A real FDA discussion paper, docket FDA-2026-N-7874, asked the public how to regulate generative and agentic AI medical devices — before most of them exist in deployed form. Here’s what radiologists told them, and what it means for patients.
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India Just Made AI Cancer-Screening Software a Regulated Medical Device — Here’s What That Actually Changes India records somewhere between 1.5 and 1.6 million new cancer cases a year, and roughly 870,000 to 900,000 deaths — the exact figures vary slightly depending on whether you’re reading GLOBOCAN’s 2024 country estimate or the ICMR-linked registry study […]
India Is Rolling Out AI to 70,000 Hospitals — Here’s What It Actually Does India’s National Health Authority is deploying an AI clinical decision support system called Smart Doctor across nearly 70,000 public and private hospitals, under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). It’s one of the largest single AI healthcare rollouts attempted anywhere, and […]
The AI Tools Already Working Inside Indian Hospitals Most conversations about AI in healthcare are still speculative — what it might do someday, what it could replace, what regulators haven’t figured out yet. But inside some of India’s largest hospital networks, a quieter shift has already happened: specific AI tools are in daily clinical use, […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Headlines love to declare that AI has “beaten” doctors at diagnosis. The real picture, drawn from dozens of peer-reviewed studies, is more useful and less dramatic: in specific, narrow tasks, AI systems can match or exceed […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Every day, millions of people type their symptoms into an AI chatbot before they ever speak to a doctor. As a physician, I understand why. Chatbots answer instantly, never rush you, and never make you feel […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Every year, thousands of people die from heart attacks and sudden cardiac events with no prior warning. No chest pain, no breathlessness, no diagnosed heart disease – just a structurally compromised heart that no one knew […]