Issue №183 · 2026-11-15

Daily Briefing · 2026-11-15

Physicians

Automated Detection of Abnormal Pediatric Electroencephalograms Using Machine Learning: Retrospective Study

Background: Electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used in medicine as a technique for the assessment of several brain-related pathologies. However, EEG interpretation requires specialized expertise and remains a labor-i

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Physicians

Machine Learning–Based Prediction of Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer Incorporating Clinical and Treatme

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women, and postoperative disease-free survival (DFS) is an important indicator of long-term prognosis. However, tumor, node, metastasis staging has limited abilit

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Physicians

Interpretable Recalibration of a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment–Derived Score Using Machine Learning–Guid

Background: The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score is central to risk stratification in intensive care units (ICUs), but its thresholds and 0- to 4-point increments were set by expert consensus in 1996 and

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Physicians

Predicting Cirrhotic Patients’ Transition From Compensated to Decompensated Stage: A Graph-Based Multitask Dee

Background: Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease, manifested by fibrosis and regenerative nodules. It can be classified clinically as compensated or decompensated. Accurate predictions of patients’ transition from compen

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Physicians

Experts weigh in on liability over AI use in healthcare

ORLANDO — Developers, hospital systems and clinicians may be liable when AI makes a mistake, although the ultimate decision about legal accountability will be determined in court, according to experts at AIMed26.In a pan

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Physicians

Research hub launches to help the NHS prevent dementia

A new £20m research hub will develop AI and data technologies to help the NHS prevent dementia and improve brain health.

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Physicians

Evaluating DeepSeek in Real-World Clinical Scenarios on Performance and Safeguards: Multicenter Comparative St

Background: DeepSeek, an open-source large language model (LLM) extensively adopted in hospitals across China, presents a locally deployable alternative to proprietary models such as GPT. However, its real-world clinical

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Physicians

Admission-Time Prediction of In-Hospital Major Amputation in Diabetes-Related Foot Disease: Model Development

Background: Major above-ankle amputation is a devastating outcome of diabetes-related foot disease. The Wagner classification is routinely available but places many inpatients in the same grade; few prediction models for

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Physicians

Challenges of Single-Reference Benchmarks for Clinical Reasoning in Large Language Model–Based Decision Suppor

This viewpoint addresses developers and evaluators of large language model (LLM)–based clinical decision support systems. Although recent benchmarks increasingly evaluate multiple clinical reasoning domains, many still r

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Physicians

George Church quits AI startup; Ira Mellman’s immunotherapy fight; and more

Welcome back to another edition of Endpoints Weekly! The unseasonably warm autumn we’ve had in New York finally seems to be breaking, with highs expected in the mid-40s and low 50s for this weekend and ...

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Physicians

Economic Evaluations of Algorithm-Enabled Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Systema

Background: Algorithm-enabled remote monitoring using cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is increasingly used to support earlier detection of clinical deterioration in heart failure and in at-risk populations

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Dentistry

Curve Dental Appoints Nat Harrison as SVP of Marketing

Growth leader joins as Curve advances its $200 million R&D commitment and builds the platform dental practices won’t outgrow. Curve Dental, the leader in AI-powered, cloud-native, all-in-one dental practice management so

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Dentistry

Graphy Completes EU MDR Review for Five Dental 3D Printing Materials

Five TeraHarz materials pass final review under the EU’s strengthened Medical Device Regulation. Graphy plans to expand European manufacturing and distribution partnerships, including its collaboration with Smilers, the

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Dentistry

Align Technology to Present at Jefferies Healthcare Conference

Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign® System of clear aligners, iTero™ intraoral scanners, and exocad™ CAD/CAM soft

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Pharmacy

Large Language Model–Assisted Discharge Instructions for Diabetic Kidney Disease: Comparative Evaluation Study

Background: Discharge instructions are an important component of the transition from hospital to home for patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD), whose care often involves multiple comorbidities, medications, and st

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Nursing

America’s health care crisis needs an AI efficiency revolution | Opinion

Emotional stress remains the leading reason nurses leave their roles, and replacing a single bedside nurse now costs $61,000.

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Digital Health

Investigating Context in How Clinicians Make Sense of AI: Qualitative Interview Study

Background: AI-driven clinical decision support systems (AI-CDSS) are increasingly being introduced to enhance clinical decision-making, yet their adoption in health care remains limited. Research has examined technical,

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Digital Health

BIO Europe: Financing, AI and geopolitics shape biotech discourse

Speakers at BIO-Europe 2026 noted that European biotechs must be agile and adaptable in times of geopolitical and financial upheaval.

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Digital Health

Two Harvard Macy Institute Programs Accepting Applications

The Harvard Macy Institute is accepting applications for the following programs: Technology and AI: Transforming Health Professions Education Learning Innovation in Health Care and Education HMI is offering a $500 tuitio

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Digital Health

Reveleer Names Healthcare AI Leader Fadi Almachraki Chief Technology Officer

Reveleer, an AI-enabled value-based care technology company serving health plans and provider organizations, today announced the appointment of Fadi Almachraki as Chief Technology Officer. Almachraki ...

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Digital Health

Brain implant startup pauses trials

Synchron has paused clinical trials of its second-generation brain-computer interface. Leaders say the pause is not safety related.

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Health OS

Bracco and Avicenna.AI’s brain aneurysm detection tool snags FDA clearance

The aneurysm detection tool represents the first product within Bracco’s UPTUNITY portfolio that is positioned to advance its digital health strategy. The post Bracco and Avicenna.AI’s brain aneurysm detection tool snags

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Health OS

Dyania Health, Nvidia team up to bring clinical reasoning AI inside hospital networks

Dyania Health is teaming up with Nvidia to run its Synapsis AI clinical reasoning platform inside hospitals’ own IT environments, allowing health systems to analyze years of patient records at population scale without se

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Health OS

Patient comfort with AI’s clinical decisions tied to provider oversight: Gallup

Patients are more open to AI making decisions about their care than providers assume. But human oversight is what sells AI for them, according to a new poll.

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