Daily Briefing · Issue №085 · 2026-08-07

Physicians

FDA clears BlueWind Medical's Revi Extend implant, extending device life to 15 years

• The next-generation implantable tibial neuromodulation device treats urgency urinary incontinence, with a limited U.S. launch planned for the fourth quarter of 2026.

Medical Economics ↗

Physicians

AI can reduce wasteful spending in Medicare — but WISeR isn't the answer

• CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

Medical Economics ↗

Physicians

Robots will enhance surgery, not replace humans

• Click here to read the Healio Exclusive, “Embrace the future’ of robotics in ophthalmology.”I wrote an earlier perspective on the application of robotics to eye surgery in the April 25, 2024, issue of Healio | OSN.Since

Healio Primary Care ↗

Physicians

Medtronic on the future of AI-assisted surgery

• Medtronic’s George Murgatroyd says an advanced computing platform that works with its Hugo robot will power AI algorithms that can assist surgeons as they operate.

MedTech Dive ↗

Physicians

Healthier Hawaii: The opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare

• Dr. Sandra Noon, chief of primary care at Hawaii Pacific Health, joined the segment to discuss the growing trend of patients using AI to self-diagnose and navigate their health.

Bing News — Nursing AI & Informatics ↗

Pharmacy

Lilly drops another gene therapy trial from $1B Prevail buyout

• Eli Lilly has axed another trial of a gene therapy acquired in its $1 billion Prevail Therapeutics buyout, further denting the drugmaker’s chances of delivering a return on its investment.

FierceBiotech ↗

Physician Assistant

Survey: 92% of health care leaders now call APPs essential to staffing

• Advanced practice providers have moved from stopgap to permanent staff, and physicians are absorbing the change in patient acuity, productivity benchmarks and rural coverage.

Medical Economics ↗

Digital Health

STAT+: Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI

• Federal health officials invited tech companies and lobbyists to closed-door meetings as they seek to boost adoption of clinical AI.

STAT News - Health Tech ↗

Digital Health

SPARK STARTUP PITCH CHALLENGE CHAMPION PM360 2026 – The RxAssistant

• PM360 interviews Sage Khanuja, co-founder and president of The RxAssistant. What began as an AI-powered concierge designed to help patients ...

PM360 ↗

Digital Health

PATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES – From Reactive to Predictive

• How AI Is Transforming Patient Support Programs Artificial intelligence has moved beyond experimentation and into everyday operations across healthcare. Patient ...

PM360 ↗

Digital Health

6 Ways UnityPoint Health Is Trying to Make Clinicians’ Jobs Easier

• UnityPoint Health’s chief medical officer, Gregory Johnson, shared several ways the system is using AI to lift administrative burden off clinicians and get them back to patient care — including ambient scribing, real-tim

MedCity News ↗

Digital Health

Identifying the Threat, Not the Patient: A New Approach to Physical Security in Healthcare

• The following is a guest article by Shikhar Shrestha, Co-Founder and CEO at Ambient.ai In 2026, healthcare organizations face a difficult balancing act in how they secure their facilities. Providers must keep hospitals w

Healthcare IT Today ↗

Digital Health

Setting the stage for effective and efficient physical AI in healthcare

• The next challenge is not choosing robots but building the governance, safety frameworks and operational strategies that will allow physical AI to assist clinicians and improve care at scale, say ...

Bing News — Nursing Tech & Devices ↗

Health OS

AI Won’t Fix Healthcare. But It Can Remove Some of Its Biggest Barriers.

• Before deploying AI effectively, many organizations will have to reckon with a problem they created long before AI existed: their data is a mess. Poorly named fields, legacy systems not designed for modern tech and docum

Healthcare Business Today ↗

Health OS

FDA authorizes sale of four on! nicotine pouches

• The FDA has authorized the marketing of four on! nicotine pouch products, citing “lower levels of most harmful and potentially harmful constituents” vs. other oral and smokeless tobacco products.The on! products (Helix I

Healio Primary Care ↗

Health OS

Dirty Air Worsens Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes, Study Shows

• (MedPage Today) -- Koreans with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed increased disease activity and higher flare rates when exposed to relatively high levels of small atmospheric particulate matter, researchers reported. Eac

MedPage Today ↗

Health OS

STAT+: Why Schrödinger CEO Ramy Farid changed how he’s thinking about AI

• In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: Why Schrödinger CEO Ramy Farid is rethinking AI, Recursion's neuron map, and more health AI news.

STAT Health Tech ↗

Health OS

Azra AI and Blackford partner to connect imaging AI with care coordination

• Azra AI and Blackford have formed a partnership to support the progression from imaging-based detection to care coordination for patients with complex or urgent health conditions. The post Azra AI and Blackford partner t

Medical Device Network ↗

Health OS

As AI use rises, younger adults skip preventive care, survey finds

• Online search, medical websites and social media are also used to manage health more than consulting providers among younger patients, the survey found.

Fierce Healthcare ↗