Physicians
FDA issues draft guidance for surgical robots
- A two-day public workshop on evaluating robotic surgery systems with autonomous or remote capabilities is also on the agency’s agenda, as telesurgery advances globally.
Issue №137 · 2026-09-30
Daily Briefing · Issue №137 · 2026-09-30
Physicians
Explicit Mechanistic Causal Analyses or Interventional Trials Are Required for Objective, Clinical, Voice-Base
- For most with Parkinson disease, a movement disorder, voice and speech are impaired at some point, which presents an opportunity to use digital recordings and sophisticated machine learning to assist objective clinical c
Physicians
Nonprofits' gene therapy for rare immune disease will cost $3.25M
- After winning FDA approval at the end of last year, two nonprofits are now launching their rare immune disease gene therapy Waskyra with a list price of $3.25 million, they told Endpoints News. The nonprofits — ...
Physicians
STAT+: UniQure’s gene therapy continues to slow Huntington’s progression after four years
- UniQure's gene therapy continues to slow Huntington's progression after four years. But the magnitude of the benefit waned compared to a similar analysis from a year ago.
Pharmacy
Governing AI for Pharmacovigilance in Low-Income Countries: Systems Perspective
- Gaps in pharmaceutical governance could widen with the adoption of AI, even as AI promises better pharmacovigilance in low-income countries (LICs). While advanced regulatory systems like Australia’s are integrating AI in
Physicians
Care Systems and Practices articles from across Nature Portfolio
- The objective of this study was to characterise professionals’ adherence to the Spanish Network of Diabetes Study Groups in Primary Health Care treatment algorithm for type 2 diabetes and to assess ...
Dentistry
Orca Dental AI and Planet DDS Partner on AI Dental Imaging
- Orca Dental AI, the leading provider of cloud-based, AI-powered dental imaging solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Planet DDS / Cloud 9, the leading cloud-based practice management solution for orthod
Dentistry
AI visibility and the importance of trust in dentistry in 2026
- Sumit Kumar explains how AI is changing the way patients discover dental practices – and why visibility and trust matter more than ever. Dentistry practices across the UK have been at the forefront of the artificial inte
Pharmacy
Effectiveness and Safety of Virtual Reality Interventions for Symptom Management in Adults Undergoing Hemodial
- Background: Adults receiving long-term hemodialysis often experience a multidimensional symptom burden that affects their functional status and daily activities. Effective symptom management may help reduce this burden,
Pharmacy
How CVS Caremark builds the next era of pharmacy benefits
- Biosimilars, transparency and AI are reshaping pharmacy benefits. Learn how CVS Caremark plans to improve affordability and make pharmacy benefits easier to navigate.
Physician Assistant
AAPA Announces Nationwide Events for PA Week 2026
- The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) today announced a nationwide lineup of events and initiatives for PA Week 2026, taking place October 6-12. This year's celebration will recognize the contributions of P
Physician Assistant
MEAPA President, Kathleen Moneghan, becomes an Excellence in Advocacy Honoree
- During the 2026 Women in Government Relations Leadership & Advocacy Conference, Kathleen Moneghan, DHA, MPAS, PA-C, received the Excellence in Advocacy by a Volunteer Leader award — awarded to non-paid volunteer leaders
Nursing
Nurses dissatisfied with AI implementation, feel 'watched' by AI
- Many nurses are dissatisfied with AI implementation, saying they feel surveilled and burdened with added workloads, which could hamper AI adoption in healthcare, a new survey shows.
Nursing
When “just asking AI” becomes a HIPAA problem
- It takes 10 seconds. A confusing lab value, an odd medication combination, a wound that doesn’t look like anything in the textbook, and your phone is in your pocket. Pulling up an AI chatbot on your personal phone for a
Digital Health
AI Is Transforming Healthcare Data, PHI Is the Wall Nobody Talks About
- The following is a guest article by Tejaswani Veerni, Business Intelligence Developer at UI Health Every health system wants to use AI. The conversations are happening from the C-suite down to the analytics team. But any
Digital Health
Health Care Access Barriers Among Reproductive-Age Women in East Africa: Development and Validation of Machine
- Background: The World Health Organization advises that every nation should take responsibility for guaranteeing access to health care services as a basic human right. However, due to financial constraints and geographica
Digital Health
AI billing software pushed hospital costs up $942 million with no rise in care
- "If patients are truly sicker, we'd expect to see more treatment." ...
Digital Health
70% in Japan positive about AI use in medical, health care sectors
- Over 70 percent of people in Japan are positive about the introduction of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence and ...
Digital Health
Can AI Help with Prior Authorization Without Replacing Human Judgment?
- When healthcare teams hear that AI can help with special authorization requests, the first question is usually the same one: who is making the decision? It is a fair question. […] The post Can AI Help with Prior Authoriz
Digital Health
AI health startup Ortet launches with $500M and co-founders from Genentech
- A trio of former AI scientists and engineers at Roche's Genentech has started a company called Ortet, with visions of changing the healthcare system with AI. Ortet launched Tuesday with a $500 million funding commitment
Digital Health
National Medical Fellowships And HealthStack Partner To Build AI Fluency Across the Health Care Workforce
- HealthStack and National Medical Fellowships are launching an ongoing partnership focused on AI education and upskilling for current and future health care leaders.
Digital Health
LOBO Enters AI‑Powered Community‑and Home-Based Senior Care Market, Targeting China’s Silver Economy
- LOBO (NASDAQ: LOBO) (“LOBO” or the Company”), an innovative manufacturer of electric mobility products and AI service provider, today announced its entry into the AI‑powered community‑and home-based ...
Health OS
OpenEvidence partners with Anthropic, Penn Medicine to expand physician access to AI across Africa and Asia
- OpenEvidence is teaming up with Anthropic to expand its artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support technology to physicians in low- and middle-income countries across Africa and Asia.
Health OS
The $265 Billion Case for Unifying Your Data Foundation Once
- Healthcare loses billions a year to fragmented data. Here's how a unified, FHIR-native foundation cuts costs and makes AI dependable.
Health OS
DreaMed Wins FDA Clearance for CGM-Driven Insulin Automation Tool for Both Type 2 Injection Regimens
- DreaMed Diabetes has received FDA 510(K) clearance for MODI, a mobile app that uses CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) data to provide insulin dosing recommendations for people with Type 2 diabetes who need both basal i