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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Here’s our overview to understand robotics in healthcare better so that everyone can prepare for the appearance of mechanic helpers in medical facilities. For this reason, we collected here the most useful robots in healthcare. By 2027, global surgical robotics sales are expected to reach $14.8

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

Imposes New (State-Only) Medi-Cal Premiums for Undocumented Adults – Implements $100 monthly premiums for undocumented adults aged 19 and older, effective January 1, 2027. This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL).

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Wearables, Sensors, and Apps Part 1 – Updates on FDA’s PDUFA VII Goals for the Use of Digital Health Technologies in Drug and Biological Product Development

FDA Law Blog

A DHT is considered “a system that uses computing platforms, connectivity, software, and sensors for healthcare and related uses.” The DHT steering committee includes senior staff from CDER, CBER, CDRH, including the Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE), the Oncology Center of Excellence, and the Office of Clinical Policy and Programs.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law Blog

The brevity of this change belies the foreseeably seismic impact of FDA regulation of clinical laboratories on the healthcare system. Such products are intended for use in the collection, preparation, and examination of specimens taken from the human body. direct-to-consumer tests, tests for use in a public health emergency).

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“TAP Dancing” Towards Faster Device Commercialization: CDRH’s Total Product Life Cycle Advisory (“TAP”) Program

FDA Law Blog

Also, it is unclear which office within CDRH appoints the TAP Advisor, e.g., center-level, OPEQ-level, or division-level. Also, it is unclear which office within CDRH appoints the TAP Advisor, e.g., center-level, OPEQ-level, or division-level. It remains to be seen how FDA would define and actually implement the role of a TAP Advisor.