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Every day, across thousands of American hospitals, artificial intelligence quietly shapes decisions that determine patient outcomes. An algorithm flags a patient as high risk for sepsis; a risk score informs whether a woman receives additional cancer screening; a deterioration model triggers an alert that sends a care team to a bedside. These tools are embedded […]

Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, and 80% of medical bills contain errors — duplicate charges, upcoded procedures, unbundling, wrongful denials, balance-billing violations, out-of-network surprises. I built Reclaim to catch those errors and handle the appeals process end to end. What it does You upload a photo or PDF of your medical bill or Explanation of Benefits. Gemini 2.5 Flash extr…

TL;DR: You might have expected AI to cut healthcare costs, whether it’s by reducing paperwork, automating the doctor’s notes, or thinning out hospital staff. But a new 60-page PwC report suggests the reverse: So far, one of its most widespread uses is making medical bills bigger. It’s an example of how AI isn’t only good at making tasks more efficient—it’s also very good at finding more granular …

A study of a new AI model examining 30 years of routine electronic health records (EHR) data could improve screening for primary aldosteronism, a leading cause of high blood pressure that is often unrecognized but increases patients' risk of cardiovascular complications, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

The most useful AI news this week is not another chatbot leaderboard. It is the signal that healthcare AI is moving toward models built around real clinical work, not generic demos dressed up with medical vocabulary. Reports from the last 48 hours say Nvidia and Abridge are working on a healthcare-specific AI model, with coverage also noting Abridge's broader expansion around clinical documentati…

What It Is AI Wellness Journal is a symptom tracking app built with Next.js, Supabase, and Google Gemini. You log daily symptoms with severity ratings and freeform notes; Gemini analyzes your history and surfaces patterns; the app generates a structured report you can bring to a doctor's appointment. Why I Built It I kept arriving at appointments unable to clearly describe when symptoms started o…

This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge What I Built PuskesmasAI is an offline-first Progressive Web App (PWA) that brings AI-powered medical triage to community health workers ( kader ) in rural Indonesia — no internet connection required after the first setup. Indonesia has 1 doctor per 5,000 people, far below the WHO's recommended 1:600 ratio. In remote 3T regions ( Tert…

UCLA Health has announced the launch of a center committed to the real-world evaluation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety and implementation practices in health care through rigorous testing and innovative research.

The Sovereign AI Innovation Lab will support open AI infrastructure, research computing, healthcare, fusion energy, and public-sector AI development. Dr Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, tours the Zenith AI supercomputer facility at the University of Cambridge during the formal launch event for the UK’s largest AI-for-science platform AMD , Dell Technologies, and the University of Cambridge have ann…

(Axios) – The push to make medical records easier to share could be opening the door for rogue companies to sell patient information to law firms and other businesses without their knowledge. Why it matters: Americans assume their medical records … Read More

Scientific Reports, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-55893-z An adversarial-resilient intrusion detection framework for internet of medical things (IoMT) using digital twin-enabled behavioral threat modeling and federated hybrid ensemble learning

Pressure Points is a webinar series co-hosted by The Studio and the Advanced Learning Academy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bringing you inside the business of health care....

Scientific Data, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07579-4 Computer-Interpretable Domain Knowledge for Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: a Knowledge Graph Approach

Have you ever stared at two different medicine boxes, squinting at the tiny font of the active ingredients, wondering: "Can I actually take these together?" Modern healthcare is complex, and drug-drug interactions (DDI) are a leading cause of avoidable ER visits. In this tutorial, we’re going to leverage GPT-4o Vision , React Native , and the FDA OpenData API to build a "Drug Conflict Scanner." W…

In a study exploring how an AI-assisted diagnostic tool shaped care for underserved populations at multiple community-based primary care sites, investigators at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine found that African American patients with diabetes were more likely to receive a diabetic eye exam referral if screened by an AI tool.

Nancy E. Holecek, MAS, MHA, BSN, RN, Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, has again been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives in the U.S. for 2026.