Daily Briefing · Issue №091 · 2026-08-13

Physicians

A Machine Learning Pipeline to Analyze Global Sentiment and Factors Influencing Retinoblastoma Treatment Hesit

• Background: The use of social media in cancer research, patient support, and information sharing has been well documented. Objective: Using retinoblastoma as a model, we use the information provided from Twitter (subsequ

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Physicians

RevealDx announces distribution agreement and investment from 4DMedical

• Following World Lung Cancer Day, RevealDx, a leader in AI characterisation of lung nodules, has announced a distribution agreement and strategic investment of $3.4 million by 4DMedical, expanding access to its flagship p

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Physicians

How AI, online reviews and rising standards are redrawing the path to care

• Three in four patients now refuse to book with a provider rated below 4 stars

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Physicians

da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery commences in Oxford

• The Manor Hospital in Oxford has treated its first patient with the da Vinci Xi, a robotic-assisted precision surgical system.

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Physicians

Finite State Machine–Guided Retrieval-Augmented Generation Improves Expert-Rated Acceptability of a Peripheral

• Background: Patients with cancer undergoing long-term or vesicant chemotherapy frequently require peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). Due to the nature of ambulatory treatment administration, self-PICC manag

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Dentistry

Videa Ranks Among America’s Fastest-Growing Companies

• Recognition follows a year of platform expansion, new ambient AI capabilities, and growing adoption across DSOs and private practices Videa, the most adopted dental AI platform, today announced it has been ranked No. 75

Dentistry Today ↗

Dentistry

A single-visit digital workflow for endodontic treatment and restoration

• The endodontic treatment of severely compromised teeth and their restoration are everyday challenges in dental practice. The advent of high-performance endodontic instruments, chairside CAD/CAM technologies and related m

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Pharmacy

Epicrispr, Vaderis secure pivotal study funding for rare disease assets

• Epicrispr and Vaderis have secured $90m and $152m, respectively, to take their rare disease drugs to pivotal clinical development.

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Pharmacy

BlueWind Medical receives FDA clearance for Revi Extend implant

• BlueWind Medical, Ltd., a leader in Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation (ITNM) and developer of the Revi System, a patient-centric solution for urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug

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Pharmacy

Investigational CRISPR therapy succeeds in patient with drug-resistant E. Coli

• The CRISPR therapy, SNIPR001, was administered to the patient who had developed E. Coli following a single-patient emergency IND.

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Pharmacy

Drugmaker admits kickbacks in record Sunshine Act case; social media addiction suits move forward; first self-

• The top news stories in medicine today.

Medical Economics ↗

Physician Assistant

Empowering the Next Generation of Clinical Educators: The Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academy

• Photo provided by Geisinger, sourced from Getty Images *Sponsored Article The demand for qualified nurses and advanced practice providers (APPs) continues to expand across the United States, creating an increased need fo

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Nursing

STAT+: A RAPID proposal for breakthrough coverage, and nurses push back on AI

• In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Details from CMS and FDA on the RAPID pathway for breakthrough devices, and nurses push back on AI.

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Nursing

Hospital AI governance excludes nurses who catch what algorithms miss, STAT finds

• Nurses clinical AI governance gap documented by a STAT News investigation and Nurse.org tracking data: only 6 of 26 hospital AI governance bodies include a named nurse leader, while Kaiser Permanente ...

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Nursing

Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare—A Systematic Review of Qualitat

• Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8304-8343, September 2026.

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Digital Health

Carvolix receives €30m to accelerate commercialisation of MedTech portfolio

• Claret Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest independent growth debt fund managers has made an investment through its funds, of €30m in Carvolix, formerly Affluent Medical. Carvolix is a French commercial- and clinic

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Digital Health

NHS Psychologist wins £75k Innovate UK award to build AI tool for SEND pupils

• Dr Sarah Rudebeck, a senior NHS clinical psychologist, has won a £75,000 Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award to build an AI learning tool for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). She is one of

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Digital Health

Epicrispr secures $90M after early data on epigenetic FSHD treatment

• Epicrispr Biotechnologies has raised $90 million for its Series C round after sharing promising early data around a potential new way to treat a rare muscle disease called facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. The Seri

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Digital Health

Governance is the New Differentiator in EHR-Adjacent AI

• The following is a guest article by Angela Adams, CEO at Inflo Health Healthcare has spent the past several years adding AI into clinical workflows across imaging, documentation, and decision support. It’s mostly been in

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Digital Health

Influenza-Like Illness Forecasting Using Multisource Data: Comparative Deep Learning Study

• Background: Accurate forecasting of influenza-like illness (ILI) is crucial for public health. Integrating novel digital data streams (eg, internet searches and human mobility) with traditional surveillance can improve a

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Digital Health

Two health insurers give an AI reality check

• Quarter after quarter, publicly traded health insurers tout their investments in artificial intelligence. UnitedHealth Group is putting $1.5 billion toward the technology this year; CVS Health earmarked at least

Endpoints News ↗

Digital Health

Making AI work in a regulated MedTech industry

• Mahesh Wale, UK&I Business Unit Head for Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel, Hospitality, and Life Science at Cognizant explores how the growing focus on AI regulation is changing the way MedTech companies approach innovatio

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Health OS

Flagler Health secures $50M series B for AI-native MSK care platform expansion

• The company says its platform is built on one of the largest MSK patient datasets and integrates directly into existing EMRs and workflows.

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