AI in Health - Latest News, Resources & Career Opportunities (April 2026)

If you are interested in the intersection of Health and Artificial Intelligence, here is your monthly round-up of the latest global news, resources and healthtech career opportunities in the space.

To keep up to date and for more insights at the intersection of Health and Artificial Intelligence, follow me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/avimehra3/  

📰 News Highlights

🟢Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y 

🟢Open AI just launched ChatGPT for Clinicians https://openai.com/index/making-chatgpt-better-for-clinicians/ 

🟢AI chatbots want your health records: tread carefully https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/personaltech/microsoft-copilot-health-ai-chatbots.html 

🟢Cera launches AI lab to address global care capacity challenges https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/cera-launches-ai-lab-to-address-global-care-capacity-challenges 

🟢NHS England Rolls Out AI Discharge Summary Tool https://www.emjreviews.com/innovations/news/health-ai-tech-show-nhs-england-rolls-out-ai-discharge-summary-tool/ 

🟢London NHS trusts to roll out AI scribing to 20,000 clinicians https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/london-nhs-trusts-to-roll-out-ai-scribing-to-20000-clinicians/ 

🟢MHRA expands AI Airlock programme with a £3.6 million funding boost over three years https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-expands-ai-airlock-programme-with-a-36-million-funding-boost-over-three-years 

🟢UK announces Sovereign AI fund to fast-track domestic AI startups https://www.verdict.co.uk/uk-announces-sovereign-ai-fund/ 

🟢Is AI actually improving healthcare? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04329-2?mc_cid=5d133b7a7f&mc_eid=9922e60495

🟢Why conversations around health AI may be evolving beyond hype https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/29/health-ai-conversations-evolving-beyond-hype-ai-prognosis/  

📚 Resources 

🔵The tortoise and the hare of care: Health AI insights from Rock Health’s 2025 Consumer Adoption Survey https://rockhealth.com/insights/the-tortoise-and-the-hare-of-care-health-ai-insights-from-rock-healths-2025-consumer-adoption-survey/ 

🔵 Administrative AI - Current Use & Potential Impact Report https://phti.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/PHTI-Administrative-AI-Current-Use-and-Potential-Impact.pdf 

🔵The 'stuck paradox': what we learned from leaders about AI and digital transformation https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/blogs/stuck-paradox-leaders-ai-digital-transformation 

🔵What Health Care Leaders Have Learned From Deploying AI https://www.ajmc.com/view/what-health-care-leaders-have-learned-from-deploying-ai 

🔵AI is changing health: Here's what you should know https://mashable.com/article/ai-health-news-regulation 

🔵Public use of a generalist LLM chatbot for health queries https://www.nature.com/articles/s44360-026-00117-x 

🔵The mandate for clinical artificial intelligence education in primary care https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050514326000415 

🔵CB Insights State of Digital Health Q1 2026 Report https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/digital-health-trends-q1-2026/ 

🔵Stanford State of AI Report 2026 https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report 

🔵State of Clinical AI Report 2026 https://www.arise-ai.org/report 

🔵A list of 10 key AI in Health Reports in 2026 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/effie-yifei-guo_aihealthcare-healthtech-digitalhealth-share-7438919524260864000-7uWI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAnp7CQB2FT88qbYKU70LMPv95p5YZNsy6c 

🔵NHS AI Ambassadors Network https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO491Gk4bh9fZMiT0QfImyruxUOU9PRFFNTkZLT0pCQUM4RktVOUoyMVAzSi4u&route=shorturl 

🔵Podcast - a16z Grand Challenges in Healthcare AI https://open.spotify.com/episode/0J3ZnMVWEw4jnCEuaOrKpy 

🔵The future of healthcare in the age of AI | Yuval Noah Harari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln_-6wYCv_Q 

🔵The Healthcare AI Guy Weekly Newsletter https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/healthcare-ai-guy-weekly-7229262910038888448/ 

🔵Top Free AI in Health Online Courses https://www.linkedin.com/posts/avimehra3_ai-healthcare-courses-share-7452644397697048576-Hy5Z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAnp7CQB2FT88qbYKU70LMPv95p5YZNsy6c 

🔵EVENTS LIST - Top Healthtech Events Coming Up in 2026 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/avimehra3_healthtech-events-share-7449726651418083328-rEFL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAnp7CQB2FT88qbYKU70LMPv95p5YZNsy6c 

🚨 Health AI & HealthTech Career Opportunities

🟣Clinical Associate (+ multiple other roles) at Assuric https://www.assuric.com/careers 

🟣Clinical Research Scientist at TidalSense https://apply.workable.com/tidalsense/j/CC65293365/ 

🟣Clinical Associate at Hesta Health https://www.linkedin.com/posts/were-hiring-hesta-health-is-calling-exceptional-share-7452337104430354432-pNf0 

🟣Clinical Evaluation Lead at Oura https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura/jobs/4215980009

🟣Principal Product Designer, Health AI at Microsoft https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4387288766

🟣Clinical Associate at Heidi https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4407441004 

🟣AI Product Manager at Dyad https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search-results/?currentJobId=4405366599   

🟣AI Project Manager at The Francis Crick https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search-results/?currentJobId=4400812905 

🟣Head of Digital Transformation at NHS England https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search-results/?currentJobId=4405661627 

🟣Head of Product at Paloma Health https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search-results/?currentJobId=4406215207 

🟣Medical Director at AXA Health https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search-results/?currentJobId=4407009981 

🟣Clinical Scientist at Scarlet https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a8a0077010f435c1

🟣Director Clinical AI at Pelago (US) https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4405290877  

🟣Clinical AI Strategy Lead at Agilyti (US) https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4390719877 

🟣Future Leaders at HLTH Europe Programme (mention Doctorpreneurs if applying) https://hlth.com/events/europe/future-leaders/ 

Dr Avi Mehra