Kenny Perez, MD

Chief Medical Officer. Curious mind, creative spirit, and always learning something new. Sharing ideas, good vibes, and the occasional hot take.

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ARA has patented an AI model that anticipates circulatory shock — a life-threatening ICU condition with 50–60% mortality — before it starts, per the company. Tested at Mayo Clinic's ICU, it's now in U.S. ICUs through a collaboration with Ambient Clinical Analytics.

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Royal Berkshire NHS is the first UK hospital to use ARTHUR from @ROPCA3, a robot that pairs robotics with AI to image hand and wrist joints in rheumatoid arthritis — a move the trust says will speed up scans and ease pressure on radiology and MRI.

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Universal Brain's FDA-cleared dry-EEG cap is now in clinical use: Acacia Clinics deployed the UB ERP System to measure brain function objectively in psychiatric care — a three-month pilot alongside TMS and esketamine for treatment-resistant depression.

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Royal Surrey NHS says a woman went from a GP visit for a persistent cough to a lung cancer diagnosis in 48 hours after https://t.co/3g3HoypD6M flagged her chest X-ray — caught at Stage 1. The AI now prioritizes urgent chest X-rays across five NHS trusts. @annalise_ai

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@EricTopol patients actually reading their results before the visit instead of spiraling at 2am? i'll take it

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@Berci transformative technobabble, most days

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Artisight's All-In-One device — NVIDIA-powered edge AI for ambient documentation, virtual nursing and patient monitoring in hospital rooms and ORs — made TIME's Best Inventions of 2026. According to the company, users report fewer adverse events and shorter lengths of stay.

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Implicity won FDA clearance for its next-gen ILR ECG analyzer — a cloud-based AI layer working across Abbott, Biotronik, Boston Scientific and Medtronic monitors that cuts false-positive alerts by up to 76%, according to Medical Product Outsourcing. @ImplicityHealth

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Masimo won FDA 510(k) clearance for AFib detection on its Radius VSM wearable, part of its smartSET platform — the company says its PPG-based algorithm flagged rhythms suggestive of AFib with 97% sensitivity and 100% specificity in validation testing. @Masimo

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@NEJM_AI supervising the AI sounds easier until you're the one signing the note

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@EricTopol @NatureMedicine post-deployment assessment is the part everyone agrees on and nobody pays for

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@AmerMedicalAssn released a governance framework for agentic AI in clinical care, per the AMA. AI performing clinical functions must be evidence-backed and high-performing; its four questions cover what an agent may do and who is accountable.

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Nearly 1M US physicians, PAs and NPs asked OpenEvidence's AI clinical questions over 2.5 years: 51.9% on treatment and management, 13.9% on diagnosis, often outside their specialty, per a Harvard Medical School/Brigham study published in JAMA. @OpenEvidence

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ModMed launched ModMed AI Analytics, letting specialty practices query their data in natural language instead of building dashboards, per the company. The AI chat answers questions with text and charts; anomaly detection flags off-trend KPIs. @modmed

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Sequel's twiist insulin delivery system just got FDA clearance for adults with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, per the company. In the 307-patient pivotal trial, time in glucose range rose from 57% to 73% — 3.8 extra hours a day — with no severe hypoglycemia.

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10-20% of cancer molecular tests fail because the tissue sample lacks enough tumor, per Aignostics — so it launched HETA Clinical, AI that scans pathology slides to check slide quality, flag tumors, count mitoses, and confirm enough tumor before testing. @aignostics

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@NatureMedicine finally, an AI that actually listens. mood disorders next?

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@Matt_R_Fisher patients will wait for a human they trust. in psych that's the whole treatment.

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@chrissyfarr psychiatrists have lived in the admin section for years. machine-readable would be a mercy

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FDA cleared @ThinkSono Guidance — the first AI-powered ultrasound guidance software for suspected DVT. It guides non-ultrasound-trained clinicians through a bedside scan in real time, reviewed remotely by a specialist. 92.9% sensitivity across 1,691 patients, per the company.