Abridge's ambient AI documentation tool, built with Epic and Mayo Clinic nurses, is now live at more than 250 U.S. health systems, extending AI scribing from physicians into nursing, ER, and post-acute care.
A Minnesota federal judge ordered UnitedHealth to disclose internal documents on its nH Predict algorithm, which plaintiffs allege has a 90% error rate in denying Medicare Advantage patients' post-acute care.
Wysa's AI-driven CBT chatbot has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for chronic pain, depression, and anxiety after an independent trial found it outperformed standard orthopedic care and matched in-person counseling.
A JAMA Network Open study of over 1,400 clinicians found ambient AI scribes cut physician burnout at Mass General Brigham from 52.6% to 30.7% within 84 days, with similar well-being gains reported at Emory Healthcare and time savings confirmed in Cleveland Clinic's larger rollout.
An Imperial College London study of nearly 116,000 UK mammograms found a Google AI model outperformed a radiologist's first read on sensitivity and lifted cancer detection rates from 7.54 to 9.33 per 1,000 women screened.
Humana is expanding a Google Cloud Gemini-powered tool that gives its 20,000 member advocates real-time AI assistance during calls, part of a broader 2026 push by insurers to automate customer service.
Georgia's SB 444 bars insurers from denying coverage based solely on AI, requiring human review of every algorithmic denial starting January 2027, joining a wave of state laws regulating AI in claims review.
UpDoc's FDA-cleared insulin-management chatbot marks the first patient-facing LLM authorized as a medical device, with early deployments at Cleveland Clinic, UCSF Health, and Allegheny Health Network.
A study of 341 women presented at the Society of Breast Imaging Symposium found AI software detected signs of breast cancer on mammograms up to three years before radiologists diagnosed it, adding to evidence for AI-assisted screening even as billing and false-positive concerns persist.
Nurses with National Nurses United staged coordinated protests in eight U.S. cities demanding hospitals cut ties with Palantir's AI data platforms, days after NYC Health and Hospitals said it would not renew its own Palantir contract.