What You Should Know:
- Ceribell, Inc. has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for the world’s first continuous, AI-powered delirium monitoring solution, expanding its existing EEG platform beyond seizure detection.
- The technology addresses a massive gap in critical care, providing objective, real-time tracking for a condition that affects up to 80% of ventilated patients and is often missed by manual assessments. The clearance positions Ceribell to significantly improve ICU
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AdventHealth and UCF Transform Lake Nona into a Robotic Surgery and Simulation Epicenter
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- Lake Nona Medical City is accelerating its growth as a national hub for integrated health innovation with two major milestones: the topping off of AdventHealth’s new robotic surgery-focused hospital and the expansion of the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Nursing.
- AdventHealth’s 25-acre campus will feature "incisionless" histotripsy technology and collaborative surgical robots, while UCF’s new pavilion triples simulation capacity to address
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Subsense Raises $10M to Replace Brain Implants with Nasal Nanoparticles
What You Should Know:
- Subsense Inc. has raised an additional $10M, bringing its total funding to $27M, to develop a non-surgical brain-computer interface (BCI) that relies on engineered nanoparticles rather than implanted chips.
- Administered nasally to cross the blood-brain barrier, this technology aims to record and modulate brain activity with high precision without the risks associated with invasive surgery.
- The funding from Golden Falcon Capital
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Inlightened Report: 79% of Healthcare Experts Warn Social Media Misinformation Leads to Harmful Treatments
What You Should Know:
- A new survey from Inlightened reveals that 61% of vetted healthcare professionals are deeply concerned about the rise of online medical misinformation, with 79% warning that it leads patients to accept harmful, unproven treatments.
- Despite this, many experts are hesitant to engage on social media due to safety concerns and a lack of support, with nearly half citing that the risks outweigh the rewards. The report highlights an urgent need for more
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Accenture Invests in Ryght AI to Accelerate Clinical Trials with Agentic AI and Digital Twins
What You Should Know:
- Accenture has made a strategic investment in Ryght AI through its venture capital arm, aiming to modernize the sluggish clinical trial process. Ryght AI utilizes "agentic AI" and its proprietary AI Site Twin platform to create dynamic digital replicas of research sites, allowing pharmaceutical companies to optimize site selection and patient enrollment.
- The strategic collaboration seeks to remove the manual bottlenecks that delay life-saving therapies,
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Included Health Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Personalized AI Chatbot
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- Included Health has launched "Dot," a new intelligent AI assistant designed to move beyond generic medical advice by leveraging deep integrations with member claims, benefits, and clinical data.
- Refined on over ten billion AI tokens, the platform utilizes a "clinician-in-the-loop" model, ensuring that automated guidance is backed by real-time oversight from medical experts. The "AI+EQ" approach aims to proactively nudge patients toward preventive care
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Joy Parenting Club Acquires Heba Care to Scale the First Comprehensive, AI-Powered Parenting Platform
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- Joy Parenting Club, the platform aiming to revolutionize the parenting experience, has announced its acquisition of Heba Care, a technology platform that supports families navigating complex health and developmental needs.
- This acquisition marks Joy's latest step in building the most comprehensive support ecosystem for parents.
Integration Brings Clinically Validated Tools and New Tracker to Deliver 24/7 Guidance
Simultaneously, Joy unveiled a new
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ACOG Declares Telehealth an “Ethical Imperative” for Obstetric Care
The maternal healthcare industry has been divided over the use of telehealth since the early days of its use for obstetrics.
Concerns about losing the personal connection of the physician-provider relationship, compromising the quality of care, and adding more work to a strained labor force initially complicated the adoption of telehealth. However, a growing body of research and on-the-ground experience slowly dispelled those concerns, and the COVID pandemic accelerated an emerging clinical
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Tether Launches QVAC Health: A Privacy-First, Local AI Platform to Unify Fragmented Wellness Data
What You Should Know:
- Tether has launched QVAC Health, a new personal wellness platform designed to aggregate data from disparate fitness trackers and apps into a single, encrypted, and offline-capable environment.
- By utilizing local, on-device AI rather than cloud processing, the platform aims to break down the "walled gardens" of Big Tech, allowing users to analyze correlations between different biometrics—like sleep rings and running watches—without surrendering their
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Clinician-Led Innovation at Scale: Sheba’s ARC Partners with Edge to Launch New Venture Studio
What You Should Know:
- ARC, the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center, has partnered with Edge Medical Ventures to launch a hybrid venture studio focused on scaling medical device and bio-convergence startups.
- Backed by over $10M in support from the Israel Innovation Authority, the collaboration aims to fast-track clinician-led technologies by combining Sheba’s clinical environment with Edge’s operational expertise. The initiative builds on an eight-year history of
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