Issue №162 · 2026-10-25

Daily Briefing · 2026-10-25

Physicians

The Ethics of Autonomous Clinical AI: Shifting From Model Accuracy to Model Impact

The Ethics of Autonomous Clinical AI: Shifting From Model Accuracy to Model Impact

The ethics of autonomous clinical AI are controversial. Traditional ethics assessments have focused on AI model performance rather than health system outcomes. Nichol and colleagues translate established research ethics

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Physicians

Explainable Machine Learning for Predicting Major Adverse Renal and Cardiovascular Events in Acute Myocardial

Explainable Machine Learning for Predicting Major Adverse Renal and Cardiovascular Events in Acute Myocardial

Background: Major adverse renal and cardiovascular events (MARCE) have been proposed as a comprehensive end point reflecting both cardiac and renal outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and chronic

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Physicians

Screening for Cough Variant Asthma Using the TabPFN Model on Routine Laboratory Data in a Multicenter Cohort:

Screening for Cough Variant Asthma Using the TabPFN Model on Routine Laboratory Data in a Multicenter Cohort:

Background: Cough variant asthma (CVA) is a prevalent but underdiagnosed subtype of chronic cough, largely due to the limited accessibility of pulmonary function tests in primary care. Objective: This study aimed to deve

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Physicians

Getting rid of the 'stupid stuff' — why AI scribes alone can't fix physician burnout

Getting rid of the 'stupid stuff' — why AI scribes alone can't fix physician burnout

What do physicians need to counter burnout and misinformation? Time with patients

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Physicians

Evaluation of a Clinical Protocol–Guided Chatbot to Support Telecarers in Diabetes Management: Embedded Mixed

Evaluation of a Clinical Protocol–Guided Chatbot to Support Telecarers in Diabetes Management: Embedded Mixed

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic condition that requires ongoing self-management. While chatbots offer scalable monitoring and management, evidence on their integration into structured hospital te

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Physicians

FDA approves Awiqli for children with type 2 diabetes

FDA approves Awiqli for children with type 2 diabetes

The FDA has approved once-weekly insulin icodec-abae 700 U/mL for children aged 10 years and older with type 2 diabetes, Novo Nordisk announced.As Healio previously reported, insulin icodec-abae (Awiqli, Novo) was approv

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Dentistry

Banuba and Your Social Smile Partner on Dental AR Technology

Banuba and Your Social Smile Partner on Dental AR Technology

Banuba, a face AI and computer vision company, and Your Social Smile (YSS), a patient engagement and conversion platform for dental practices and dental service organizations (DSOs), recently announced a strategic partne

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Physician Assistant

New Federal Court Ruling Reinforces AAPA-PAEA Challenge Over Professional Degree Loan Limits

New Federal Court Ruling Reinforces AAPA-PAEA Challenge Over Professional Degree Loan Limits

Joint Update from AAPA and PAEA Recent federal court decisions reinforce the central argument in AAPA and PAEA’s legal challenge against the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) restrictive definition of “professional deg

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Physician Assistant

Clinical Hydration Resources for Cold and Flu Season

Clinical Hydration Resources for Cold and Flu Season

For physician associates supporting patients during cold and flu season, understanding the science of hydration and the factors that influence fluid and electrolyte replacement can help inform patient education and hydra

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Digital Health

How Tempus AI Built A Defensible Data Moat In Precision Healthcare

How Tempus AI Built A Defensible Data Moat In Precision Healthcare

Tempus AI sits at the intersection of AI infra and clinical diagnostics. It's a holding in both the ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF and the ROBO Global Healthcare and Innovation ETF.

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Digital Health

Sutter Health reports 5 million AI-generated clinical notes

Sutter Health reports 5 million AI-generated clinical notes

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is expanding its use of artificial intelligence and digital health tools, reporting that more than 6,000 clinicians ...

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Digital Health

Lyric Health Introduces Grace, a Multimodal AI Intelligence Layer Across its Virtual Care Operating System

Lyric Health Introduces Grace, a Multimodal AI Intelligence Layer Across its Virtual Care Operating System

Lyric Health, a leading provider of virtual-first healthcare technology and services, today announced the launch of Grace, its AI-powered healthcare companion and intelligence layer designed to ...

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Digital Health

Ex-Apple executive builds AI that can detect health problems early and help patients

Ex-Apple executive builds AI that can detect health problems early and help patients

Former Apple executive Pranneta Pujari has launched UniqueHuman, an AI-powered healthcare startup focused on chronic diseases. Starting with migraines, the platform aims to offer personalised care ...

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Digital Health

Healthcare AI Insights from the SHI Summit

Healthcare AI Insights from the SHI Summit

As I mentioned in my previous roundup of healthcare cybersecurity insights from the SHI Summit, I had the pleasure of mixing and mingling with the great SHI International community as they shared some great content relat

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Health OS

Lyric Health Launches Grace AI Platform To Automate Virtual Care, Patient Engagement, And Clinical Workflows

Lyric Health Launches Grace AI Platform To Automate Virtual Care, Patient Engagement, And Clinical Workflows

Lyric Health, a provider of virtual-first healthcare technology and services, has launched Grace, an AI-powered healthcare companion designed to boost patient engagement, automate administrative ...

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Health OS

Study: Babies lose most measles antibodies by age 6 months

Study: Babies lose most measles antibodies by age 6 months

WASHINGTON — Neutralizing antibodies against measles fell below detectable levels by age 6 months for most infants included in a study presented at IDWeek.The finding suggests that infants may need to be vaccinated earli

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