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Among nearly 450,000 Scottish adults with hypertension, participants using a digital home blood pressure telemonitoring system showed lower rates of cardiovascular events, hospitalizations, and death compared with those receiving standard care over a median observation period spanning 2019 to 2022.

A conference presentation at Optometry’s Meeting 2026 examined teleretina adoption in primary care settings and the expanding role of AI-assisted retinal imaging, including autonomous diabetic retinopathy detection and emerging oculomics applications, while cautioning clinicians about AI bias and the limits of consumer-facing large language models.

A digital patient navigation platform exceeded standard web-based engagement benchmarks in connecting melanoma patients with subspecialty oncology care across an academic center and regional health system network, though transition to multidisciplinary care remained more common at the academic site.

The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for a wireless-enabled pressure-modulating goggle system designed to reduce nocturnal intraocular pressure in adults with open-angle glaucoma, with availability expected in Q4 2026.

Pediatric patients who started automated insulin delivery within 6 months of type 1 diabetes diagnosis had a median HbA1c of 7.1% at 24 months versus 9.8% in non-users in a US multicenter retrospective cohort.

Smartwatch-derived nighttime scratching metrics correlated moderately with disease severity and short-term treatment response in a small pediatric atopic dermatitis cohort.