AI in Healthcare and Digital Health Video Recap—February 9, 2026

Timos Papagatsias

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This biweekly AI in Healthcare and Digital Health video recap covers major developments across clinical guidance, regulated digital health, AI-enabled care delivery, robotics, and platform security. The update spans policy recommendations, real-world deployments, funding activity, consumer health frameworks, and emerging risks tied to agentic and embodied AI systems.

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Welcome to the latest edition of AI in Healthcare and Digital Health Update, covering breakthroughs in the past two weeks. Brought to you by LucidQuest.

China’s humanoid robotics sector is shifting focus from hardware to intelligence. Dobot and UBTech are prioritizing so-called robot “brains,” with Dobot shipping a third batch of its full-size Atom humanoids and introducing a self-developed vision-language-action model. UBTech has open-sourced its multimodal Thinker model and reported strong factory task accuracy for its Walker S2 system, although endpoint specifics have not been independently verified. According to Omdia, global humanoid robot shipments reached thirteen thousand three hundred eighteen units in two thousand twenty-five, representing approximately four hundred eighty percent year-over-year growth, with Chinese companies leading deployment.

In the United Kingdom, NICE has issued final guidance recommending Abbott’s CardioMEMS heart failure system for adults with chronic heart failure who are at risk of hospital admission. Heart failure affects around nine hundred twenty thousand people in the UK and costs the National Health Service approximately two billion pounds annually. NICE cited evidence from three randomized controlled trials showing a thirty-four percent reduction in heart failure hospitalizations compared with usual care, supporting broader adoption of daily at-home pulmonary pressure monitoring.

In consumer health technology, reports indicate Apple has scaled back plans for its AI health coach initiative, known internally as Project Mulberry. According to a Bloomberg-sourced report, some features originally intended for a standalone service may instead be integrated gradually into the Health app and future Siri upgrades, although specific timelines have not been disclosed. The move follows leadership changes across Apple’s health and artificial intelligence teams.

In the United States, Lotus Health has raised thirty-five million US dollars in a Series A funding round to expand a free, AI-led primary care service. The platform offers twenty-four seven access in fifty languages, operates across all fifty states, and uses board-certified physicians to review diagnoses, laboratory results, and prescriptions generated through AI-assisted workflows. The company reports that the service remains free while its long-term business model is evaluated.
Security concerns continue to surface around agentic AI platforms. Following its rebrand to OpenClaw, researchers have reported exposed dashboards, credential leaks, typosquatting, and cloned repositories linked to misconfigurations and rapid enterprise adoption. Analysts also note increased shadow IT usage, with some users granting high-level system permissions without organizational approval.

Relatedly, OpenClaw agents have spawned Moltbook, a social network designed for AI-to-AI interaction via downloadable skills. Maintainers emphasize that the platform is intended for experienced users, citing prompt-injection and access control risks. Despite surpassing one hundred thousand GitHub stars, developers continue to caution against general-user deployment.

In South Korea, Samsung Health has achieved the country’s first digital health registration under the new Digital Medical Products Act. Core Galaxy Watch 8 features, including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and step tracking, are now registered as digital medical and health support devices. The framework introduces voluntary reporting and performance certification for digital health technologies.

In research tooling, OpenAI has launched Prism, a free AI workspace for scientists. Prism integrates GPT-five point two with LaTeX and visual tools to support drafting, reviewing, and revising scientific work. OpenAI states the platform is designed to enhance workflows by maintaining full project context, rather than conducting research autonomously.

Finally, the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses have issued a scientific statement on integrated health technologies in heart failure care. The review highlights evidence across telemonitoring, mobile health, and implantable devices, noting that clinical impact depends heavily on patient adherence, interoperability, clinician workflow integration, and data security.

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Why it matters

Clinical guidance is moving home monitoring into mainstream HF care, with potential to reduce admissions [2][9].
Consumer platforms and wearables are crossing into regulated health, expanding access and scrutiny [7].
Provider-like AI services are scaling with human oversight, testing telehealth delivery at new cost points [4].
Embodied AI and agent ecosystems are accelerating, but security posture remains a limiting factor for deployment [1][5][6].
Research workflows are being rebuilt around AI-native tools that keep scientific context in the loop [8].

FAQ

What did NICE recommend about Abbott’s CardioMEMS?

NICE issued final guidance recommending CardioMEMS for adults with chronic HF at risk of admission, citing three RCTs with a 34% reduction in HF hospitalisations versus usual care [2].

How are Dobot and UBTech changing humanoid robots?

Dobot shipped more Atom units and introduced a vision-language-action model for real-world tasking, while UBTech open-sourced Thinker and reported strong embodied benchmarks and factory-task accuracy claims for Walker S2 (details attributed to the company) [1].

What is happening with Apple’s Project Mulberry?

Per Bloomberg via 9to5Mac, Apple scaled back plans for an AI health coach, may repurpose produced content, and is exploring incremental Health app features plus future Siri health query upgrades (timelines not specified) [3].

How does Lotus Health’s AI doctor work and who signs off?

AI conducts the bulk of intake and planning, while board-certified physicians review diagnoses, labs and prescriptions; the service runs 24/7, supports 50 languages and is licensed across all 50 states [4].

Why are security researchers warning about OpenClaw?

Rapid adoption, deep permissions and misconfigurations led to exposed dashboards and credentials, with typosquats and clones adding risk; reports also note shadow IT inside enterprises [5][6].

What exactly did Samsung register in Korea?

Under a new digital health framework, Galaxy Watch 8 series features such as heart rate, blood oxygen and step counting were registered as digital medical and health support devices, the first such registration in Korea [7].

Entities / Keywords

Dobot (Atom, Dobot-VLA) • UBTech (Thinker, Think-4B, Walker S2) • Abbott (CardioMEMS HF System) • NICE • Apple (Project Mulberry, Health app, Siri) • Lotus Health AI • OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot, Moltbot; Moltbook) • Samsung Health (Galaxy Watch 8, Galaxy Ring) • OpenAI (Prism, GPT-5.2) • Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) • American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) • Omdia