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FDA calls for removal of StatStrip hospital glucose meters; AI alerts do not cut kidney events; Epic announces Connectors for outside apps
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Oct. 20 that Nova Biomedical's StatStrip Gen 2.0 hospital glucose meters should be removed over a software flaw that can file a result under the wrong patient.
Deep learning alerts routed through pharmacists did not reduce kidney events in the MEnD-AKI trial of 5,939 hospitalized adults, and Epic Systems announced Connectors, which developers and health care organizations can use to link applications to electronic health records.
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- FDA Oct 20, 2026The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Oct. 20 that Nova Biomedical is removing StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter Systems (Gen 2.0), a recall the agency identified as the most serious type. It called for all affected meters to be removed from where they are used or sold, and said Nova intends to roll out a software update in November 2026. Scanning patient ID or quality control barcodes can leave prior information on the meter screen, which can assign a glucose result to the wrong patient's record. Nova had reported one serious injury and no deaths as of Oct. 5.Source: FDA
- AI Oct 22, 2026In the cluster-randomized MEnD-AKI trial presented at Kidney Week 2026, 38 hospital service clusters at eight hospitals were assigned usual care or alerts from a deep learning model predicting stage 2 or higher acute kidney injury within 48 hours in adults outside the intensive care unit. Tiered alerts led pharmacists to send recommendations to physicians via telemedicine. MAKE30, the primary end point, occurred in 50.8% of intervention and 42.9% of usual care patients (adjusted odds ratio 1.05; 95% CI 0.82 to 1.35), not a significant difference, and no secondary outcome differed significantly, HCPLive reported Oct. 22.
- Technology Oct 21, 2026Epic Systems announced Connectors, a capability that developers and health care organizations can use to link applications to electronic health records, Healthcare IT News reported Oct. 21. The announcement coincided with the start of the company's annual interoperability conference, and health systems will be able to source developer-created Connectors on Epic's website beginning in March 2027. Johnston Thayer, vice president of health informatics at Epic, said Emmie, the company's patient-facing AI agent, "could use a Connector to bring hospital wayfinding instructions to the patient," and the report said hospitalized patients could ask Emmie to order meals.Source: Healthcare IT News
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