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Your Lung Cancer Screening CT Can Now Catch a Hidden Heart Risk, Thanks to New FDA-Cleared AI

Your Lung Cancer Screening CT Can Now Catch a Hidden Heart Risk, Thanks to New FDA-Cleared AI

Bunkerhill Health has won FDA clearance for the first AI algorithm to detect and measure mitral annular calcification on routine chest CT scans ordered for unrelated reasons, such as lung cancer screening. The tool could turn millions of existing scans into opportunities to catch a heart condition linked to higher cardiovascular mortality, though cardiologists say the clinical response to a positive flag still needs to be defined.

The AI Reading Prostate Biopsies Now Works in Over 200 Hospitals Without Recalibration

The AI Reading Prostate Biopsies Now Works in Over 200 Hospitals Without Recalibration

Paige Prostate, the first AI-based pathology product ever cleared by the FDA, is being highlighted as a fully autonomous system that improves prostate cancer detection and has now been validated across more than 200 institutions without site-specific recalibration. Pathologists say it's a powerful assistive tool, but caution it isn't a replacement for human review.

Allegheny Health Network Now Processes 200,000 Prior Authorizations a Year With AI, But Most Hospitals Still Can't Prove It Pays Off

Allegheny Health Network Now Processes 200,000 Prior Authorizations a Year With AI, But Most Hospitals Still Can’t Prove It Pays Off

Allegheny Health Network now processes more than 200,000 prior authorizations a year through an AI 'touchless' system with a 96% first-pass approval rate, but a 2026 Oliver Wyman survey found that while 63% of healthcare organizations have adopted AI in revenue cycle operations, only 15% can show a positive return on investment.

Colorado Scrapped Its Landmark AI Law and Rewrote It From Scratch, Narrowing the Rules for Health Systems Along the Way

Colorado Scrapped Its Landmark AI Law and Rewrote It From Scratch, Narrowing the Rules for Health Systems Along the Way

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB 26-189 on May 14, 2026, repealing and replacing the state's original AI Act and narrowing its healthcare exemptions so that HIPAA-covered hospitals and insurers are now only shielded for non-employment uses of AI, while stripping mandatory risk assessments and discrimination duties from the law overall.