AI in Healthcare

India & France Launch Indo-French Centre for AI in Health, Expand Strategic Innovation Partnership February 18, 2026 India and France have formally launched the India-France Year of Innovation 2026, unveiling the Indo-French Centre for AI in Health and a broader innovation network linking startups, researchers, and industry.

Health Minister Nadda Unveils National Framework to Regulate AI in Healthcare February 17, 2026 At AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi, JP Nadda announced SAHI and BODH to establish governance and technical validation standards for AI in healthcare. The initiatives aim to ensure safe, ethical, and accountable AI adoption aligned with Ayushman Bharat’s digital health vision.

AI Impact Summit 2026: Day 1 Sets the Tone for Responsible AI in Health February 17, 2026 Day 1 of the AI Impact Summit 2026 has underscored Health as a priority area for AI deployment. With ABDM as its backbone, India is advancing interoperable, privacy-preserving AI solutions aimed at reducing workforce burden, improving early detection, and strengthening public health systems through coordinated public-private action.

AI in Gujarat Hospitals: A COO’s Roadmap for Trust-Led Adoption February 17, 2026 Healthcare’s adoption of AI has been cautious, shaped by the need for trust, transparency, and human judgment. Drawing on hands-on experience as a hospital COO in Gujarat, this article examines early, practical AI use cases in healthcare operations, from workflow optimisation to decision support.

Andhra Pradesh Deepens Gates Foundation Partnership to Accelerate AI in Healthcare February 16, 2026 Andhra Pradesh has expanded its partnership with the Gates Foundation to accelerate AI in Healthcare reforms, digital health records, and predictive disease surveillance.

Digital Pathology’s Next Phase: Explainable AI & Predictive Cancer Diagnostics February 13, 2026 In this thought leadership conversation, Dr Akash Parvatikar explains how AI tools are transforming digital pathology into a predictive, scalable, and clinically meaningful discipline.

ICMR Rolls Out AI Tool under National One Health Mission to Predict Pandemics February 13, 2026 ICMR has deployed an AI tool under the National One Health Mission to predict pandemics by tracking zoonotic, viral, bacterial and parasitic threats. The system integrates human, animal and environmental data to shift India from reactive outbreak response to predictive surveillance, strengthening national and global health preparedness.

Jack Ma-Backed Ant Turns to AI Health as Next Growth Engine in $69 Bn Race February 12, 2026 Ant Group, backed by Jack Ma, is accelerating its push into AI-driven healthcare, elevating the sector to a core business alongside payments.

AI Model Offers Earlier Dementia Warnings & Brain Cancer Detection February 7, 2026 Researchers at Mass General Brigham have introduced BrainIAC, an AI foundation model trained on large-scale brain MRI data, capable of predicting dementia risk, estimating brain age, identifying brain tumour mutations, and forecasting brain cancer survival.

Uttar Pradesh Gov Applies AI across Public Healthcare Systems February 6, 2026 Uttar Pradesh has introduced artificial intelligence across diagnostics, telemedicine, public health surveillance, supply chains, and medical research. The initiatives form part of a broader alignment with the India AI Mission and represent a large-scale effort to integrate AI into routine public healthcare delivery.

Fitbit Founders Launch Luffu, an AI-powered Hub for Family Health February 5, 2026 Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman have launched Luffu, an AI-powered family health platform that centralizes shared health data, quietly monitors patterns, and flags meaningful changes to support proactive caregiving across households.

Gleneagles Hospital Rolls Out AI-Based Hub-and-Spoke Stroke Model to Accelerate Care February 3, 2026 Gleneagles Hospital in Mumbai has launched an AI-based Hub-and-Spoke stroke model connecting diagnostic centres to its stroke specialists.