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Posted: 26 september 2026

AI in hospital billing added nearly $1B in healthcare costs over 2 years

AI-driven billing for more medically complex inpatient stays has resulted in nearly $1 billion in additional healthcare costs over the last two years, according to new analysis by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. More than 60% of hospitals and…

AI complements radiologists to help improve brain aneurysm detection

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm increased aneurysm detection, identifying 55 true-positive brain aneurysms that radiologists had missed, representing a 39% relative increase in detection. Read more here.

MGB enlists GE Healthcare to develop genAI for radiation oncology

With its new research collaboration with Mass General Brigham, GE HealthCare aims to tackle how radiation oncology teams can better streamline access and interpretation of patient information spread across clinical notes, images, treatment plans and other systems. Read more here.

How health systems are solving a hospital-at-home headache

Health systems are partnering with third-party vendors or building their own logistics operations to solve one of the trickier parts of hospital-at home-programs — getting supplies to the patient. Read more here.

Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data. What should they do?

The appeal of telehealth is easy to explain: Instead of calling a doctor, booking an appointment and hoping to eventually get a prescription, you can log onto an app or website and get approved for a new medication within minutes. Read more here.

Iambic, AbbVie partner on AI drug discovery

AI drug discovery and development company Iambic has signed a multi-year collaboration with biopharmaceutical company AbbVie to accelerate the development of small-molecule therapies across neuroscience, oncology and immunology. Read more here.

New service using cutting edge robotics to improve the speed of lung cancer diagnosis

Patients with suspected lung cancer will be able to access specialist diagnostic testing faster and closer to home following the launch of a new robotic bronchoscopy service at St Mary's Hospital, the first in north west London. Imperial College Healthcare…

AI regulation in healthcare must be safe, proportionate and trusted

David Williams responds to the national commission into the regulation of AI in healthcare. Read the full article here.

As the UK healthcare market booms, so does its complexity

It is also home to a government-backed life sciences sector employing 304,200 people and generating £108.1bn in turnover, while patients are increasingly willing to use private routes when NHS access is delayed. That shift is accelerating: UK private healthcare activity continued to grow in…

NHS kicks off flu jabs for children and pregnant women ahead of winter

Millions of children and pregnant women can get their flu vaccinations from today, as the NHS rolls out the first phase of its flu programme to protect families ahead of winter. Read more here.

Key Research Themes in Emergency Medicine: Triage AI, Trauma Care, and Decision Support Tools

Emergency medicine is one of the fastest-changing areas of clinical research, and much of that change is being driven by data. From triage algorithms to trauma registries, emergency medicine research is increasingly focused on how tools built from large datasets…

Scientists find a new layer of Alzheimer’s hidden in the genome

Scientists found that the 3D organization of DNA is disrupted in several types of brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease, altering how important genes are switched on and off. The discovery reveals a previously underexplored layer of the disease that…

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