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Weekly Rundown: Abridge poised for broader VA expansion; Hims & Hers builds out AI-native care

Ambient AI scribes are moving into national health systems, so expect similar documentation tools to reach your clinic within a few years.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Hospitals' use of AI coding tools cost BCBSA plans $942M more for similar care: analysis

AI-assisted coding is inflating claims for similar care, so expect tighter audits and documentation scrutiny of your notes and diagnosis codes.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Patient Comfort and Preference During Digital Versus Conventional Impressions for Fixed Prosthodontic Rehabilitation: A Comparative Study

Digital impressions were more comfortable and preferred by patients than conventional trays, so offering scanning where available may improve the chairside experience for fixed prosthodontic cases.

Medicine · Cureus · 23 Sept

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Mortality in the United States: A Divergent Trend Analysis by Underlying Etiology (2018-2024)

Alcohol-related cirrhosis deaths rose faster than other etiologies through the pandemic, so keep alcohol screening and hepatology follow-up high on your differential in at-risk patients.

Gastroenterology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Berry Street, Abbott partner to link Lingo CGM with nutrition coaching

Pairing an OTC CGM with dietitian coaching may improve glycaemic control in prediabetes and obesity, but outcome data are still lacking.

Endocrinology · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Clinical and Biochemical Responses to SGLT2 (Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2) Inhibitors in Patients With Rheumatic Heart Disease and Heart Failure

Adds Indian data on SGLT2 inhibitors in rheumatic heart disease heart failure, a group usually excluded from the landmark trials you rely on.

Cardiology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Effectiveness of Saline Nasal Irrigation in the Treatment of Rhinosinusitis and Allergic Rhinitis in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review

In acute sinusitis, irrigation improved nasal peak expiratory flow and quality of life (p < 0.05) but not radiographs. In allergic rhinitis, within-group gains only; between-group PC20 difference was not significant (p = 0.186).

Paediatrics · Cureus · 23 Sept

Recurrent Ischemic Stroke Despite Dabigatran Therapy: Unexpectedly Low Anti-IIa Activity Revealing Pharmacokinetic Treatment Failure

If a patient strokes on dabigatran, measure anti-IIa activity rather than assuming non-adherence — confirmed low levels may mean switching anticoagulant.

Neurology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Perceptions of Occupational Health and Safety Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Jharkhand, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Item-matched gaps between what staff know and what they do, plus incomplete hepatitis B vaccination, point to where your hospital's sharps and infection-control training is failing.

General Medicine · Cureus · 23 Sept

Epic shifts focus to cybersecurity while AI, interoperability agenda still on track, company says

If your hospital runs Epic, expect tighter security controls and continued AI and interoperability rollouts that will change how you document and share records.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Immunovant ends cutaneous lupus program after phase 2 flop

Anti-FcRn therapy failed in cutaneous lupus, so don't expect this class as a steroid-sparing option for refractory skin disease; existing treatments remain the standard.

General Medicine · Fierce Biotech · 23 Sept

Periorbital Necrotizing Fasciitis Mimicking Allergic Oedema: A Diagnostic Pitfall

Periorbital swelling presumed allergic can be necrotizing fasciitis; failure to consider it delays debridement and antibiotics in a rapidly fatal infection.

Ophthalmology · Cureus · 23 Sept

STAT+: UnitedHealth, CVS push back on Medicare plan to curb remote patient monitoring

If CMS tightens remote monitoring billing, your RPM revenue and chronic-disease follow-up workflows could change; insurers are lobbying against the curbs.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 23 Sept

Preconceptional Risk Factors Associated With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Case-Control Study

Identifying preconceptional risk factors lets you flag and counsel women before conception, when lifestyle modification can still prevent gestational diabetes and its adverse birth outcomes.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Combined Pectoral Nerve Block and Intravenous Dexmedetomidine in Contemporary Multimodal Breast Cancer Analgesia: A Real-World Cohort Study

With baseline multimodal analgesia already yielding low pain scores, adding PECS block plus dexmedetomidine may offer little measurable opioid or pain benefit in your breast surgery patients.

Anaesthesiology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Barriers to Biomarker-Guided Advanced Breast Cancer Care in India: Diagnostic, Economic, and Implementation Challenges

Before prescribing HER2 or HR-directed therapy, check that your patient can actually access and afford the biomarker test — that gap, not drug choice, drives outcomes here.

Oncology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Characteristic MRI Features of Meckel’s Cave Venous Malformation: A Case Report

Recognising the characteristic MRI appearance of this rare Meckel's cave lesion can spare patients biopsy or surgery for what is a benign venous malformation.

Radiology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Longitudinal Anesthetic and Critical Care Management After Emergency Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury in an Adolescent: A Case Report

TEVAR with a 24 × 80-mm endograft achieved complete exclusion without endoleak. He was discharged home neurologically intact on day 50 with a patent, well-positioned endograft and no endoleak.

Anaesthesiology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Exclusive: Rio.ai raises Rs 43 Cr in pre-Series A led by Version One Ventures

Rs 43.08 crore raised via 7,130 CCPS at Rs 60,415 each; Version One led with Rs 21.30 crore; post-money valuation around Rs 170 crore

Medicine · Entrackr · 23 Sept

Roche’s phase 3 win tees up fight with Novartis for blockbuster kidney disease market

If approved, sefaxersen offers a new mechanism for IgA nephropathy, potentially delaying dialysis in patients you currently manage with renin-angiotensin blockade alone.

Urology · Fierce Biotech · 23 Sept

Musculoskeletal Adverse Event Signals Associated With Semaglutide, Liraglutide, and Tirzepatide in the US FDA Adverse Event Reporting System

GLP-1 users may report muscle and joint events; ask about myalgia and lean-mass loss at follow-up, especially in older patients on tirzepatide.

Endocrinology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Progressive Post-laminectomy Adult Spinal Deformity: A Case Study With a 24-Year Imaging Span

Long-term imaging shows deformity can progress for decades after lumbar decompression, so patients with prior laminectomy need periodic radiographic follow-up, not just symptom-based review.

Orthopaedics · Cureus · 23 Sept

Corneal Confocal Microscopy (CCM) in Patients With Central Neurodegenerative Disease

A quick, non-invasive eye scan may let you flag small-fibre nerve loss in Parkinson's or MS patients without biopsy or referral.

Ophthalmology · Cureus · 23 Sept

AI-enabled Pelago expands from SUD care to mental health, behavioral addictions

A single AI-supported plan now covers substance use, mental health and behavioral addictions like gambling and binge eating, so you can refer co-occurring cases to one service instead of several.

Psychiatry · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

QTc changes and early major adverse cardiovascular events associated with antidepressant treatment for major depressive disorder in adults: individual participant data network meta-regression of double blind randomised trials.

Most antidepressants raise QTc only modestly in the first eight weeks, but the signal varies by drug, so check baseline ECG in patients with cardiac risk factors.

Psychiatry · BMJ · 23 Sept

Contemporary menopausal hormone therapy and thrombotic disease: nationwide nested case-control study.

Quantifies VTE, stroke and MI risk by hormone type and route, so you can counsel women on transdermal versus oral preparations with contemporary numbers.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology · BMJ · 23 Sept

Tenecteplase Before Thrombectomy at 4.5 to 24 Hours for Basilar Artery Occlusion: The ATTENTION LATE Randomized Clinical Trial.

If bridging tenecteplase improves outcomes in late-presenting basilar occlusion, it changes your thrombolysis decision for posterior-circulation strokes beyond the 4.5-hour window.

Neurology · JAMA · 23 Sept

AI-based characterization of Alzheimer's disease phenotypes from population-scale single-cell data.

Explains why Alzheimer's patients differ in psychosis and cognitive decline, pointing toward phenotype-specific targets rather than one-size-fits-all treatment.

Neurology · Nature Medicine · 23 Sept

Persistence of mucosal CAR-T cells and inflammatory remodeling in enterocolitis associated with BCMA CAR-T cell therapy.

If your myeloma patient on cilta-cel develops severe diarrhoea, mucosal CAR-T persistence and inflammatory remodelling suggest this is a distinct, durable enterocolitis needing its own management.

Oncology · Nature Medicine · 23 Sept

Vascular aging as a driver of organ dysfunction and systemic aging.

No primary outcome or effect size reported. Authors argue endothelial and mural cells instruct organ function via angiocrine and paracrine signalling, making microvascular aging a driver rather than a bystander.

Cardiology · Nature cardiovascular research · 23 Sept

New procurement guide for hospitals, payers takes aim at AI's environmental impact

If your hospital buys AI tools, this guide gives procurement criteria for vendors' energy and water use, an issue that may enter tenders you help specify.

Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Oracle deepens life sciences push with AI agents, real-world data analytics

If trial and real-world data queries get faster, evidence you rely on for treatment decisions may arrive sooner, though vendor claims need independent validation.

Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Fulminant Ischemic Colitis With Toxic Megacolon in a Young Man Receiving Testosterone Replacement Therapy Despite Therapeutic Phlebotomy for Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Case Report

In young men on testosterone, consider drug-induced erythrocytosis and hypoperfusion as drivers of ischemic colitis, even when phlebotomy is ongoing.

Gastroenterology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Heidi lands $340M to build 'AI care partner' for clinicians

If ambient AI scribing expands into ordering and referrals, it could cut your documentation hours, but you should check who audits the agent's clinical decisions.

Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 23 Sept

Postpartum Stroke: The Importance of Early Recognition and Multidisciplinary Management

MRI confirmed acute ischaemic infarction of the right basal ganglia and subcortical right frontal lobe; CT angiography and MRV showed no large-vessel occlusion or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Obstetrics & Gynaecology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Graves’ Disease and the Heart: Severe Reversible Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction With Apical Thrombus in a Young Woman With Relapsed Thyrotoxicosis

In young thyrotoxic patients with unexplained LV dysfunction, consider Graves' cardiomyopathy with apical thrombus — antithyroid therapy plus anticoagulation can fully reverse it.

Cardiology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors in Macular Edema: A Systematic Review

Topical CAIs offer a non-invasive adjunct for macular edema, but this review's heterogeneous evidence means you should not yet substitute them for intravitreal therapy.

Ophthalmology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Impact of Premorbid Function and Comorbidities in Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: A Systematic Review

In TBI patients over 60, baseline frailty and comorbidity predict mortality and recovery better than age alone, so weigh premorbid function when discussing prognosis and goals of care.

Neurology · Cureus · 23 Sept

Utility of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer: A Systematic Review

AI models may flag occult nodal disease that conventional imaging misses in OSCC, potentially sparing some patients unnecessary neck dissection while catching others earlier.

Oncology · Cureus · 22 Sept

Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Discectomy (PFEILD): A Retrospective Single-Surgeon Pilot Cohort Study

Adds single-surgeon pilot data on percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy, supporting it as a minimally invasive option for selected lumbar disc herniation when conservative care fails.

Orthopaedics · Cureus · 22 Sept