $62M to build agentic AI agent for heart care

  • The funding could create a regulatory approval pathway for future applications of clinical-grade artificial intelligence.
Healthcare Dive
Health OS

ARPA-H launches $63M effort to build FDA-authorized AI agents for heart failure care

  • A key aspect of the initiative is close collaboration with the FDA to establish a regulatory framework for a new class of autonomous clinical AI.
Fierce Healthcare

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