Issue №155 · 2026-10-18

Daily Briefing · 2026-10-18

Physicians

Google AI chatbot performs well in primary care settings

  • Data from Beth Israel Deaconess and Google shows a low error rate and good patient satisfaction when deploying the AI chatbot in a primary care setting.
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Physicians

EndoQuest Robotics hires chief commercial officer

  • Jared Eben joins EndoQuest ahead of the anticipated launch of its flexible robotic surgery system.
MedTech Dive ↗
Physicians

ARA Secures Patent for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Care

  • Patented AI Powering the Future of Critical Care ARA has secured a patent for Artificial Intelligence in critical care Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (ARA) recently secured a ...
Bing News — Nursing AI & Informatics ↗
Physicians

Revolutionizing Stroke Recovery – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 83

  • We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Dr. Leo Petrossian, CEO of Kandu. In this episode, I sit down with Petrossian to talk about Kandu
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Pharmacy

Keytruda Biosimilar Advances; Oncologist Turned Patient; Will AI Cure Cancer?

  • (MedPage Today) -- Zydus Lifesciences and Formycon AG announced FDA acceptance of a biologics license application for FYB206, a biosimilar to the blockbuster cancer drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda). The FDA expanded bladder
MedPage Today ↗
Pharmacy

A search for ‘the statin of Alzheimer’s’; Arrowhead injectable lowers tau; and more

  • Welcome back to another edition of Endpoints Weekly. Thanks to everyone who came out to our AI Day event this week in New York City! Hosted by senior biopharma correspondent Andrew Dunn, AI Day was ...
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Physician Assistant

PAs Hoping to Ease State Restrictions on Their Practice in 2027

  • (MedPage Today) -- As the year comes to a close, the nation's physician associates (PAs) are looking forward to pursuing their state legislative agenda for 2027, including easing scope-of-practice restrictions. "What's i
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Nursing

Learning Adaptation in Artificial Intelligence‐Enabled Nursing Education: A Network Analysis of Artificial Int

  • Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
Journal of Advanced Nursing ↗
Digital Health

Three Ambient Listening Systems in Simulated Dutch-Language Multispeaker and Multidialect Clinical Encounters:

  • Background: Clinicians spend a lot of time on electronic health record (EHR) documentation, often at the expense of direct patient interaction. Ambient listening technology uses AI to passively record and summarize clini
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Digital Health

M42 CEO on AI, genomics and the future of healthcare

  • M42 Group CEO Dimitris Moulavasilis discusses how the Abu Dhabi-based healthcare company is combining artificial intelligence, genomics and clinical services to reshape healthcare. He explores the ...
Bing News — Nursing AI & Informatics ↗
Digital Health

How AI Is Connecting MedTech’s Data Without Compromising Compliance

  • The connected, agent-ready enterprise is the model that wins, where compliance and intelligence operate together. The post How AI Is Connecting MedTech’s Data Without Compromising Compliance appeared first on MedCity New
MedCity News ↗
Digital Health

Here's how many clinicians are using AI to answer their medical questions

  • New research illustrates the rapid rise of clinicians’ use of AI to answer medical questions despite little evidence of how it affects decision-making or patient outcomes. Researchers studied usage data from OpenEvidence
Endpoints News ↗
Digital Health

AI home sensors could help older people live independently

  • Researchers have developed an AI home monitoring system that could help older people live independently by detecting health emergencies.
Digital Health News ↗
Digital Health

Utah AI sandbox launches new health care pilots — with question marks

  • The state is mulling how the high-profile AI initiative will tackle medical liability concerns, independent third-party analysis and other questions.
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Digital Health

UrgentIQ Announces Strategic Growth Investment From Five Elms Capital

  • Five Elms Capital Leads Investment to Accelerate UrgentIQ’s AI Platform and Expansion Across the Rapidly Growing Urgent Care Market UrgentIQ has received a Series A growth investment from Five Elms Capital, accelerating
Healthcare IT Today ↗
Digital Health

AI, Pressure Mapping Advance Home Wound Care in Medically Complex Older Adults

  • New research presented at ENGAGE26 explores how AI tools, ABI testing, pressure mapping, and advanced wound treatments can improve care for medically complex older adults at home.
Clinical Advisor via Google News ↗
Digital Health

Event: AI’s role in rural healthcare transformation

  • At Verizon’s Healthcare on Air Summit in Los Angeles, panelists discussed how to use technology with RHTP funding, while ensuring sustainability once the funds run out.
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Health OS

American Medical Association rolls out governance framework for agentic AI solutions

  • AMA CEO John Whyte, M.D., told Fierce Healthcare the increasing use of AI in clinical functions is “raising urgent questions about clinical authority, oversight and accountability.”
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