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Baba nabs $40M series A, backed by FirstMark Capital and CVS Health Ventures, for AI-powered Medicare patient navigation

If your Medicare patients get AI navigation support through their plan, expect fewer missed referrals and more care-coordination queries landing in your clinic.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 6d

A Case of Legionella Disease Mimicking Dermatomyositis

Legionella can present with rash and myalgia that mimic dermatomyositis, so consider it in severe pneumonia with skin findings before starting steroids.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6d

Evaluation of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates in Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units at a Tertiary Care Center: A Surveillance Study From North India

Local CAUTI rates give you a benchmark to audit your own ICU catheter days and justify early removal protocols.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6d

A Case Report of Lichen Amyloidosis

Lichen amyloidosis mimics common chronic dermatoses; keep it in the differential for persistent pruritic papules so diagnosis isn't delayed by years of eczema treatment.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6d

Strategic Optimization of Nurse-Patient Ratios Across Units and Shifts in a Teaching Hospital

Fixed ward-wide staffing ratios ignore shift and acuity swings; unit- and shift-specific ratios may cut the understaffed shifts where your patients come to harm.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6d

Inequality is major factor in impact of non-communicable diseases: WHO

Your NCD patients' outcomes depend as much on their income and locality as on the drug you prescribe, so screening and follow-up need to target the most disadvantaged groups.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 7d

Anticoagulation Monitoring in Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism Associated With Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Subsequent Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

In triple-positive antiphospholipid patients, baseline aPTT and INR are uninterpretable — a prolonged aPTT before any heparin can mask or mimic HIT, so use paired samples and functional assays.

General Medicine · Cureus · 7d

STAT+: OpenEvidence’s JAMA paper leaves open questions

Describes how clinicians actually query an AI answer engine at the point of care, but leaves accuracy and safety unmeasured — read before adopting it in your OPD.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 7d

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Prescription Drug Apps and Software

Drug-company apps you or your patients use alongside a prescription now have a defined FDA framework, so expect clearer labelling and accountability for what these tools claim.

General Medicine · FDA — Press Announcements · 7d

Evaluating Perceptions of AI-Simulated Patients as an Adjunct to Peer-Based Clinical Case Practice in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Mixed Methods Survey Study

If AI patient simulators are acceptable to students, they could give unlimited consultation practice without faculty time — relevant if you teach or supervise trainees.

General Medicine · Cureus · 7d

Overuse and False Restraint in Large Language Model Recommendations for Choosing Wisely Scenarios.

If you use an LLM for test-ordering advice, it both over-investigates and wrongly withholds appropriate care — verify its restraint calls against the actual Choosing Wisely caveats.

General Medicine · Annals · 8d

Even Healthcare raises $50 Mn in Series B led by Khosla Ventures

No clinical or patient outcome data. Company revenue rose to Rs 25.43 crore in FY25 from Rs 6.24 crore in FY24; losses rose 24.5% to Rs 90.15 crore. Around 350 employees were laid off in August 2026.

General Medicine · Entrackr · 8d

Awareness and Knowledge of Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare Providers in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge gaps in post-exposure management mean sharps injuries go unreported and PEP is delayed; check your own unit's reporting and prophylaxis pathway.

General Medicine · Cureus · 8d

Hospitals body backs NMC move on remote authentication of medical records

Remote authentication lets specialists sign records for distant hospitals, so your consultations in smaller towns won't stall waiting for an on-site doctor's signature.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 8d

Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss as the Sentinel Presentation of Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis

Hearing loss preceded pulmonary and renal disease by several months and was treated initially as otitis externa and Eustachian tube dysfunction. c-ANCA and PR3-ANCA were markedly elevated; histopathology confirmed GPA. Hearing loss was largely irreversible despite corticosteroids and rituximab.

General Medicine · Cureus · 9d

Disentangling microbiota-dependent and -independent impacts of antibiotics on host physiology.

Explains why some antibiotic harms persist even when the microbiome recovers, and points to which host effects need direct management rather than probiotics.

General Medicine · Nature microbiology · 9d

Safety Profile of Tofacitinib in a Single-Center Real-World Cohort: A Comprehensive Analysis of Adverse Events and Associated Risk Factors

Real-world Indian data on serious infections, MACE and malignancy with tofacitinib helps you counsel arthritis patients on JAK-inhibitor risk before starting therapy.

General Medicine · Cureus · 9d

Use of Artificial Intelligence by Bangladeshi Doctors and Its Impact on Medical Learning, Research, and Clinical Practice: An Internet-Based Pilot Survey

ChatGPT was used by 93.1%; AI was used for literature review by 62.1%, protocol writing by 58.6% and symptom analysis by 60.3%. Only a minority reported frequent AI dependence in clinical practice.

General Medicine · Cureus · 9d

Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Disease: From Diagnostic Criterion to Clinical Decision Tool

When serology and symptoms are equivocal, MSGB focus score can settle a Sjögren diagnosis — but the paper argues it should also guide prognosis and treatment decisions.

General Medicine · Cureus · 9d

Multibacillary Lepromatous Leprosy in an Endemic Area: A Two-Year Diagnostic Delay and the Role of Slit-Skin Smear and PCR

Slit-skin smear showed acid-fast bacilli with a bacterial index of 4+; real-time PCR was positive for Mycobacterium leprae about two and a half months later; biopsy at 18 months showed foamy histiocytes

General Medicine · Cureus · 10d

Neuropathic Pain-Like Features in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Receiving Targeted Therapies: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Residual pain on bDMARDs may be neuropathic, not inflammatory — screen for it before escalating therapy in RA and SpA patients.

General Medicine · Cureus · 10d

Fortis says corrective measures underway after Maharashtra FDA suspends kitchen licence

A suspended hospital kitchen means diet-dependent care — diabetic, renal, post-op — is disrupted; check your inpatients' meal supply and who is accountable for it.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 10d

When the Donor Is the Root Cause: Platelet Concentrate Quality Control Failure Due to Constitutional Macroplatelets Detected During a Vertical Audit

Index PC yield 0.03 × 10¹⁰ (2.75 × 10⁸) platelets versus 5.40-6.69 × 10¹⁰ in three concurrent PCs; only 0.17% of donor platelets recovered versus 47.4-71.8%.

General Medicine · Cureus · 10d

CMS proposes MA 'ghost network,' PBM transparency requirements

If you take Medicare Advantage, inaccurate directories and opaque PBM pricing can delay referrals and distort drug costs; these rules aim to force accuracy.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 11d

Epic teams up with Amazon Pharmacy, Eli Lilly and Mark Cuban to launch prescription drug pricing tool

Prescribing from Epic may soon show real out-of-pocket costs at Amazon or Cost Plus, so you can steer patients to affordable options before they reach the counter.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 12d

Clinician Use of an Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Clinical Information Platform.

Shows how often and why clinicians actually query AI clinical tools, so you can judge whether these platforms fit your own decision-making workflow.

General Medicine · JAMA · 13d

Long-Acting HIV Therapy in African Adults with Adherence Challenges.

Injectable cabotegravir-rilpivirine may suppress virus in patients failing oral ART purely from missed doses, offering an alternative when daily adherence is the barrier.

General Medicine · NEJM · 13d

Voice AI startup careCycle rolls out free plan comparison tool for Medicare beneficiaries

Patients can check whether a Medicare plan keeps you in-network and estimate yearly costs, reducing mid-year plan switches and surprise out-of-pocket bills.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 13d

How consumer tech company Whoop is building for Medicare patients

If Medicare adopts consumer wearables for monitoring, you may soon receive continuous physiological data on older patients, so know what these devices actually measure.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 13d

FDA Launches the Rare Disease Framework Initiative to Develop a Holistic, Fit-For-Purpose Framework for Rare Disease Drug Development

Signals coming changes to FDA evidentiary standards for rare disease trials, which may ease approval pathways for therapies your patients currently have no access to.

General Medicine · FDA — Press Announcements · 13d

Centene unveils national provider gold card program

If you meet Centene's criteria, routine prior authorisations for your patients could be waived, cutting delays in starting covered care.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 13d

Bat-borne zoonoses: transmission, impact, prevention, and management.

Nipah and rabies outbreaks in India mean early recognition of bat exposure and timely post-exposure prophylaxis remain the mainstay you can act on.

General Medicine · BMJ · 14d

Intermittent or Continuous Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury.

Intermittent hemodialysis was noninferior to continuous therapy in critically ill AKI, so ICU teams can choose intermittent dialysis when continuous circuits are unavailable.

General Medicine · NEJM · 14d

Effect of Vasopressin Initiation Threshold on Septic Shock Mortality: The VASSPR Cluster Crossover Randomized Strategy Trial.

A hospital-level strategy of starting vasopressin earlier rather than later in septic shock may change your unit's second-line vasopressor protocol.

General Medicine · JAMA · 14d

CVS, DOJ reach $315M settlement in opioid prescription case

Signals tighter scrutiny of opioid dispensing; expect stricter prescription verification and documentation expectations when your patients fill controlled substances.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 14d

Probably Genetic raises $12M to scale rare disease dataset, support drug discovery

A physician-ordered test for undiagnosed rare disease could shorten the years-long diagnostic odyssey your patients currently endure.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 14d

STAT+: Takeaways from an evaluation of Google’s diagnostic chatbot, AMIE

AMIE's Lancet evaluation shows how an AI chatbot performs on real diagnostic reasoning, a preview of tools that may soon triage patients before you see them.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 14d

Reporting completeness of clinical trials evaluating large language model interventions in medicine: systematic review.

Before trusting any LLM tool in your clinic, know that trials of these tools routinely under-report methods and outcomes, so published results may not be reproducible.

General Medicine · BMJ · 13 Oct

Delirium.

Delirium is common and preventable; review how to spot at-risk patients on sedatives or anticholinergics and cut their risk.

General Medicine · Annals · 13 Oct

Johns Hopkins Medicine taps OpenEvidence to bring AI into medical education, clinical care

Signals that AI answer engines are entering mainstream academic clinical workflows, so expect such tools in your hospital's decision support sooner than later.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 13 Oct