How Warming Tech from the Automotive World Can Help in Robotic Surgery
Gentherm Medical, a developer of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies best known for partnering with auto makers, has designed a new product that combines air-free patient warming with a securement technology to help keep patients from slipping during procedures using tilt.
Behind the Scenes of Care: Secure and Efficient Systems in Modern Healthcare Facilities
Secure and efficient operational structures help medical staff focus on patient care while ensuring that essential resources remain accessible. When healthcare environments function effectively behind the scenes, patients experience faster service and safer treatment conditions.
Healthcare Leaders Join Together to Craft Standard for AI Safety
A coalition of executives from leading health systems across the U.S. have launched the first operational standard specifically designed to govern AI that communicates directly with patients or which is used to shape clinical messaging.
Preparing PAs for AI and Beyond
A recently released report from Wolters Kluwer takes a deep dive into how physician associates (PA) are dealing with rapid changes in healthcare, particularly in the area of AI use.
Increasing Perspective on ED Boarding and Patient Care
While retrospective reporting is useful, real-time, operational intelligence can help health systems get ahead of bottlenecks, anticipate discharge barriers, coordinate downstream capacity, and proactively reduce ED boarding.
AI-Enhanced Digital Stethoscopes Help with Early Detection of Heart Disease
The study looked at 357 patients age 50 or over who were examined at three primary care clinics using both traditional and AI-enabled stethoscopes. The technology was used to listen for acoustic patterns associated with valve problems and flagged patients who need echocardiogram referrals.
When Patient Safety Depends on Data: How AI Is Reshaping DSCSA Compliance
More than a decade after the law was passed, many pharmaceutical supply-chain stakeholders continue to struggle with operational execution, data synchronization, and real-time exception handling. These challenges affect drug availability, shipment acceptance, and ultimately patient care.
Patient Safety Isn’t Seasonal: Five Tips Every Health System Should Follow
After more than a decade working in patient safety across large health systems and virtual care platforms, I’ve seen firsthand what strengthens safety—and what quietly undermines it.
ABQAURP News February 2026
Here’s the February 2026 edition of ABQAURP News.
The Pharmacist’s Role in Medication Adherence in Mental Health and Beyond
By providing education on how to start dosing a new medication, what to expect from that medication, and how to manage side effects, pharmacists can offer insights to get patients onboarded and help keep them adherent.